Depends on what you are looking for. It’s your looking for a hyper realistic car then mini GT is the way to go. If you are looking for a fun casting of a car with a cool modified colour pick hot wheels
Thanks for the comment, yeah totally agree with you. For realism MiniGT tends to be a winner but for fun and cool colours and designs Hot Wheels are the way to go. I would still like to see more side mirrors on Hot Wheels Premium castings.
The C8R is a great casting. I’ve got two Z06s one red and one yellow the detail is awesome. It’s another level of collecting when you collect for detail rather than just the car.
Great comparison! I think for many of us this hobby has evolved to the point that high quality true to scale is important and the Mattel stuff tends to be a little lacking in that area, although they have a cool factor that is hard to duplicate.
Thanks! Agree 100% with you. When you’re not throwing them down a track, they need to be more real-to-life. Plus the brands that are true to scale still have excellent playability albeit you’re playing with them in a calmer manner.
I've been collecting some of the Hot Wheels stuff, but I recently discovered Mini GT and have been blown away... I'm a big fan of GT3 racing also, and they have a lot of reproductions of those cars and the Kaido House stuff is really great too... It get's expensive though. Every time I buy one I have to get 2. One to display, and one to hold on to to stay collectable.
@@Premium-Die-Cast Yeah? Which ones? I have the USA tampo'd NSX GT3 cars. To me they are right in line quality-wise as the Hot Wheels Red Line Club stuff
Mini GT are real scanned vehicles and imported into CAD and they Print 3D master's in Pink resin! I have seen the process and amhave one of the NSX pink resin vehicles 3D printing is the way forward for Die-cast this is why we are seeing alot great detail in some, mini GT are not toy's like hotwheels
Interestingly the hotwheels seems modeled after the Urus concept instead of the production model like the mini GT did.. just noticed that in this video
Great insight - didn’t think of it that way. It makes perfect sense the 2017 Hot Wheels mainline that this premium is based off was a concept when it came out because the first Urus production release was a 2018 year model. And MiniGTs first Urus wasn’t cast until 2020. Thanks for comment.
It's obvious the difference. For the money, the Hot Wheels is pretty nice! Nicer than a $1.18 mainline, of course. The Real Rider rubber tires ("rubbuh", as you say. 😉) are so nice and help give it a smoother, quieter ride, even though they do slow it down a bit. But if you're willing to spend the money, the Mini GT is far and above the better casting. One thing you didn't mention in particular, but I'm sure you noticed, is the accuracy of the size and shape of the windows. The MINI GT are larger and I think much more realistic. The HW's windows were, of course, much smaller in height and just didn't look right. Thanks for the video. Maybe find a way to lock your camera's focus at one point, then be careful to keep the car at the perfect distance so as to focus on the emblem, or whatever detail you are "focusing" on. Thanks!
Great point regarding the windows! I suppose as soon as the scale is off on one thing, then there is no way they are going to be able to get the windows right. I’ve very few hot wheels that are true to 1:64 scale - my guess is that’s why Mattel castings don’t actually mention the scale until you get to Elite 64. Thanks for the tip regarding the camera definitely something I’m working on to improve the quality of my videos.
I thought by now 2024 they would have done an open cast for the lights like the window's it's not hard nor costs more, what they would save in casting could be used for clear light's! I do some myself dremel the casting opens and design buckets and lenses in cad and 3D print in clear it make heck of a different on a 64th!
Yeah it’s true the cost of doing a custom is most of the time less than the sticker price of a premium Hot Wheels and because the Hot Wheels Premium use the same castings as the mainline (another way the try to fleece us) you able to get an even better model when you customise it yourself - plus it’s a fun hobby too.
This was a nice review and I think you need to add another category for price. The issue right now is that Hot Wheels are a fad item so depending on your region it's impossible to find anything desirable on shelves and you end up having to pay a 'premium' (no pun intended) to a reseller. The HW Premium Urus is 'acceptable' at $7.99 but is absolutely NOT worth it at a resale price vs. the Mini GT which completely overshadows it in every possible way. I also completely agree with you that lack of side mirrors on the HW Premium models is a complete joke.
Thanks for the feedback and great point you make on the price category. Will need to have a think on how it can be included for a future video, I left it out because there is so much variation in pricing depending where you live. For me a HW Premium in a toy shop can set you back somewhere between USD 17-20 and then you’ve got to contend with reseller markup on top of that for the desirable models as you say. Making Mini GT a great value option. But yeah great point and I’ll work out a way to represent it in the next one.
