HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders
HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders2010
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HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders
Hot Wheels '68 Mercury Cougar 2010 · HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders R8398
The Hot Wheels '68 Mercury Cougar was released in 2010 in the Red Line Club (RLC) line (HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders), toy number R8398.
- 2010 · Red Line Club (RLC)
- R8398
- Toy #
- R8398
- Year
- 2010
- Product line
- Red Line Club (RLC) · HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders
- Casting
- '68 Mercury Cougar
- Designer
- Rob Matthes
- Color
- Spectraflame Red · red
- Tampo
- Silver stripe, "Cougar", & RLC logo on sides; painted taillights
- Base
- Chrome / Metal
- Window
- Clear
- Interior
- Black
- Wheels
- RLRRMAG
- Country
- Thailand
- Status
- Regular
- Notes
- 5,000 produced Base code(s): C16 · '68 Mercury Cougar
Our reading: base code C16 – pressed in week 16 of 2010. Our own interpretation of 13,372 codes in this database, not a statement by Mattel. How we read the base code.
In our data 99 % of the 498 Red Line Club (RLC) releases with a recorded base plate have a metal one, and 53 % of 698 recorded wheel entries are Real Riders rubber tires.
Paint: Spectraflame Red; wheels: RLRRMAG; made in Thailand.
The '68 Mercury Cougar casting first appeared in 2004 and has 7 releases in our database, most recently in 2013.
The HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders series of 2010 has 4 cars.
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What is the toy number of the Hot Wheels '68 Mercury Cougar?
The toy number is R8398 (2010). It is printed on the back of the card.
Which series is the Hot Wheels '68 Mercury Cougar from?
It was released in 2010 in the Red Line Club (RLC) line, series “HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders”.
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'68 Mercury Cougar: 7 versions
Casting history across every year.
| No. | Model | Series | Toy # | Color | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | '68 Mercury CougarB3860 · Metalflake Copper | Tag Rides | B3860 | Metalflake Copper | 2004 | ||
| – | '68 Mercury CougarM0543 · Metaflake Gold | 40 Years of Hot Wheels Set | M0543 | Metaflake Gold | 2008 | ||
| – | '68 Mercury CougarM1862 · Spectraflame Gold | Classics (Series 4) | M1862 | Spectraflame Gold | 2008 | ||
| – | '68 Mercury CougarN9855 · Metalflake Black | Larry's Garage 21-Car Collection | N9855 | Metalflake Black | 2009 | ||
| – | '68 Mercury CougarR7965 · Metalflake Silver | Valentine's 6-Pack | R7965 | Metalflake Silver | 2010 | ||
| – | '68 Mercury CougarR8398 · Spectraflame Red | HWC.com Series 9: Real Riders | R8398 | Spectraflame Red | 2010 | ||
| – | '68 Mercury CougarY2059 · Metalflake Gold | Jukebox Series | Y2059 | Metalflake Gold | 2013 |
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