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                                         The black ‘15 Mer-        Kid’s Coloring Contest
                                         cedes AMG GT from
                                         the Nightburnerz se-      By Kelly Kottke
                                         ries #142 is common       We had a great turn out for the Kid’s Coloring Contest on Saturday
                                         with gray 10 spokes       in Dallas, Texas. There were a total of 37 budding artists looking
                                         but has been found        to color a picture of one of the three cool Nationals Cars. We had
                                         internationally with      three age groups with 5 and under coloring the Chevy Silverado,
                                         gray pr5.                 6 thru 10 coloring the ’66 Super Nova Gasser and 11-15 coloring
                                                                   the’62 Charity Chevy Corvette.
                                         The Muscle Mania          As one of the judges it was a challenging task determining which
                                         #216 blue 2018 Ford       three pictures we would choose from all of the wonderful artists
                                         Mustang GT found          we had. Watch out Mattel Designers we have some great up-and-
                                         with gray RA6 wheels      coming talent.
                                         international and         And Our Winners Are……
                                         most recently at Publix   5 and under – Chevy Silverado
                                         Super Markets. RA6        1st Place – River Garcia
                                         wheels called RA6         2nd Place – Chandler Hawkins
                                         after their designer
                                         Ryu Asada.                3rd Place – Olivia Taylor (Hi Olivia)
                                                                   6 thru 10 – ’66 Super Nova Gasser
                                         Multi-pack only model     1st Place – Frankie Taylor
                                         the black Pass’n Gas-     2nd Place – San San Ly
                                         ser is commonly found     3rd Place – Evalynn Rose Otis
                                         with sp5/dw wheels.       11 thru 15 – ’62 Charity Chevy Corvette
                                         Be on the look out for
                                         this version with mc5     1st Place – Julianna Tobia
                                         wheels. So far only       2nd Place – Kale Wargo
                                         a couple have been        3rd Place – Lina Tobia
                                         reported.                 Thank you to all our coloring participants who joined us and a big
                                                                   thank you to my fellow “staffers” Greg Hall, Jason Hayes, Russ
                                         A early version of this   Kottke and Sarah Kottke who assisted and helped with the judging.
                                         popular model came        Special thanks to Mark & Jennifer Millhollin that make these
                                         with Steelie 8 wheels     events great.
                                         Look for this Factory
                                         Fresh #169 mf gray ‘82
                                         Nissan Skyline R30


        SDCC Exclusive: Action                                 comic, “Spider Super Stories #39” with what is known as
                                                               the Thanos Copter. Hot Wheels captures another obscure comic
                                                               vehicle once again with Thanos, piloting the helicopter. It comes
        Comics No. 1 Hot Wheels set!                           packaged in its own Cosmic Cube. (Tesseract)
                                                               Both of these will be available at next month’s Comic Con in San
                                                               Diego.





















        Coming in July 2018 from Mattel, the world’s most legendary
        Superman comic comes to life as a 1:64 scale offering from Hot
        Wheels! Featuring incredible detail and packaging recreating
        the first appearance of the Man of Steel, this limited edition set is
        a must have for Superman fans!
        Another Hot Wheels San Diego Comic Con Exclusive for
        2018: the Thanos Copter. Back in 1979, he appeared in the
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