Customer Reviews

Hot Cars: A Collectors Ultimate Source for Hot Wheels, Matchbox and Johnny Lightning

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The Hot Wheels listings did not include variations nor did it include limited edition cars. The Match Box listings did not list the names of the series of cars. The Johnny Lightning section is very limited. Pictures were very limited in all sections.

I felt that the book showed the best samples of car colors than any other book of this type that I have read. And as collectors know, this is very important when judging its value.

This book tried to cover alot of the major Die-cast cars, Matchbox, Johnny Lightings etc., but the Early Hot Wheel info was what I was most into and that was fun and I learned alot of stuff I never would have known otherwise. The beginners tips are a must for collectors expierienced and new. The variations are countless on these cars and would be impossible to list all of them, however if you collect only the 'Redline Years' of hot wheels it's a pleasure to see these cars and it's a good companion to other books you may have. Photos of rare color combo's and proto-types are cool. For the hard core Redline collectors only.

Very Easy to use. Very Clearly written. The only thing I didn't care for in this book is that to some degree it only covers the most popular cars. It doesn't give information on the amount produced. It also doesn't give any information on the amount of variations of newer cars. Clearly this is not written for the advanced collector

no index, very few pictures, no discriptions of cars or variations of cars . it has a lot of cars listed by the year and prices for them. vary hard to find a car you are looking for if you dont know the year ,make or model

I was very disturbed that there was very few pictures to show the vehicles. How is a collector new or old supposed to know what the vehicles, colors, and vairiations are..? to top it all off many vehicles i found weren't even listed, but then again you are never given the opportunity.

Hot Cars is a feast for the eyes. The photography is excellent, the cars pictured are rare and hard-to-find variations and the price guide is much more accurate than other books on the market. It also includes tips on collecting die-cast cars and is a good general book about die-cast. This book, combined with others on the market, will serve collectors well.

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