20 December 2024
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The new models for 2024 is Wonder Woman, and her 'vehicle' is the famous Invisible Jet.
This version of Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet by Hot Wheels has delighted toy collectors as it is rather car-like and 62 mm long. It has twin fins, like many modern fighter planes; twin jet exhausts at the rear (but where are the air intakes ?), and canard foreplanes ahead of the front wheels. The aircraft has an open cockpit, and four wheels for road use.
The model is made mainly of clear blue plastic, but it does have a white-painted metal baseplate, toy collectors should be aware that due to this, it is heavier than it looks. Even the wheels are clear blue plastic, and the model is an excellent runner. There is no tampo printing on the plane at all.
Sitting in the cockpit is a plastic model of Wonder Woman. Most character car model with over-sized drivers only provide a head and upper body, with no lower body at all. However, Toy collectors will be delighted to know that this model has a full figure, probably because the fuselage is clear, and the lower body is therefore visible.
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Wonder Woman looks very determined. She is well sculpted, and nicely painted. The head and arms are flesh tone, with black hair. Facial details: eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are also well done.
Her uniform is red, blue, and gold, with white arm bands. Even her boots are red with yellow tops.
Toy collectors should be aware that the base does not give a lot of information this time. There is a Hot Wheels ribbon, but no Hot Wheels name. Other markings are © & TM DC (Copyright and Trademark DC Comics); © 2023 Mattel; and MADE IN THAILAND.
The card shows the model in the upper left corner, and has NEW 2024 below the DC Comics logo. The card is the same height as a regular, or Mainline, Hot Wheels card, but is considerably wider.
In addition to this single model, there is also a twin-pack with Batman driving the Batmobile. This version of the Invisible Jet is in plain clear plastic.
Hot Wheels had previously created a joke version of the Invisible Jet for the San Diego Comic Convention - which was an empty bubble pack, but this was an actual model of the Jet, with Wonder Woman at the controls.
In 2023 Hot Wheels introduced a new line of die-cast models, called Racer Verse. These are cartoon-like vehicles, with a slightly over-sized plastic driver figure. All the vehicles to date being based on movie, television, or comic book characters.
It is important for toy collectors to know that the Racer Verse models are considerably more expensive than regular Hot Wheels cars, and are about the same as the various Hot Wheels Premium lines. There are also twin-packs, four-packs, five-packs, and track sets. Some of the two-packs contain exclusive models, that are not available individually.
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