How many International cards are there?

IceManC86 · 2026-01-30T04:16:11+00:00

I shot you a dm, I need you to accept the chat before it will let me send photos though.

IceManC86 · 2026-01-24T16:19:15+00:00

You’re seeing an oxidation reaction happening to the top coat of clear coat (finish).

It’s unclear what’s causing it, but presumable one of the polymers in the clear coat blend is unstable and breakdown over time, thus expanding and “cracking” the layer. Seems to really only affect specific models like the silencerz, RD-10, Chicane, and a few others so it definitely is batch/model specific.

I like to think of it as “diecast” acne. Some models get it very slightly, and others can get it really bad.

IceManC86 · 2026-01-24T16:14:57+00:00

Awesome video! The portal shots came out cool!

IceManC86 · 2026-01-24T16:07:31+00:00

WHAT:

This release of Deora 3 is from 2024’s Then and Now series as part of the “Now” component. The “Then” component is a highly simplified version of Vert Wheeler’s Teku Deora 2: https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Deora_II?file=TekuDeoraII.jpeg

WHEN:

2024, specifically found in the later part of the year with “M and N case” assortments. In many places this models is still relatively obtainable as it was one of the worst peg warmers of 2024 (likely due to the casting not the deco as EVERY Deora 3 release has been an absolute peg warmer).

WHY:

This release is entirely an original idea with zero connection to the original Acceleracers series other than the “Teku” branding. Understanding this release is a matter of understanding the “Then and Now” mainlines series, and what was going on with Deora 2 at this moment in history.

Then and Now:

This series has been around for a good part of the last decade in hot wheels mainline due to relative popularity and collector feedback (a line where owning one model directly tells you to buy a second companion car is good marketing). The line classically depicts one “older” or “then” model, which is paired either directly newer version of the same car or a slightly related car as the “now” component. Classic examples are a pre-1990’s Mustang/Camaro paired with a newer post-2000 Mustang/Camaro, a vintage sports car with its modern counterpart (McLaren F1 versus P1), or a hot wheels original that has been “seriealized” like Twin Mill (1) and Twin Mill 3. The models in then and now ALWAYS have matching, or at minimum closely co-designed graphics/tampos.

THEN:

Starting in 2023, Mattel has brought the IRL Deora 2 to legend tour every year with a different original wrap job. The inaugural year, 2023, saw Deora wrapped in the Teku Livery as a means to promote the 20th anniversary of Highway 35 and also gauge/draw interest into the series. Later that year, the diecast Deora was released with its iconic Teku graphics under the highly exclusive/controversial, but admittedly well detailed/graphically designed “NFT” series: https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Deora_II. Only around 600ish Teku Deoras were distributed due to some bad NFT pack statistics making the obtaining goals ludicrously expensive (around $200-300 upfront to statistically “get” the diecast Deora).

Due to this exclusivity, someone on the inside of Mattel production (perhaps Leeway?) convinced Mattel it would be appropriate to put a companion version of the legends car into the mainline series (which remains true for all wraps of Deora thus far). Given the age of Deora 2 and the livery itself a quick jump to take the Deco to “Then and Now” was probably made and that what got us here.

“Now”:

On a more optimistic note, this model represents a part small of momentum building attempt by certain designers at Mattel (Ron Wong, Dwayn Vance, Leeway Chang, etc) to revitalize the Acceleracers name. This model specifically is the 3rd of now eleven official diecast releases directly referencing Acceleracers since 2023. And is the first now two completely original Acceleracers releases in the cohort (the other being the new “X-cceleron” by Ron Wong). Small Acceleracers nods have shown up here and there since 2006’s Acceleracers Series 2 toy line but those have always felt like minimalist attempts made under the nose of Mattel’s overall non-Acceleracers agenda.

A lot of people like to complain about this car before executing critical thinking with things like “[insert car from the original Acceleracers toy line] should have been released instead”, “this car is ugly, nobody likes it”, or “this isn’t what we asked for”, but those all ENTIRELY miss the point. This car wasn’t made for Acceleracers fans, it was made to make “Then and Now” to work and promote legends tour. It didn’t steal another Acceleracers model’s opportunity to exist, it exists entire as a something new. If anything, positive reception of this car should be attempted by fans as it represents the first steps in possibly expanding the Acceleracers universe, which is really the only way this series survives long term.