Yep, after the video I found out later that definitely the Hot Wheels Urus was cast based on the concept car as the first Urus casting was released by Mattel before the actual Urus when into production and was released. Though now I think it would be nice for Hot Wheels to update the casting design to be more accurate.
@JimmyHuynhdesign oh did they haven’t seen it yet. Just this car culture one from 2023. Will have to go hunting for it. Interested to see what it looks like.
Of these two Urus, in the video, the Hot Wheels rolled better, had more playability it is more durable. Generally I would say Hot Wheels roll better. But I wouldn’t say that is always the case, I also have two Skylines and out of those the Mini GT rolls better and turns better when playing with it.
@@IX_ShadowX I’ve got a Huracan and an aventador that I need to open. How about I do a video next week and you can see how they roll. I might just do my whole Mini GT collection for the sake of it.
Yeah fair point I have seen improvement from other castings from Mini GT. There is a Silvia I have where the ride quality is better than the Hot Wheels equivalent
Mini gt way better but anyone in the world can find hotwheels in the wild you cant with mini gt , mini gt isnt sold at any store besides diecast stores atleast in canada meanwhile hotwheels are sold at grocery stores and you can buy like 2 or 3 premiums for the price of 1 mini gt
True mini gts are much more scarce which I think makes them a bit more special, particularly because their production runs are somewhere between 3.5 to 6 thousand per casting, so there aren’t loads of them going around to start with.
My minigt bobs like a mf when rolled and the side mirror came out easily while handling. The detail is way better but hw is more durable and rolls way smoother ime. I like both fine. Pop race is nicer than both imo. Kaido House just needs more castings and it's game over for everyone else. The painted headlights on the hw are garbage.
I’ve had a couple of castings that bob when being rolled, I found the rubber tyre was not on the wheel correctly and after adjusting and a bit of time it fixed the issue. I need to get my hands on a few pop race and take a good look.
Mini gp are way better than hot wheels premium. Here in italy hw premiums are 10 euros... Too much for such poor details...i have a lot of hw standard but i can find them at 1,8 euro each... At that price they re great but they re nice toys not accurate cars..
Well said. Hot Wheels mainlines are good toys. The HW premiums are over priced for what you get. Mini GT is the way to go if you want great model replicas
Hotwheels never really improved even their packaging is the same they are so lazy they don't have the time to work on the axles the front wheels pops out in all models and they give embossed painted headlights and tail lamps even in premiums and their mainlines are extremely pathetic. hotwheels is just a hype with models getting released like trash
@@Premium-Die-Cast i don't even see the mirrors properly even a cat has good ears and they say premium..they just give a spectra flame paint job and remove the plastic base replace it with a metal base and then they put a treaded tire instead of the plastic one and change the art card and then sell and loot customers for 30 dollars and more.This is what's happening and we are not even realising this
Depends on what you are looking for. It’s your looking for a hyper realistic car then mini GT is the way to go. If you are looking for a fun casting of a car with a cool modified colour pick hot wheels
Thanks for the comment, yeah totally agree with you. For realism MiniGT tends to be a winner but for fun and cool colours and designs Hot Wheels are the way to go.
I would still like to see more side mirrors on Hot Wheels Premium castings.
@@Premium-Die-Cast 💯
My 1st MiniGT is the Corvette C8R and I was immediately stunned on the level of detail and accurracy of their model.
The C8R is a great casting. I’ve got two Z06s one red and one yellow the detail is awesome. It’s another level of collecting when you collect for detail rather than just the car.
Great comparison! I think for many of us this hobby has evolved to the point that high quality true to scale is important and the Mattel stuff tends to be a little lacking in that area, although they have a cool factor that is hard to duplicate.
Thanks! Agree 100% with you. When you’re not throwing them down a track, they need to be more real-to-life. Plus the brands that are true to scale still have excellent playability albeit you’re playing with them in a calmer manner.
The thing I hate most about Hot Wheels is that sedans are usually bigger than SUV’s and supercars 😂
Haha that’s so true you do see loads of SUVs that are smaller than the VW bug
I've been collecting some of the Hot Wheels stuff, but I recently discovered Mini GT and have been blown away... I'm a big fan of GT3 racing also, and they have a lot of reproductions of those cars and the Kaido House stuff is really great too... It get's expensive though. Every time I buy one I have to get 2. One to display, and one to hold on to to stay collectable.
