Lamley Poll: What the Best Hot Wheels Zamac Exclusive so far?

There has now been 30 Walmart Zamacs released in the last two years, with still a few more to come in 2014.

These unpainted treats have proven very popular, and Hot Wheels has delivered with a great assortment of models for all types of collectors.  We see classics, muscle, supercars, JDM, current cars, land yachts, pickups, and on and on.  What we haven't seen, and are keeping our fingers crossed that we don't, are any non-licensed models or Hot Wheels originals.

So to us, the Zamacs have been a rousing success, and we hope Walmart and Mattel have made a deal to keep them coming in 2015.

In the meantime, we thought we would conduct a poll.  Before the Nissan Skyline 2000GT-X hits in Batch N, which will be an obvious favorite for many Lamley readers, we thought we would ask.

So, below are photos of all 30 released so far, shown in numerical order as provided by Mattel.  Look to your right and you will see the poll.  Let is know which one is your favorite by voting.  Later we will reveal your choice and ours.

This should be fun...


Which Zamac Exclusive is your favorite so far?

'69 Mercury Cougar Eliminator

Classic Nomad

'71 HEMI Cuda

'10 Camaro SS

'66 Chevy Nova

Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)

Custom '69 Chevy Pickup (2013 Edition)

'64 Corvette Sting Ray

'12 Camaro ZL1

'70 Monte Carlo

'68 Shelby GT500

Volkswagen Scirocco GT24

Ferrari F12berlinetta

Datsun 240Z

Purple Passion

Custom '56 Ford F-100

Lamborghini Aventador J

'73 Pontiac Firebird

'14 COPO Camaro

Chevrolet SS

'69 Dodge Charger Daytona

Chevy Silverado

2013 Hot Wheels Chevy Camaro Special Edition

Toyota AE-86 Corolla

'72 Ford Ranchero

Scion FR-S

'67 Ford Mustang Coupe

'70 Chevelle SS Wagon

Custom '69 Chevy

'64 Lincoln Continental

Up-to-Date: All 2014 Super Treasure Hunts released so far, and Lamley reader's favorite...

11 Supers in.

Sure, we know almost all of the Supers for 2014 already, but it is amazing that the 11th batch is now out.  That means only four more and 2015 is upon us.

We profiled the 11th, the Greenwood Corvette, earlier today, but if you remember, we did a poll asking our readers to tell us what their favorite Super was of the first 10.  To say it was a landslide would be an understatement.  The '55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser ran away with the vote, almost doubling the amount of the second place finisher.  The results:

1. '55 Bel Air Gasser - 27%
2. Camaro Special Edition - 14%
3. '71 Mustang Mach 1 - 12%
4. '07 Ford Mustang - 10%
5. Chevrolet SS - 9%
6. '64 Chevy Nova Wagon - 9%
7. '70 Chevelle SS - 8%
8. '83 Silverado - 5%
9. Sandblaster - 3%
10. Twin Mill - 3%

There are not too many surprises on that list.  I expected the Gasser to win, but not by that much.  I expected the Sandblaster and Twin Mill to finish last, but not by barely beating out the '83 Silverado.  

In case you were wondering, this would be Lamley's rank, from best to worst:

1. '83 Silverado
2. '55 Bel Air Gasser
3. '71 Ford Mustang
4. '70 Chevelle SS
5. '64 Chevy Nova Wagon
6. '07 Mustang
7. Chevrolet SS
8. Camaro Special Edition
9. Sandblaster
10. Twin Mill

We all agree on the bottom two, but not the others.  The Gasser is truly a spectacular model, with perfect wheels and a fantastic deco.  But when a favorite casting like the Silverado gets the Super treatment, and it is executed well, it takes the belt around here.  Of course, with five more Supers to go, that can and will most certainly change.  At least for us.  We will see if it changes for our readers as well when we do our next poll.

Of course, if you read our feature on the Greenwood Vette, you know that it now takes the #1 spot for us, so move every other model down a spot.

So without further ado, for your records, every Super TH released so far in 2014:

Chevrolet SS

Sand Blaster

Hot Wheels Special Edition Camaro

'71 Mustang Mach 1

'07 Mustang

'55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser

'70 Chevelle SS

Twin Mill

'64 Chevy Nova Wagon

'83 Chevy Silverado

'76 Greenwood Corvette

Hot Wheels Super Treasure Hunt Update & Lamley Poll: Which is your favorite of the first 10?

With the release of 2014 Hot Wheels Batch K and '83 Silverado Treasure Hunt, we are now officially 10 Supers into the year.

Still no RLC sales, Retro and Cool Classics are lagging a bit, but the mainline keeps chugging along. It has been an interesting year for the Super TH's.  Chevrolet is getting a lot of love this year, with 6 of the 10 all being of the bowtie.  (And we also know the next three will be Chevy as well.)  The breakdown:

Chevy - 6
Ford - 3
Non-licensed - 1

Variety has not been the strongpoint of the Supers this year.  After two Toyotas last year, JDM has taken a back seat, Europe continues to be ignored following the Ferrari 599XX Super in 2012, and Mopar is nonexistent.  We can save that complaint until we know the full 15, and in the meantime just look at what is already out and pick a fave.

So, which of the first 10 do you think takes the cake?  Give these review, in order of release, and vote below:




Chevrolet SS

Sandblaster

Chevy Camaro Special Edition

1971 Mustang Mach 1

'07 Ford Mustang

'55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser

'70 Chevy Chevelle

Twin Mill

'64 Chevy Nova Station Wagon

'83 Chevy Silverado