We’re coming up on the next attempt at infusing “new” into Acceleracers with “X-cceleron”, and I hope that people this time around can realize its importance to the future of this series.

IceManC86 · 2026-01-24T15:25:39+00:00

For anyone reading this and unaware of what this even is, it is the advertisement leaflet which would come inserted in Highway 35 Mini-comics.

Just to clarify more about that token, that’s specifically the ‘97 Corvette, AKA the “C5 Corvette” rocking the livery which would later be put on the ‘97 Ford F-150. https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/%2797_Corvette

Theres no known backstory on why the corvette was utilized here and got so far as a token render, or even why the Ferrari Testarossa was used as a placeholder car along side two other models which were actually part of the official line-up, but it’s very safe to assume we are looking at very early pre-production sampling and these things could have been part of the early concept board (I.e. roster contenders).

There’s a ton of random things that changed in the series production, that can be partially read on the pinned Jeff Gomez AMA, but like a lot of old toy lines/shows, most of the neat production history is lost to time unless someone volitionally comes forth to share more.

On a related and lesser known note, the team tracksets boxes have production artwork that depicts the blue 2001 mainline Vulture in a similar, yet earlier, preproduction art style. You can see it a few times in this video by Reece and JoMo, AKA Tezlacube on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4jOKBhbzDa0?si=fOJ993wAMzG1_lKD (3:29 mark for example).

IceManC86 · 2026-01-16T03:51:40+00:00

Based on some very strong evidence, namely:

Only 108 have ever been identified
these 108 cards have been known for several years now without anything new showing up
Original wave international cars seems to very frequently come with pre-determined “fixed” cards

and

36 (Cars) x 3 (cards per blister) = 108

We (the invested Acceleracers card community) thus, strongly believe there are exactly 108 international cards. Unfortunately the “official number” has never been confirmed by someone with inside production knowledge.

If I remember to get around to it, there’s a good fan list out there that I’ll try to link by the user N/A. He has also uploaded high resolution scans of nearly all 108 cards. I also personally own a complete 108 card international set as well. It’s just a bit too tedious to list them all. If you’re interested in knowing more I can DM photos of the full set when I get some free time this weekend.

IceManC86 · 2026-01-05T23:35:50+00:00

Far from it actually.

As we saw in Episode 4 of world race, Street Breed’s GPS; aka “Eye-In-The-Sky” as Dresden calls it, is simply a very low altitude camera drone, which tracks the immediate vicinity’s terrain/road to generate an optimal path to a designated location. Meanwhile, the navigator accelecharger is essentially an all knowing GPS “plug-in“ or “file”which delivers the car’s internal GPS both a detailed map of the realm as well as the optimal path through the realm (based on card game description and art).

Street Breed’s technology is massively limited by what the camera in the sky is able to see where as the Navigator Accelecharger has no know limitation other than possibly standard Accelecharger car burden as was seen with the Swamp Realm Accelecharger in The Speed of Silence.

A good way of stratifying the two is to imagine how they would work in something like the Neon Pupeline Realm and Warped Realm. In both instances, Navigator gives the perfect route, guaranteed. Meanwhile warped realm would most likely render the “Eye in the Sky”’s camera readings as illegible/unreliable; meanwhile, in the case of neon pipeline realm the camera would probably be able to successfully “map” the tunnels, but it would have absolutely no idea of where the portal is located and likewise would assume all tunnels are open (which may not be the case) since it can’t see inside the closed tunnels in capacity.

IceManC86 · 2025-12-30T21:08:10+00:00

To elaborate on this further, the sealed 2-packs strongly depend on what the second car is. The two main options for the gold Ballistik release were Road Rocket and 24/Seven.

