Last Updated on January 9, 2024 by Ch David
Whether you are a kid or an adult, you’ve most likely grown up with these little Hot Wheels cars, and for most of us, these made out childhood better.
The Hot Wheels diecast cars can be considered both toys for kids, as well as collectables for people that want to build up a nice wall of their favourite cars.
Surprisingly or not, these little Hot Wheels cars are replicated, and even though it’s mainly the popular and rare cars that are replicated, there are many fake cars floating on the market.
In fact, when you want to buy one or more Hot Wheels diecast vehicles, it is pretty important to know which toy car is fake, and which one is real.
To put it shortly, the fastest way to spot fake Hot Wheels toy cars (diecast) is by checking the packaging and the details on the bottom side of the car. Most fake Hot Wheels cars present flaws when it comes to the packaging’s inscriptions, and when it comes to the bottom of the cars, the fake ones either miss the correct inscriptions or there are no inscriptions at all, which automatically makes a fake Hot Wheels piece.
On the other hand, the authentic Hot Wheels packaging has the full and perfectly spelt logo, as it is mentioned as “HotWheels”, as it has to be spelt.
Again, as simple as it may seem to spot a fake car, make sure that you double-check the “HotWheels” logo that’s written on the box.
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The authentic Hot Wheels cars must have information about the car’s brand of manufacturing, the name of the model and the year of manufacturing written somewhere on the box.
In fact, you can see how the authentic image mentions it all: there’s a 1974 Brazilian Dodge charger.
The genuine Hot Wheels toy cars must have the Hot Wheels logo, the car’s manufacturer and model, the country of manufacturing, the year when the car was made, as well as the code of the year in which it was crafted.
The authentic item states the fact that the 1965 Ford Galaxie in the box is the 10th out of 10th cars in that specific collection.
A quick mention:
If in doubt, we recommend double-checking the steps we’ve explained above this line.
There are many authentic Hot Wheels cars that have a few mistakes on them, and whether that is the car being scratched, cracked or generally not at the best of its quality, this does happen on the real Hot Wheels products as well.
This image shows you how an authentic Hot Wheels car has a crack on the roof.
That’s something you’d see on real products sometimes.
Errors like that above happen from time to time when the lack of quality service from Hot Wheels happens, but once again, you won’t have to deal with this on many cars.
No need to worry if there’s a sticker on the case spelt in Chinese or in any other language – that means that your Hot Wheels packaging is an imported one that comes from outside of the country.
If you need help with the authentication of your Hot Wheels cars, we’ve got you covered.
All you have to do is send us high-quality pictures of your Hot Wheels cars and we will get back to you with the results within 24 to 48 hours. The results will also come with a report on why we believe your item is fake or authentic.
That brings us to the end of our guide on how to spot fake vs real Hot Wheels cars. We will continue to update this article as better and newer comparisons are put out.
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Ch Daniel and Ch David
