Pawn Stars: Hot Wheels Holy Grail Has Rick STEAMED (S11, E22) | Full Episode



Go surfin’ with the Pawn Stars when the world’s rarest Hot Wheels car, the Beach Bomb #1, rolls into the shop. See more in Season 11, Episode 22, “Hot Wheel of Fortune.”

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“Pawn Stars” follows three generations of the Harrison family as they assess the value of items coming in and out of their Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, from the commonplace to the truly historic.

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30 thoughts on “Pawn Stars: Hot Wheels Holy Grail Has Rick STEAMED (S11, E22) | Full Episode”

  1. The Hot Wheels pink "Rear Loading Beach Bomb" is well known among the Hot Wheels collector community. The story is actually great and I'm surprised they left it out. In 1967 while Mattel was gearing up to release their complete Hot Wheels line which was the "Sweet 16" first run of cars plus a couple of different race tracks to run them on they made prototypes of each of the cars and the tracks and sent them home with the engineers and other employees so their kids could play with them and report back any problems. The "Rear Loading Beach Bomb" was just too narrow to stay on the tracks and as a result the kids gave them a thorough thumbs down. The van was re-engineered and some extensions on the side were added. The model that went into production is called the "Side Loading Beach Bomb" as the surf boards slide into the extension. Most of the rear loading Beach Bombs were just used as regular toys and then discarded but a few were saved out of dumb luck. Fast forward to the internet age. The rare "Rear Loading Beach Bomb" prototypes were known about as a couple had been circulating the Hot Wheels collector market for decades. Of course, as they said in this episode, pink is always the rarest color of these early Hot Wheels because back then, boys were main purchaser of these cars and also, no boy wanted pink. A very industrious Hot Wheels collector got the idea to track down original employees of Mattel from back in 1967/68 and inquire to see if any of them still had any of the prototypes. I'm not sure if he was just strictly searching for "Beach Bombs" or any prototype since they are all worth money. To his surprise he called and talked to one former Mattel engineer who said he thought he had some stored away in his attic. The man went to the former employee's home and they went into his attic to look and lo and behold out came this almost pristine pink "Rear Loading Beach Bomb". He purchased it and sold it in about the year 2000 or 2001 for an undisclosed amount although it was insinuated at the time that it was $100k. It changed hands again a couple of times and I'm sure it went up in price each time. There are many of the original Redline Hot Wheels that sell for tens of thousands. These are either really odd factory screw ups or prototypes of which there are some of almost every model. And all the original Redline Hot Wheels from 1968 to 1971 sell for many times what they were new, on average around $150 and up depending on the model with the 1971's being the most valuable of the originals due to a really bad economy and very poor sales. The 442 Olds for instance can't be touched for less than $500 for a common color in average, played with condition and a pink car in good shape is $6000 or more. If you want to see what I'm talking about just go to eBay and search them. Hot Wheels are a big business.

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  2. I mean, I call bull on the guy selling the Hotwheel. If you want 150k, why bring it to pawnstars? Just bring it to the auction and pay the 25% fee, and he could get close to what he wants

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  3. Let me tell you why I no longer watch ‘Pawn Stars’. It’s an interesting show, but I hate being jerked around. If you’re bringing in an expert, bring him in. Don’t make us wait around. I get that you want to keep people viewing. But you don’t seem to care that you are treating your audience like little children. Children, don’t move. Better stay where you are. It’s insulting.

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