Small Block 2024 Series 228/250 - Tooned #5 of 5 Cars Hot Wheels 2024 Basic Cars Item No.: Asst. L2593 No. HRY92 Manufacturer: Mattel Includes: n/a Action Feature: n/a Retail: $1.25 Availability: ca. September 2024 Other: Is it made of... wood?
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Not to be (easily) confused with the similarly named Custom Small Block [FOTD #2,400], the Small Bloc is different. The Block (with a K) is a great toy that you should buy for your kids that's compatible with LEGO and similar brick toys. The Bloc (no C) is a new one, with the gimmick being that it is textured like wood - but is plastic. The base is metal (you can see the engine poking through), but the chassis is faux naturally grown material. I would love to see a version of this made out of actual wood or a PLA wood equivalent, but for now, we'll have to settle for this clever way to get me to part with $1.25 and Mattel didn't even have to pay a licensing fee to do it.

There are a lot of clever toys in 2024 - should you buy this one? Yeah, it's $1.25, if you think it's the slightest bit amusing you're better off buying one of these than a lottery ticket. Other cars this year include sushi and cake. Wood is just as fun of a concept, wouldn't you say?

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More versions are reportedly on the way, including a taxi, so why should you buy this brown base wood version? Well, it looks like wood - it's like a muscle car, but in a pinewood derby flavor, minus the pine, or the wood. The roof is black, the sides have a little bit o paint and "HWGRFX" on it as well as orange reflectors. There are no headlights, there are no steering wheels, it's very much a riff on the kind of thing a kid('s dad) might carve to win a racing competition, complete with tan wheels with silver trim.

It has a heavy base and feels sturdy - but with enough force, the top might snap off as there's little holding it down near the front. I wouldn't be surprised to see snapped ones in thrift stores down the road, but any collector who doesn't step on it or throw it to the wolves will likely find it in good shape since there isn't much paint to scrape. The woodgrain looks and feels good, but it's not going to fool anybody.

It rolls incredibly well and in a toy line with tens of thousands of variations on a theme, this is a new one. Sure we've got station wagons and the various Woody, but we haven't had anything textured to make you think the actual toy was carved by some guy and a whittling knife. I like it, and it's one of the reasons you keep peeking at the Hot Wheels pegs just to see what they're coming up with. It's hard to not get, at least, a fun chuckle out of these toys and it's also one of very few still-affordable toy lines out there. Go get one.

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