Hot Wheels will open up the order books for its limited-edition Red Line Club 1968 Corvette Custom this week.
The Hot Wheels Red Line Club, for the uninitiated, is a members-only group of Hot Wheels enthusiasts that have access to exclusive Hot Wheels items, priority access to sales, and access to a members-only forum on the Hot Wheels website. This unique 1968 Corvette Custom diecast will launch on February 1st for Hot Wheels Redline Club members only, joining previous Chevy Redline Club models like the 1969 C10 pickup and 1969 Camaro SS that we wrote about previously.
The 1968 Corvette Custom diecast is a modified take on the iconic C3 Corvette Stingray, which features a unique front fascia treatment, a Spectraflame True Black body with red decals, Neo-Classics Hot Wheels Redline wheels, light smoke-tinted windows and a chromed 327 cubic inch Small Block V8 engine. Other features include ‘Stingray’ body side decals, a vintage black and yellow Michigan license plate that reads ‘STNGR’ and a red-painted steering wheel.
In order to buy the new Redline Club 1968 Corvette Custom diecast, Hot Wheels fans must pay a $9.99 fee for a one-year Red Line Club membership. This does not include the price of the diecast itself, which has not yet been confirmed as of this writing. Redline Club diecasts usually sell for $24.99 via the Hot Wheels online shop before taxes and shipping, however. The Matell-owned company will begin accepting pre-orders for the 1968 Corvette Custom on February 1st, 2022.
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How did I not know about this Club! I was big into Hot Wheels when they first came out. And, like Baseball Cards, i don’t have all those $$$ cars anymore.
Anyway, FYI, the Die Cast Corvette drops at 9am eastern time, so you can join, pay the Annual Membership and get ready to purchase.
Correction: it’s 9am Pacific Time.
Nice car ,need some new hot wheels my org 1968and the one s that I got for my birthday and Christmas are pretty beat up. This time they don’t get tossed in shoe box or play with out side
The license plate is a California plate (it even says California across the top), Michigan never issued California plates!
Matell was way ahead of matchbox. The. Are we’re heavy and the build quality was great for a toy.
I am 63 and I haven’t seen much of Hot Wheels being advertised any more.
I had them all. I had the super charger.
Then I had the Hot Wheels Sizzler’s. The electric rechargeable Hot Wheel.
When you think about it that was 50+ years ago. And I don’t see much advancement in rechargeable batteries over the last 50 years……….
Anyone else remember these?
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I had Hot Wheels Sizzlers as well with the Fat Track back in the day, great fun. I still have my original 24 car collectors case and some of the original range of cars although well played with as they should have been.
I remember buying my first Hot Wheels car in 1968 – a red Custom Corvette. And I still have it.