Yeah agree there is a really cool Acura NSX that has just arrived that I’ll do a video on
@@Premium-Die-Cast Yeah? Which ones? I have the USA tampo'd NSX GT3 cars. To me they are right in line quality-wise as the Hot Wheels Red Line Club stuff
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@@Premium-Die-Cast Ah... I see it.. looks slick. The Daytona 24hr. car. nice.
Mini GT are real scanned vehicles and imported into CAD and they Print 3D master's in Pink resin! I have seen the process and amhave one of the NSX pink resin vehicles 3D printing is the way forward for Die-cast this is why we are seeing alot great detail in some, mini GT are not toy's like hotwheels
Great insight, I didn’t know how they did it, but that makes sense making a resin model first to get a more accurate die casting
If You buy mini gt once , you will never buy hotwheels again
That’s for sure, can never really go back once you know how good Mini GT is.
Exactly
even after buying from brands like mini gt, tarmac, inno64 and much more.. I still buy Hot Wheels, as long as it is nice..
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Interestingly the hotwheels seems modeled after the Urus concept instead of the production model like the mini GT did.. just noticed that in this video
Great insight - didn’t think of it that way. It makes perfect sense the 2017 Hot Wheels mainline that this premium is based off was a concept when it came out because the first Urus production release was a 2018 year model. And MiniGTs first Urus wasn’t cast until 2020.
Thanks for comment.
Mini GT Wins with side mirrors from the start!.. I modify these cars into electric slot cars… so yes detail is a must.✨
Wow that is very cool would love to see a few of them.
First time seeing a 2012 urus & 2017 urus ❤️🩹
It's obvious the difference. For the money, the Hot Wheels is pretty nice! Nicer than a $1.18 mainline, of course. The Real Rider rubber tires
("rubbuh", as you say. 😉) are so nice and help give it a smoother, quieter ride, even though they do slow it down a bit. But if you're willing to spend the money, the Mini GT is far and above the better casting. One thing you didn't mention in particular, but I'm sure you noticed, is the accuracy of the size and shape of the windows. The MINI GT are larger and I think much more realistic. The HW's windows were, of course, much smaller in height and just didn't look right. Thanks for the video. Maybe find a way to lock your camera's focus at one point, then be careful to keep the car at the perfect distance so as to focus on the emblem, or whatever detail you are "focusing" on. Thanks!
Great point regarding the windows! I suppose as soon as the scale is off on one thing, then there is no way they are going to be able to get the windows right. I’ve very few hot wheels that are true to 1:64 scale - my guess is that’s why Mattel castings don’t actually mention the scale until you get to Elite 64.
Thanks for the tip regarding the camera definitely something I’m working on to improve the quality of my videos.
I thought by now 2024 they would have done an open cast for the lights like the window's it's not hard nor costs more, what they would save in casting could be used for clear light's! I do some myself dremel the casting opens and design buckets and lenses in cad and 3D print in clear it make heck of a different on a 64th!
Yeah it’s true the cost of doing a custom is most of the time less than the sticker price of a premium Hot Wheels and because the Hot Wheels Premium use the same castings as the mainline (another way the try to fleece us) you able to get an even better model when you customise it yourself - plus it’s a fun hobby too.
This was a nice review and I think you need to add another category for price. The issue right now is that Hot Wheels are a fad item so depending on your region it's impossible to find anything desirable on shelves and you end up having to pay a 'premium' (no pun intended) to a reseller.
The HW Premium Urus is 'acceptable' at $7.99 but is absolutely NOT worth it at a resale price vs. the Mini GT which completely overshadows it in every possible way. I also completely agree with you that lack of side mirrors on the HW Premium models is a complete joke.
Thanks for the feedback and great point you make on the price category. Will need to have a think on how it can be included for a future video, I left it out because there is so much variation in pricing depending where you live. For me a HW Premium in a toy shop can set you back somewhere between USD 17-20 and then you’ve got to contend with reseller markup on top of that for the desirable models as you say. Making Mini GT a great value option. But yeah great point and I’ll work out a way to represent it in the next one.
This is wat hot wheels must do ... mini gt is fighting ...they workmanship is tops 🎉
Agree Hot Wheels has the brand but they fall way short when it comes to the detail and the casting itself. Plus the price point is about the same.
Wow definitely the mini is way ahead for detail!
