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Hot Wheels celebrates 50 years

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Photographer David Chickering
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Kyle Petty, from Randleman, N.C., driver of the Hot Wheels Pontiac, talks with teammate John Andretti's crew in the garage at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Bach, Fla. Petty is preparing for Thursday's twin 125 mile Daytona 500 qualifying races. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) ORG XMIT: DBR104
Kyle Petty, from Randleman, N.C., driver of the Hot Wheels Pontiac, talks with teammate John Andretti's crew in the garage at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Bach, Fla. Petty is preparing for Thursday's twin 125 mile Daytona 500 qualifying races. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) ORG XMIT: DBR104
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DATE TAKEN: Unavailable--- Hot Wheels JPL Sojourner Mars Rover, action pack set to celebrate and commemorate the historic landing of the craft on the red planet. The action pack contains three distinct action vehicles: the complete Pathfinder spacecraft, a miniature lander, a larger scaled lander and a a larger movable, wheeled Mars Rover. ORG XMIT: UT48820
DATE TAKEN: Unavailable--- Hot Wheels JPL Sojourner Mars Rover, action pack set to celebrate and commemorate the historic landing of the craft on the red planet. The action pack contains three distinct action vehicles: the complete Pathfinder spacecraft, a miniature lander, a larger scaled lander and a a larger movable, wheeled Mars Rover. ORG XMIT: UT48820
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All 16 vehicles sold by Mattel when Hot Wheels first launched in the 1960s.
All 16 vehicles sold by Mattel when Hot Wheels first launched in the 1960s.
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