The Most Valuable Hot Wheels Cars Ever! If this list doesn’t make you double-check your personal collection, you might be crazy. By Andrew Wendler and Austin Irwin for Car and Driver DEC 5, 2019 Barcroft Media/Car and Driver _____ Hot Wheels celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018 with one of its best years ever. We called […]
hobbyDB is the very first company in our space designed to be owned by collectors, rather than corporate investors. By uniting collectors and fans of all kinds, we’ll be able to become the ultimate collectible influencers and create a resource that we all love to use. The webinar gives you an overview of how far […]
For years we’ve been told eBay is the only marketplace to buy and sell Diecast; that we’d just have to put up with their huge fees and heavy-handed behavior. We’ve continued to struggle to find information about our favorite items and had to rely on huge, hard-to-manage spreadsheets to help keep track of our […]
Over the years we’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of legends and heavy hitters in the industry to find out what makes them tick. Tony Karamitsos has been a designer for several important brands over the last couple of decades including Johnny Lightning and Round2. Tony’s first job in the industry was […]
We are super excited about working together with Heritage Auctions, here the official press release text – Heritage Auctions and hobbyDB to Bring Vast Collecting Archives to the Masses DALLAS, Texas (November 14, 2019) – Heritage Auctions, the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer is helping collector site hobbyDB document and provide values for every collector. Designed […]
Toy Peddler member Scott Michalak has hit a milestone on TTP! He has made his 1000th TTP purchase recently, and wanted to share with us the backstory on his collecting obsession. […]
If you had a chance to see the Hot Wheels Legends Tour this summer, it was an amazing gathering of customs, hot rods, stock cars, whatever’s cool in car culture. Each stop on the tour featured lots of local cars, but there were also several amazing customs that made it to every location. In addition […]
Seeing a particular seller on eBay sell an endless amount of “estate find” Hot Wheels Redline blisterpack cards has prompted me to create this blog. Dont be fooled by his auction description: “ Don’t bid based on them being originals, Since I picked them up at an estate sale there is no way to know […]
Over the past dozen years, the premium small scale diecast market has seen some stiff competition. M2 Machines, one of those companies, has filled a niche with realistic castings of older cars in both stock and custom variants. M2’s V.P. of Product Development, Sean Taylor, has been with them since their beginning in 2007. “I […]
We’re thrilled to have so many new shareholders from so many different walks of life! Some are site super-users, others are people who have worked in the collectibles industry for years and love what we’re doing for collectors! Today we’re featuring some of the latter; a few industry stakeholders who believe in the hobbyDB mission […]
