🏎️Hot Wheels Basics 101
Quick intro to HOW Hot Wheels ship to stores, WHAT to look for, and WHY it's important to know key identifiers of a desired variant.
Introduction
Mattel releases 15 editions of cases per year. Each case has 1 Super Treasure Hunt (STH) and 1 Treasure Hunt (TH) car in the case of 72 cars. Cases are named by letter (A-Z). Cases hit stores every 2-4 weeks. Super Treasure Hunts are always at the bottom of the case and Treasure Hunts are normally on the top, but have been found on the bottom as well. You should rip cases from the bottom and then go back through cases if you do not find it initially.
Case "A" begins releasing in December. From then on every couple weeks the next wave will come through. Since COVID inventory has been smaller and inconsistent
Important Sites
You can find the Super Treasure Hunt and Treasure Hunt list for 2024 and previous years below
2024 Super Treasure Hunt List: https://www.hwtreasure.com/2024-super/ 2024 Treasure Hunt List: https://www.hwtreasure.com/2024-2/
Recognizing a Super Treasure Hunt
Recognizing a Super Treasure Hunt Car: Aside from knowing what you are looking for, there are indicators to look for that denote a Super Treasure Hunt. 1. Super Treasure Hunt cars have a "TH" somewhere on the car, Spectraflame Paint, and Real Rider (rubber) wheels. The "card" or paper backing may also have a gold "flames logo"
Recognizing a Treasure Hunt Car
Recognizing a Treasure Hunt Car: Treasure hunt cars have the "flames emblem" on the body of the car instead of the "TH" though they may still have a "flames emblem" on the card as well but it will be silver for the Treasure Hunt. NOTE: Treasure Hunts may not always have the emblem on the card.
Summary and Example
Hunting for a Super Treasure Hunt Example: Using the Case A Variants: The Super Treasure Hunt for Case A is a Ford Escort RS2000. The Treasure Hunt for Case A is a '47 Chevy Fleetline. The Super Treasure Hunt version is only found in Case A but "common" versions of the car are found in later cases. In Case B the Ford Escort is a common and then may reappear later a different color, hence it is important to be identify whether it is the Super Treasure Hunt Version or not. So the escort will be seen twice, in Case A/B . Only to be as a Super Treasure Hunt in Case A and common in Case B. Then it’s gone until a later wave. The Treasure Hunt will only come as Treasure Hunt and stay in the designated case. So the A case treasure hunt (47 Chevy fleetline) (cop car) will not be used in the second wave (b). it will see a recolor like the others do down the road.
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