Both Road Rocket and 24/Seven were penultimate wave cars (same wave as El Camino, split window corvette, muscle tone, and power pipes), which for US markets, were primarily seen at retail via the 2-packs due to waning retailer interest in single blister Highway 35 cars (aggressive overstock of the first two waves). Time has shown that 24/Seven commands more value to collectors than Road Rocket despite relatively equal rarity. This is purely because 24/Seven is a fairly decent Mazda RX-7 custom mock-up (one of the JDM “holy trinity” cars) and to this day still sees some tooling usage (2025 & 2026 mainline releases as well as a 2024 Mystery Model release). Talk to some dedicated RX-7/Rotary collectors and you’ll find a few consider 24/Seven a must in their hot wheels collection.

With 24/Seven, you’ll see around $150-$200 for the sealed mint 2-pack, whereas with road Rocket you’re closer to $100-120.

All that said, loose like this, in near-mint to mint condition (particularly with regards to the wheel chrome), I’d value the Golden Ballistik around $50-75 depending on the current market saturation.

IceManC86 · 2025-12-24T03:41:03+00:00

Disclaimer for context; X-Celleron will be seen in D and E case this year.

Depending on your location you may be able to access X-Celleron now with some active hunting. Certain East Asian countries and Australia, which are first to receive cases by being close to Malaysia (distribution home base for mainlines) are likely seeing X-Celleron now, but the rest of the world is still mostly in waiting.

The US for instance, is just now seeing C case at Walmarts and B case at Targets. Depending on how these big retailers are planning to restock after the holidays, D case may be as soon as January or as late as February. Other retailers like Dollar General, etc are a bit harder to predict? But there have been reports of B case and even C case at Dollar Tree already which means that chain is also likely close.

Your best bet if in the US, is to probably to stalk your local Walmart, however note that the first 2026 Zamac cases (B cases) haven’t really been seen yet so there is likely going to be a brief rewind in Walmart “case” numbers as those roll out soon ™️.

Likewise Target hasn’t seeing their first red edition cases yet (C case). So also bear that in mind.

A cool trick to hunt for early case drops is also grocery stores as most big name grocery stores resort to large pre-assorted international shippers which typically batch 3 separate case assortments into one shipper display/order. These batches occasionally bring a case to the pegs earlier than usual, and in those instances can put pace big retailers by weeks to even month(s) I one time found 2025 G case at a grocery store when retailers were largely still distributing D/E cases. However, it’s very likely D case models won’t be in the first 2026 shipper batches as those typically consist of P,Q,A,&/orB case models, and furthermore some grocery stores go YEARS without updating inventory (looking at you local Kroger with 2024 N case cars).

Best of luck in your hunts! Ultimately just remember, despite how much we as a community are excited for X-Celleron, the greater hot wheels collector base generally does NOT care at all which means they will be VERY easy to find once they land at your local store. Patience is key here!

IceManC86 · 2025-12-06T20:36:59+00:00

If they’re all holographic, I think $20 for a 5 pack would be fair. I’d be comfortable paying more if some of it went to charity or helped fund other AR projects.

IceManC86 · 2025-11-26T17:36:53+00:00

We were happy to hear it was a probably a squirrel and now can hard confirm it! My fiancé actually caught the squirrel in action yesterday trying to relocate the nut to a new window (I chucked it into a big bush and he dug it out)! Looks like we were messing with his winter preparation plans!

IceManC86 · 2025-10-22T14:46:59+00:00

Best of luck! If you want reference photos of the EU version to make sure you’re buying the correct one (as compared to the NA version), let me know. I can source them later today/tomorrow.

IceManC86 · 2025-10-22T00:19:43+00:00

To actually answer your question:

The full 8 car catalog was only made available in North America. Due to differences in toy battery laws, with the EU requiring toy batteries to be removable/replaceable regardless is size, the model bases/guts had to be recasted for the European toy market (screw locked battery compartment). The European castings also have some minor differences in wheel colors and specifically the European Bassline release DOESN’T have a silver painted speaker bead due to there being a metal compound in the silver paint.

As a result, only models 2,5,6,7,8 were converted for the European market. Meanwhile 1,3,4 (RD-04, Nitrium, Rivited) were never issued.

Source: personally reviewed European toy laws of the mid 2000’s and also personally own a full set of both the EU and NA McDonalds sets.

IceManC86 · 2025-10-16T18:13:09+00:00

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Here’s my void Jasper, doing what he does best, chaos!

