The 2024 Hot Wheels Legends Tour has been hitting the street and selecting this yr’s semi-finalists, who will compete on November 12.
Mattel’s Sizzling Wheels set out on tour to seek out the following customized automotive construct to induct into the Sizzling Wheels Storage of Legends. The winner’s creation will develop into an official Sizzling Wheels die-cast bought worldwide, immortalizing their design.
Stopping in 13 cities, 11 being within the U.S., Sizzling Wheels designers and native automotive personalities have evaluated greater than 5,000 car entrants. The classes for judging are creativity, authenticity, and storage spirit.
Because the tour is wrapping up, 23 regional occasion winners have been notified of their choice to take part within the digital semi-finals to doubtlessly advance to the worldwide grand finale.
The tour traveled to 13 cities to seek out the perfect of the perfect. | Supply: Sizzling Wheels
Greater than 5,000 automobiles have been judged within the 2024 contest. |Supply: Sizzling Wheels
A brand new element this yr is a Walmart-sponsored contest the place builders who couldn’t make the in-person regional occasions might submit their tasks digitally. Certainly one of these digital submissions was chosen to compete within the semi-final alongside the 23 regional occasion winners. The 2024 Walmart digital entry winner is a 2007 Mitsubishi UT62, modified to resemble a miniature semi-truck after being imported from Japan. This creation was made by Fred Lauck Jr. and can compete alongside the opposite successful automobiles subsequent Tuesday.
The semi-final will happen on Tuesday, November 12, at 6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET on Hot Wheels YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. For extra info, go to creations.mattel.com.
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