PAUL ADAMS'S HOT WHEELS CARTOON CARS

Hi Woodsy

Hot Wheels have included a number of Star Car models based on cartoons and comic strips in the Mainline in recent years, mainly from television. Originally, they were just part of the normal Hot Wheels line-up, but in 2014 and 2015 they were grouped into a sub-series called Tooned (a name now used for caricatures of real vehicles). 

From 2016 they were included in the Screen Time sub-series devoted to film and TV models. There have also been a number of models from animated shows in the Batman sub-series.

1 - The Mystery Machine van from Scooby Doo, released in 2012, with flower power graphics.

2 - The Fred Flintstone Flintmobile was released in 2013 in yellow and orange; and in 2014 in grey and brown. The model has small wheels hidden inside the front and rear rollers.

3 - The Jetsons Capsule Car, from 2014, runs on clear plastic wheels. Card length affects the size and layout of the artwork.

4 - The Homer was designed by Homer Simpson himself, it only appeared in one episode of The Simpsons. The model is from 2014, and was followed by a model of the Family Car, a pink sedan, in 2015.

5 - The Beatles Yellow Submarine from the 1968 animated film, which runs on concealed wheels. Released in 2016, it is smaller than the earlier Corgi version.

Paul Adams from New Zealand