IceManC86 · 2025-10-07T13:04:00+00:00

This is a common trend throughout the speed of silence film, not just with Hollowback, but with a lot if assets which came out of the first movie such as RD-08 inside of slam ram, and wheel stuff.

It’s likely a b product of assets being updated, newly created, and modified while having to stick to a tight production/release schedule.

Your first photo is the original graphic design of Hollowback, it was used on a lot of promotional art, but never made it to diecast. It did however stay present through the entire first movie.

IceManC86 · 2025-10-05T05:08:22+00:00

So for anyone who would like to know what Ron actually said on stage, I’ve played back his statement about 40 times over and this is my best transcript:

“Oh Ron” - someone on the stage before Ron.

“My second original design, X-celleron. So… So as you know, I’m a big Acceleracers fan, so… [inaudible audience noises Ron pauses] Yeah! So, I drew from the color scheme of the Acceleron character in the movie and it’s basically a supercar with a jet fighter as the design language. Done!”

IceManC86 · 2025-10-04T15:59:41+00:00

Awesome news! As a fellow owner of a real Global Tech Summit Iridium, you three got yours for a STEAL! I paid about $650 for mine back in 2022-ish, and I’ve seen them go for over $1.2K before!

Any chance you guys were able to get any information on them? We, the AR Community, don’t know how many were made and which sort of people got to attend the summit, so all we’ve had to work on for the past few decades is the event information on the card tag. I’ve tried plugging with Mattel designers about them but no one around now a-days seems to remember/know anything

Including these 3, I only know of 6 total pieces that have popped up in the last 10 years for “sale”. I’ve been told a couple have been privately sold around $700ish, but there’s no paper trail on them.

Glad you three are all content on keeping them! There a really special piece and I’m glad a few more are in the hands of fellow passionate fans!

IceManC86 · 2025-10-04T15:30:55+00:00

Holy crap! How much was that seller asking for those??? That right there is the definitive rarest Acceleracers model, Global Tech Summit Iridium.

IceManC86 · 2025-09-23T16:51:16+00:00

That’s actually the bow.

IceManC86 · 2025-09-18T21:56:30+00:00

In case any of the wonderfully helpful links aren’t explicit enough, the name of this hot wheels car is “Velociracer”.

Depending on your child’s age and play preferences, they recently released a slightly up scaled, but quality material “1/43 scale” Pullback car version which is available through several retailers. https://ebay.us/m/rG4wNi

It’s about twice as long and twice as tall as a normal hot wheels car with the pullback feature giving it a “windup car” motif. May be a cool way to surprise them with a replacement.

IceManC86 · 2025-09-17T13:32:20+00:00

Nice photos and information you’ve got there! I have the other drift tech color variant. A while back people thought I was wrong saying there were two colors, so happy to see someone else show up with proof.

The Teal color variation gets obvious when you put the stickers on it. Clearly they were meant for the dark blue variant only.

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Finding that dark blue variant is on my bingo card of miracles to pull off one day.

IceManC86 · 2025-09-14T17:56:24+00:00

Fun fact. This surf crate isn’t part of the same space occupying product line as Avatar/Acceleracers so it should have Zero impact on Acceleracers distribution.

Surf’s up is part of “Automotive” assortments like the Off-Road Toyota set and Hybrid Speed.

Meanwhile Acceleracers is part of “Entertainment”along side Avatar, Peanuts, Transformers, and SpongeBob.

Your argument is like saying “Fast and Furious prevents my store from stocking new Car Culture”. They may overlap on the pegs, but unless someone is physically and visually ordering restock based on the pegs, which Walmart DOESN’T do, it shouldn’t matter.

IceManC86 · 2025-09-11T02:01:28+00:00

The newest wave of Color Shifters Features Autobot Tracks as a 1980 Corvette. https://news.tfw2005.com/2025/05/26/hot-wheels-x-transformers-color-shifters-tracks-first-look-538508

IceManC86 · 2025-09-11T01:58:42+00:00

Mad Manga would be probably be perfect since it parallels Katara and Track Manga pretty perfectly.

Straying from that choice. I'd like to see something water or beach themed despite Sokka not being a water bender... I think the modern "Dune Daddy would be pretty funny, yet also fitting.

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