Hello everyone.
Today i want to start a new series of videos
called "Hot Wheels News" and as the name says
they will be based on debates, rumors and
news about what we love to collect, the Hot
Wheels cars.
This is the first video and depending on the
feedback i receive from you guys, the views
and comments, basically if you guys enjoy
this type of videos i will keep on going with
them.
One of the other days one of the collectors
had a video here and he mentioned there that
Hot Wheels will not renew their license agreement
with Ferrari, that this year is the last year
we will see Ferrari cars and models in the
Hot Wheels line of toys.
While this is not new news, for me it was
and of course i had to dig more into it, so
i went online and started the search.
I found out that the license agreement will
end this year, on 31 of December, Hot Wheels
can release all the cars until that specific
date, all the cars scheduled for 2015 will
be canceled.
This statement was made by Hot Wheels Elite,
which is Mattel's 1:18 scale brand, but then
Mattel stated the same thing, without clarifying
if it is about the Elite series only, or all
the series from Hot Wheels.
While we can speculate a lot on this, maybe
they will not renew the contract only for
the 1:18 scale, maybe they will not do it
for all the Hot Wheels series, well, we can
not know for sure at this point, but for me
if that would happen it will leave a huge
gap in the mainline collection for the future.
As you can see i like Ferrari cars and i have
collected them ever since i started.
They are released about 5 models in the 1:64
scale size every year, with new additions
and color variations.
If this will happen we can also expect some
increase in the price for all the Hot Wheels
Ferrari cars released so far that are on sale,
especially on the regular Treasure Hunts and
Supers, something like what it happened a
few years back with the Bugati Veyron.
While the Bugati was only one model, because
i am not sure if they lost the license only
for the Veyron model or for all the Bugati
cars, for Ferrari would be different, because
they have houndreds of models released so
far and probably more planned for the future.
What do you guys think, did you hear about
this statement, did you knew that Hot Wheels
will not renew the license agreement with
Ferrari ?
Leave your comment below, give us your opinions
and thoughts.
Personally i hope that this is only speculation
and that Hot Wheels are going to continue
making Ferrari cars in the future as well,
because they take a huge part in the Hot Wheels
line of cars and series.
Let me also know what do you guys think about
this kind of videos and if it is helpul for
us collectors.
I think they are because we can communicate,
talk about different news from the Hot Wheels
universe and this way we can spread the word
faster and probably even easier that what
some forums might do, but i really want to
know your opinions.
Thank you for staying the whole video with
me, thank you for watching and happy collecting.
