Hello dear reader, indeed this is the ultimate guide for collecting Hot Wheels die-cast models, especially if you live in 2016. I won’t be writing a lot of prologues, you can find all that on Wikipedia, I will just mention a few significant years that are important for collectors, like 1968, the year when the Hot Wheels brand was launched by a company called Mattel. Business immediately took off. In their first year, they made 16 castings which are now known as The Original Sweet Sixteen, and cost tons of money. 1968 model lineup included: Beatnick Bandit, Deora, Ford J…