2018 RLC sELECTIONs Series

The RLC sELECTIONs Series debuted in 2004 as was a first of its kind allowing collectors at HotWheelsCollectors.com the opportunity to vote for 4 cars in a series and essentially vote each element of the casting to create a production model based on the popular vote. 2018 was the third consecutive year there will only be 1 car in this series.

The 2018 RLC sELECTIONs Series was the first time that each car in the bracket was sponsored by a Mattel employee (list below). It was also the first time the winning option actually competed against a car that wasn't originally in the bracket.

• Custom Firebird: HWC Brendon
• Honda S2000: HWC Jimmy
• ’56 Ford F100 (opening hood): HWC Mike
• ’71 Plymouth GTX: HWC Van
• Custom Mustang: HWC Lou
• ’57 Chevy® Bel Air® (opening hood): HWC Gary
• Datsun 240Z: HWC Manson
• Shelby Cobra 427 S/C: Larry Wood

Below is a list of the cars, colors, and wheels offered for each round. The winning "sELECTIONs" are in bold.

sELECTIONs #1

Casting Selection

Round 1

Round 2

Finals

1

Custom Firebird

41% (1240 votes)

8

Classic Cobra

58% (1746 votes)

8

Classic Cobra

52% (1393 votes)

7

Custom Mustang

47% (1259 votes)

2

'71 Plymouth GTX

40% (1116 votes)

7

Custom Mustang

59% (1632 votes)

8

Classic Cobra

45% (1270 votes)

5

Datsun 240Z

54% (1520 votes)

3

'56 Ford F-100

33% (936 votes)

6

'57 Chevy Bel Air

66% (1821 votes)

6

'57 Chevy Bel Air

48% (1406 votes)

5

Datsun 240Z

51% (1472 votes)

4

Honda S2000

37% (1084 votes)

5

Datsun 240Z

62% (1815 votes)

NOTE: Since the Datsun 240Z won, RLC members were given the option (via vote) to use the newer, more-detailed Custom Datsun 240Z casting which had be opening hood. Here is how much of a landslide thee vote turned out to be:

• Datsun 240Z 20% (492 votes)
• Custom Datsun 240Z 79% (1858 votes)

Color Selection

Semi-Finals

Finals

1

Spectraflame Classic Yellow

62% (1432 votes)

4

Spectraflame Olive Green

37% (845 votes)

1

Spectraflame Classic Yellow

42% (773 votes)

2

Spectraflame Race Team Blue

57% (1061 votes)

2

Spectraflame Race Team Blue

62% (1543 votes)

3

Spectraflame Orange

37% (931 votes)

WINNER

Casting	Color	Wheels	Sale Date	Quantity Produced	Photo
Custom '72 Datsun 240Z (RLC)	Spectraflame Race Team Blue	Orange rim, Black RR6SPM	June 11, 2018 to June 17, 2018	20,000