| Hot Wheels is popularly known for producing die-cast cars and has expanded to making different types of vehicles. This also includes fictional planes, helicopters, and boats based on their own concept and design. The Mattel brand gives their designers the freedom to create their concepts for original Hot Wheels creation.
But as always the majority of collectors would prefer cars to the ones mentioned. Sometimes, the interest also expands to two wheels, namely motorcycles. Rarely, they would produce licensed motorbikes from BMW, Ducati, or even Honda. Hot Wheels would further incorporate their original ideas too like the Canyon Carver motorbike. |
The Canyon Carver is an unlicensed and original Hot Wheels creation made up of a generic sports bike. The casting debuted as part of the ‘New Models’ in 2008 and has been already discontinued back in 2018. Its last release was not even included in the mainline basic range but as part of the yearly “spring” season range of featured vehicles that have six castings exclusive only to this limited series.
The very last release for the Canyon Carver dates back to the 2015 mainline in blue and orange featuring a “Police” livery under the “HW Rescue” sub-series. In reality, motorcycles have a niche audience and it is basically not scaled with the Hot Wheels cars released in the basic range despite the well-detailed aesthetics.
Moto Stunt Bike
For the 2013 release, the Canyon Carver has a two-tone paint job in black with a light green that features a tiny yellow “Hot Wheels” logo that also includes a yellow-orange black star “number 1” as its overall livery. Besides the chosen tone this also has green chrome wheels.
The windshield is tinted and the engine is in ZAMAC base colour. Its entirety is made of solid die-cast for a tiny motorbike. The look does have the sports bike appeal but with futuristic inspirations aching to Tetsuo’s bike from the Akira anime and Japanese Manga series having a bigger wheel in the rear.
Bike Scale Matters
There’s beauty and appreciation in its design, but what doesn’t appeal to die-cast collectors is the scale of the motorbike. In comparison to another discontinued Hot Wheels motorbike like the V10-powered Dodge Tomahawk, it appears to be the same size and at the same time out of scale.
You might say a missed opportunity to correct the scale event of a stand-in bike for a smaller action figure. But from Hot Wheels’ perspective, the motorcycles they produce for the basic range have an established niche market despite a small group that would still clamor for Mattel to produce a handful of bikes because they’re unique in their own way which is also their appeal.
Features:
- Detailed Paint Job
- Front and Rear Rolling Wheels
- Does Not Have a Built-in Kick Stand
Overall, the Canyon Carver like most Hot Wheels-produced motorbikes is unique at it is. Despite a short run, the Canyon Carver lives up to the idea regarding its design even though it is not a licensed vehicle it is an interesting casting. Rarely will you ever see Hot Wheels to ever produce another one in the future? But surely, this is a novelty casting since it’s already discontinued. Some might say it had inspiration and surely there will be future designers will get ideas from this casting and turn it into a real motorbike.
“Canyon Carver” is overall numbered 99 of 250 under the HW Moto sub-series for the mainline Hot Wheels cars released in 2013, which was acquired at Toys R' Us in Glorietta Mall, currently, Hot Wheels is retailed at ₱ 129.00 Pesos (** $ 3.42 AUD | $ 2.30 USD). Hot Wheels is locally distributed by Richwell Global Inc in the Philippines.
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