Yeah they have perfected miniature detailing so well and work hard to get the castings as close to the real thing at scale
Come on. Mini GT, obviously.
Yesss hands down
The hotwheels Urus looks like the concept Urus
Yep, after the video I found out later that definitely the Hot Wheels Urus was cast based on the concept car as the first Urus casting was released by Mattel before the actual Urus when into production and was released. Though now I think it would be nice for Hot Wheels to update the casting design to be more accurate.
@@Premium-Die-Cast Yeah for sure man. HW did update the Urus casting in the mainline.
@JimmyHuynhdesign oh did they haven’t seen it yet. Just this car culture one from 2023. Will have to go hunting for it. Interested to see what it looks like.
@@Premium-Die-Cast Theres a yellow, white, and blue one so far. Good luck finding it!
The Mini GT Mercedes maybach is a stunning model S680
Going to be on the hunt for one of those now.
In your opinion, which one do you think would roll better?
Of these two Urus, in the video, the Hot Wheels rolled better, had more playability it is more durable. Generally I would say Hot Wheels roll better. But I wouldn’t say that is always the case, I also have two Skylines and out of those the Mini GT rolls better and turns better when playing with it.
@@Premium-Die-Cast Alright! Thanks a lot for the info!
@@Premium-Die-Cast i was also looking into buying a mini gt Lamborghini hurican, and i was wondering if that one rolls well compared to hotwheels.
@@IX_ShadowX I’ve got a Huracan and an aventador that I need to open. How about I do a video next week and you can see how they roll. I might just do my whole Mini GT collection for the sake of it.
@@Premium-Die-Cast That would be amazing! Can't wait!
Everything looks good for mini gt except the ride quality
Yeah fair point I have seen improvement from other castings from Mini GT. There is a Silvia I have where the ride quality is better than the Hot Wheels equivalent
Mini gt way better but anyone in the world can find hotwheels in the wild you cant with mini gt , mini gt isnt sold at any store besides diecast stores atleast in canada meanwhile hotwheels are sold at grocery stores and you can buy like 2 or 3 premiums for the price of 1 mini gt
True mini gts are much more scarce which I think makes them a bit more special, particularly because their production runs are somewhere between 3.5 to 6 thousand per casting, so there aren’t loads of them going around to start with.
Great video, thanks for sharing! :)
Glad you enjoyed it
My minigt bobs like a mf when rolled and the side mirror came out easily while handling. The detail is way better but hw is more durable and rolls way smoother ime. I like both fine. Pop race is nicer than both imo. Kaido House just needs more castings and it's game over for everyone else. The painted headlights on the hw are garbage.
I’ve had a couple of castings that bob when being rolled, I found the rubber tyre was not on the wheel correctly and after adjusting and a bit of time it fixed the issue. I need to get my hands on a few pop race and take a good look.
FOCUS! Ahh!
These two cars look like a day one purchase vs two months later and you modify the SUV. HW wheels look to meaty, like it’s going off road.
Yeah the Hot Wheels version was based on Urus concept rather than the actual production car.
Lambo urus in hotwheels looks like a clown 😂😂😂😂..Mini GT rocks all the time ❤❤
Haha yeah it literally does
are U left handed?
Why do you ask?
@@Premium-Die-Cast haha u opened it the other way around thats why i ask
@@necrobuster1 haha no right handed. Probably opened it that way because the camera was in the way.
Mini gp are way better than hot wheels premium. Here in italy hw premiums are 10 euros... Too much for such poor details...i have a lot of hw standard but i can find them at 1,8 euro each... At that price they re great but they re nice toys not accurate cars..
Well said. Hot Wheels mainlines are good toys. The HW premiums are over priced for what you get. Mini GT is the way to go if you want great model replicas
Hotwheels never really improved even their packaging is the same they are so lazy they don't have the time to work on the axles the front wheels pops out in all models and they give embossed painted headlights and tail lamps even in premiums and their mainlines are extremely pathetic. hotwheels is just a hype with models getting released like trash
Yeah the tampo headlights are terrible and makes it look so low quality. The frequent lack of side mirrors also gets me
@@Premium-Die-Cast i don't even see the mirrors properly even a cat has good ears and they say premium..they just give a spectra flame paint job and remove the plastic base replace it with a metal base and then they put a treaded tire instead of the plastic one and change the art card and then sell and loot customers for 30 dollars and more.This is what's happening and we are not even realising this