Hot Wheels have put out a number of TV related vehicles recently, including several different Batmobiles. Many of these models produce that frisson of nostalgia for old TV shows like Scooby Doo, Batman or Knight Rider.

I have bought a few models which for me are full of childhood nostalgia: Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine, I used to love watching that cartoon, Herbie from The Love Bug (1968), one of the first films I ever saw at the cinema and a great influence on my interest in cars and strangely Star Trek’s USS Enterprise, which seems an unusual choice for a Hot Wheels having no wheels and being far from the rough 1:64 scale of the rest of the range.

Corgi Toys‘ most successful period was between 1965 and 1968, when over 60 million toys were sold, this coincided with the introduction into the range of film and TV related vehicles. Two of them the Batmobile and James Bond’s Aston Martin were the best selling Corgi cars ever. I love Corgis but apart form a Batmobile and Gene Hunt’s Audi Quattro from “Ashes to Ashes” I don’t have any of their film/TV related models.