Hot Shots

Hot Shots was an extremely short-lived series of motorized cars and dragsters produced during the Redline era from 1972 to 1973. The selling point of the castings was their use of RipFire motors, which were essentially extremely powerful ripcord motors allowing for the castings to wheelie and burnout. The cars, advertised as "Power racers with RipFire motors", were also purportedly able to spark as they burned out. While the series was manufactured by Mattel and feature wheels also used on Hot Wheels products these were not officially branded as Hot Wheels products.
The original two dragster castings have also been known to have been made in Mexico. Hot Shots castings are now noted to be extremely expensive to acquire today.
These Hot Wheels vehicles have come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
Year	Model name 	Color 	Tampo 	Base Color / Type 	Wheel Type	Country 	Number	Photo
1972	Sound Breaker 	Silver 	"SOUND BREAKER" on sides 	Light gray / Plastic	DWSP/HS 	Hong Kong	5857 	
1972	Heat Wave 	Yellow 	"Heat Wave" on sides 	Light gray / Plastic	DWSP/HS 	Hong Kong	5858 	
1972	Purple Rage 	Lavender	Tribal design 	Light gray / Plastic	DWSP/HS 	Hong Kong	5876 	
1972	Red Alert 	Red 	"RED ALERT" on front 	Light gray / Plastic	DWSP/HS 	MEXICO /
Hong Kong	5877 	
1972	Winning Streak	Various 	None 	Unpainted / Metal 	RWSP/HS 	Hong Kong	6695 	
1972	Masked Bandit 	Orange 	None 	Unpainted / Metal 	RWSP/HS 	MEXICO 	6696 	
1973	Bustin' Bronc 	Various 	"BUSTIN' BRONC'" on sides	Unpainted / Metal 	FDW/HS 	Hong Kong	6960 	
1973	Thunderbolt 	Various 	"THUNDERBOLT" on sides 	Unpainted / Metal 	FDW/HS 	Hong Kong	6961 	
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==External links==
*Newsletter
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