Review – Hot Wheels Frankenstein
Mattel’s series of Universal Monsters Hot Wheels toy cars (Amazon.com search*) from 2012 strikes me as one of the best of their pop culture lines. Completely original — and fantastic! — artwork adorns the bodies of six different Hot Wheels toy cars and this is a line I can admit I was almost tempted to leave unopened and completely sealed. The packaging is gorgeous!
Double Demon Delivery
Mattel’s Hot Wheels Frankenstein* is based on their Double Demon Delivery, a car I had really thought I’d already reviewed once here at battlegrip.com. You see, there’s a Batman Double Demon Delivery* toy car that I was certain had made its way onto the site; now I need to figure out where the car even went because it’s not with my other Batman-themed Hot Wheels cars. We can’t have one vanish like this!
Anyway, according to the South Texas Diecast page the Double Demon Delivery first appeared in 1993 as “The Demon.” The earliest pics at the site sure looks like the exact same car, but for reasons I cannot understand the car is listed as “The Demon, Double Demon,” and “Double Demon Delivery.” Maybe someone out there with a better understanding of Hot Wheels can tell us why there are three separate names; I’ll be here racing the Hot Wheels Frankenstein* toy car and having fun.
Great Art!
As with the other toy cars in Mattel’s Universal Monsters Hot Wheels series (Amazon.com search*) this is one fantastic design and all of the tampo printing is clearly visible and powerful. Even the “Frankenstein” logo on the sides and back of the car pops, and once you add in the clear green windows to go with the green tire lines the whole package is a stunning design that really needs to find a home in a display case. (Yeah, I still need another case for Hot Wheels cars. I swear I’ll deal with that soon.)
Grab One of Your Own!
The Hot Wheels Frankenstein* is a fun part of the Universal Monsters Hot Wheels series (Amazon.com search*) and every single one of you reading this should already have the car in your collection.
You do have a Hot Wheels collection, right? Because if you don’t you’re missing out on a lot of fun; Mattel keeps making incredible toy cars that roll smoothly, look awesome, and are some of the most inexpensively fun collectibles you can buy. Get to work on a collection right now . . . or keep adding to one you’ve already started. I know I will keep adding these cars to the shelves . . . as soon as I find a new display case.
Really appreciate all the coverage for Hot Wheels, since it’s a line I don’t follow. Unfortunately, I don’t have space/room to collect another line, but their licensed cars are really attractive. I feel like Hot Wheels would have to be your primary focus because it would soon overwhelm you as a collector! I agree that the packaging artwork is top notch, too 🙂
@Jonny – I think that you can pick and choose pieces, adding one or two cars a month and building a small collection. Well, maybe _you_ can do that. Me? Experience shows that once I buy a car I usually buy three or four more over the next few weeks.
Love the artwork and look of the car. Did they do a Gillman or Wolfman one? If so, I may need to do some eBaying…
@Wolf – Yes to both. Let me work on a little something . . .