Hey, kids! Meet the new Hot Wheels Mars rover! (earthsky.org)
Posted by Paul Scott Anderson in Human World | February 7, 2021
Mattel, maker of Hot Wheels, has just released a new Hot Wheels Mars Perseverance Rover to celebrate the landing of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18.
The landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars is now only days away – on February 18, 2021 – and the toy-making company Mattel is helping celebrate! The creator of the very popular Hot Wheels series is releasing a new die-cast scale model – the Hot Wheels Mars Perseverance Rover, inspired by the real-life rover – to mark the occasion of its landing.
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The new Hot Wheels model, a detailed replica of Perseverance at 1:64 scale (about 3 inches or 8 cm long), is part of a new space-themed mini-collection, the first in over 20 years. It is intended for children three years and older, and will sell for a suggested retail price of $1.09 USD. We haven’t found a place to purchase the new Hot Wheels rover online yet, but it’s supposed to have been available in stores since late January. Try searching for “Hot Wheels retailers near me.”
Manson Cheung, staff sculptor and lead 3D modeler for Mattel Hot Wheels, said in a post at CollectSpace.com:
We want the car to be out there so kids have it in their hands when the actual rover lands in February. We want kids to be like, ‘Oh, I have the rover in my hand and I can see it on Mars,’ so there is a connection for the kids, not only with Hot Wheels, but space as well.
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