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Mattel Hot Wheels Fig Rig Mattel, 2013
Day #670: May 29, 2013
Mattel Hot Wheels Fig Rig CarFig Rig
LEGO-Compatible Hot Wheels Car

Hot Wheels 2013 New Models
Item No.:
Asst. L2593 No. X1654
Manufacturer: Mattel
Includes: n/a
Action Feature: Includes studs, grips for LEGO and similar figures
Retail: $1.00
Availability: ca. April 2013
Other: 080 / 250

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Mattel Hot Wheels Fig Rig CarI had no idea that the Hot Wheels Fig Rig existed until my digital pal Seth, in one of our regular email exchanges, brought it up. I just happen to live within walking distance of a Walmart and within in an hour, as luck would have it, I was back home with one in my grubby little hands. Here's why you care: Mattel made a Hot Wheels car compatible with LEGO Minifigures. It's a dollar. If you're the kind of person who reads this column - and you are - this should be a required purchase.

"Plays with" toys are nothing new, although it's a subtle grab at another side of the toy aisle - seeing Mattel try to appeal to LEGO fans is surprising, and the product is actually quite good. The last time I remember something trying to bridge one type of toy with another was Hasbro's aborted Built-To-Rule sets of which some included 3 3/4-inch figures with LEGO-like bricks. The key difference here is just how astonishingly low-key Mattel's pitch to people like you and me is - absolutely nowhere on the package does it mention LEGO, and any sort of figure compatibility is absent from the front. The back boasts the truck has "fig passenger notches and spots to hang on. Riders welcome." A few drawings show blocky men on the truck, without mentioning anything by name. Personally I think it's a terrible call-out from a marketing perspective and it should be more obvious, but hey - at least you and I know about it, right?

Mattel Hot Wheels Fig Rig Car

I very rarely buy Hot Wheels cars not because I don't want them, but I have extreme difficulty finding the ones (the licensed ones) I want. As this one is devoid of any sort of licensing, its main selling point to the older fan is (.shtml) play value! When is the last time that happened with a Hot Wheels car?

Mattel Hot Wheels Fig Rig Car

The bottom of the truck has a decorative hole (it can't grip a stud), while the top has four studs and at least 5 places on which you can grip a mini-figure. You should be able to squeeze about 8 figures on the Fig Rig, more if you add some plates and other pieces to build on the vehicle. It has an awesome 8-bit red, yellow, and black flame and a "2" painted on the side for reasons I don't fully understand, so it looks really cool. It's not perfect - but it's close. A figure standing behind the cab can bend over to grip 3mm rods above the door windows, but the angle is just a tiny bit off. If they were moved just a smidgen so the figure cold grip on for dear life this would be the greatest car of the year. Heck, it still pretty much is, I doubt Mattel has anything else this amazingly fun up their sleeve for the remainder of 2013.

Some of the figures which can fit on the studs include: Minimates, LEGO figures, Kre-O figures, and even Hasbro's Fighter Pods.

Go out and grab any cheap LEGO polybagged set (with a figure) or blind-packed minifigure and this car. I review lots of toys - tons - but this one is easily the most fun I've had in 2013, particularly for the dollars-to-fun ratio. It's $1. It's fun. I've tried, and short of a freak clearance find you will never find anything else quite like this.

--Adam Pawlus

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