Case Report: 2018 Hot Wheels International B Case

October 24, 2017

Right off the bat, this is a good case. A really good case.

We can all judge cases how we want. Some of you don’t like to call any current Hot Wheels 72-count assortments “great” because of the plethora of unlicensed models. That is fine, but for me, reality is reality, and in the 2018 reality, there will be generics. Thankfully there is a whole lot of other stuff in there that am most surely excited about.

Wanna guess? Let me give you a hint:

It’s the R33 Skyline.

Need another hint?

It’s the R33 Skyline.

Ok, in case you couldn’t guess, it’s the R33 Skyline. I’ll feature that soon.

In the meantime, here is the 2017 B Case Report, as photographed by Wheel Collectors. As always, they pulled a case at random from their shipment from Mattel, and opened it 3-by-3. You can see and buy all the models at their store:

Hot Wheels 2017 B Case Assortment at Wheel Collectors

Enjoy the pics. Click on each for a larger view:

Like what you see? Me too. The models are coming, and so are the features. In case you didn’t know, the Super is the Nova. Here is one Wheel Collectors pulled from another case:

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13 responses to “Case Report: 2018 Hot Wheels International B Case”

iamwanderingaimlessly
October 24, 2017
on the lookout for that land rover cab, the rx7, r30 and the white porsche…
wow…that case is loaded…
more for the PI please…

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Samuel Ace
October 24, 2017
Those new B Case mainline hotwheels coming out are all awesome. I already have some of them and I will be on the hunt for the rest of them thumbs up.

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Steve Warne
October 24, 2017
Great way to display a new case. Lots of great cars in this one. Thank you.

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Ben Addie
October 24, 2017
Well I have no problem calling this a “great” case. There’s a TON to look forward to here. The Skylines, Porsches, and even the muscle all look fantastic.

I accept the reality of generics, but I really wish they’d knock it the hell off with the “tooned” vehicles. That Chrysler 300 is an abomination.

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1. Kev
  November 23, 2017
  Yeah, that Chrysler 300 takes the cake as my number 1 hated hot wheel. I have 2…no I didn’t buy them and I can’t bring myself to put them in a drop off bin, so loathed are they.
  
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Greaser
October 24, 2017
That is an awesome case! Personally the r33 does nothing for me… and I love the old Japanese cars. The lr double cab is the one I must have in my life! The r30’s headlights just zing me. The rx7 is so good I fear I will have to add it to my completest list along with the 356a & Fiat 500. I only fear that I won’t see this case in my local stores until February.

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mitch
October 25, 2017
most of those were in the “A” case

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Reyno-Roxx
October 26, 2017
Would be nice if the remaining half of the 2017 international cases finally showed up in the UK. let alone the 2018. Terrible distribution this year. The worst ever.

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1. Matt Byrne
  November 2, 2017
  Curiously, my Asda had about 4 or 5 2018 cars including the orange Golf in amongst end of 2017 stuff.
  
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2. Kev
  November 23, 2017
  Yep, Australia pathetic as well. Not sure where the problem lies…is it the wholesaler with cashflow problems? or is it the retailer who just can’t be bothered?…either way, if distribution doesn’t improve I’ll be giving the game away, it’s got that bad. No fresh supply, countless visits to the same stoes and walking straight back out again empty handed…they must think I’m cading the joint.
  
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  1. Kev
    November 23, 2017
    Last line redone..No fresh supply, countless peg warmers, countless visits to the same old stores and walking straight back out again empty handed, wasting precious time and fuel on wild goose chases, they must think I’m casing the joint and I feel like an idiot.
Brandon
October 26, 2017
Wow. Killer deal. $15.74 shipped. Thumbs up.

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Johnny
November 26, 2017
Nothing against lamely, BUT Mattel, how about stop letting your employees at the factory, steal THOUSANDS of Supers EVERY month, so actual customers would have a better chance at actually getting a super ?? AND almost every walmart and Kroeger grocery store and even the dollar store have CROOKED employees taking the supers and other things out of the case BEFORE it hits the shelves at the said store ?? I know you dont have total control after it leaves your hands, but you have dont NOTHING to even try to stop this and you DO HAVE control BEFORE it leaves your hands, as it is now, you have become a direct supplier to store employees and their reseller “friends”
I have had to go through 20-30 SEALED cases just to find ONE super this year alone !!!

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