Toy reviews list Hot Wheels as consistently popular with young and old alike and with good reason. From casual toy to top-dollar collectable, Hot Wheels have been at the forefront of toy reviews since their creation in 1968. Easy to assemble tracks, a wide variety of vehicles and the imaginations of millions of children foretold what toy reviews would only reiterate: Hot Wheels sets continue to be favorites in the toy world.

Hot Wheels Sets Spark Competition

There must be something hard-wired into the minds of children that compel them to compete with their friends and companions. The arrival of a new Hot Wheels set is all that is needed to initiate hour after hour, day after day, week after week of non-stop racing, chasing and car-crashing enjoyment for kids of all ages.

And once the child feels "too old" to play with his Hot Wheels set, he or she becomes a Collector, knowledgeable about the different models, production years, pros and cons of different Hot Wheels products, and so on. It's not that the fascination ends, it simply evolves. Instead of competing on the race track that came in the Hot Wheels set, the competition shifts to status based on one's current collection inventory and knowledge.

Beyond Toy Reviews

Hot Wheels sets have consistently been at the top of toy reviews. What the toy reviews don't tell us is why Hot Wheels are such popular toys. There are other cars, other race tracks, other online games and other special features that should be equally as appealing but, somehow, they all fall short of the Hot Wheels set industry icon. There isn't a nation on Earth that hasn't heard of and coveted the ever-popular Hot Wheels set.

Perhaps it is not possible to codify and measure the level of fun and enjoyment that comes with owning and playing with ones very own Hot Wheels set. Toy reviews can describe the contents of the latest Hot Wheels set, the variety of child development skills it touches and current sales figures. Toy reviews cannot, however, explain the worldwide popularity of this simple, yet engaging race car game.

Hot Wheels Continue To Roll Off The Assembly Line

In spite of massive competition from computer and video games, role-playing games, Chuck E. Cheese's pizza parlors and busy schedules, Hot Wheels continue to disappear from store shelves and reach the top of toy review lists. Children still enjoy playing with these little metal cars, racing on loop-the-loop tracks and across kitchen floors and living room furniture and down driveway slopes. It looks as though Hot Wheels will be with us for a long time to come.