Ultimate Track Set

==Description==
The Ultimate Track Set is an extremely large motorized trackset introduced as a tie-in with the Highway 35 World Race series. The set was themed to the various areas shown in the television series and featured multi-colored pieces of track and numerous different stunts including a volcano, an invert, a loop and two specialized high-powered boosters. Many of these stunts pieces were taken from existing Hot Wheels sets but re-themed to fit the series; the four-way booster and its associated loop were taken from Octoblast, the invert taken from the Wild Wave Stunt Set and the volcano section and its associated booster were taken from Volcano Blowout. The spiral appears to be the only part that is unique to this set. 8 "D"-sized batteries were required to power the set's two boosters. The set included a Sling Shot and Power Pistons with exclusive tampos.
This set could only be obtained through a promotion held by Mattel valid between 1 November 2002 and 31 December 2003; to obtain the set, one had to obtain all 35 Highway 35 World Race cars. To obtain the set, participants had to mail in the 35 UPC codes for all 35 cars and a 3×5 card featuring the participant's name, address, date of birth and phone number (and if required, the name of the participant's parent or guardian if said participant is under the age of 18) and USD 10 for shipping and handling to a P.O. box in Midlothian, Virginia, labeled "Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race Gift With Purchase", with all letters postmarked to be received by 7 January 2004. This set was not intended to be sold in retail stores, although a suggested retail price of USD 150 was noted. Due to overproduction of the first few waves of Highway 35 cars however, retailers were mostly unable to clear out their stocks and were unwilling to receive new stocks, so some participants were unable to complete their sets, despite Mattel claiming there were 260,000 completed sets available. Apparently in response to this Mattel changed the requirements to obtain the set, with participants now having to just mail in 35 UPCs as opposed to one UPC for each of the 35 cars. Eventually a number of sets showed up in the Mattel Toy Shop.
==Castings included==
*Exclusive Power Pistons and Sling Shot
==See Also==
*Highway 35 World Race
*AcceleRacers
*AcceleRacers AcceleDrome Track Set
*AcceleRacers Swamp Beast Track Set
*Drone Sweeper
==Gallery==
Category:2003 Hot Wheels
Category:Track Sets
Category:Highway 35 World Race