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Mike Zarnock is an American actor, author and columnist, who writes collector guides and articles about Hot Wheels Toy Cars and Accessories and currently producer/editor and host of "Hot Wheels TV" on YouTube. Mike's knowledge and his massive Hot Wheels collection (approximately 30K vehicles) has earned him notoriety around the world. Whether it's because of the 14 books, numerous chapters in other books and hundreds of magazine articles that he's written about Hot Wheels Toy Cars and Accessories or just the sheer magnitude and diversity of his twice held Guinness World Record Hot Wheels Collection, he has earned the most distinguished label: "One of the world's leading Hot Wheels authorities." Mike's massive collection, world notoriety and World Records have also raised him to an elite new level of collecting as only a handful of collectors around the world have been classified as a "Super Collector!"

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Did you know?

Mike has his own Official Hot Wheels Coloring Book!
  • 2021 Fireball Publishing asked to do the Official Mike Zarnock Hot Wheels Coloring Book!
Mike has held 3 Guinness World Records!
  • 2020 Guinness World Record for the most gravity fed loop-the-loops on a Hot Wheels track is 7, and was achieved by Mike Zarnock in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 5 February 2020.

  • The Hot Wheels track measured 34 ft in length and was built as part of the Jaguar Land Rover display at the Chicago Auto Show 2020.

  • 2007 Guinness World Record - Largest Collection of Different Model Cars.

  • 2003 Guinness World Record - Largest Collection of Different Model Cars.
Been Featured twice in Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
  • 2011 - featured in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" book "Utterly Crazy!"

  • 2008 - featured in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! book #5 "Prepare To Be Shocked!"
There's a Hot Wheels Car with his name on it!
  • 2009 - Hot Wheels reproduced Mike's old Race Car as a Hot Wheels Car and included it as part of their nostalgic "Drag Strip Demons Series" as "Mike Zarnock's Altered Roadster".
Mike has a few Hall of Fame Rings!
  • 2021 Received the Hall of Honor "Lifetime Acheivment Award"!

  • 2020 Inducted into the Hall of Honor as a Hot Wheels Historian!

  • 2009 Mike was inducted into the Diecast Hall of Fame as a Hot Wheels Historian!
Been Featured in TV and Film!
  • 2021 - Host on the History Channel's TV Series "The Toys That Built America" Episode 3 - Toy Car Wars

  • 2020 - Self on NBC's Little Big Shots TV Series Episode 1 - Icing on the Cake
    Hot Wheels Expert/Hot Wheels Track Design

  • 2018 - Host on the History Channel's TV Documentary - "Hot Wheels: 50th Anniversary Special"
    Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the most popular and disruptive toy in the world, Hot Wheels.

  • 2017 - Featured in the film- Redlines to Treasure Hunts: The Cars, The Collectors, The Community.
    A documentary delving deep into the sub-culture of Hot Wheels Collecting around the world.

  • 2015 - Featured in - Passion or Obsession: Inside the World of Extreme Collecting.

Mike is producer/editor and host of
"Hot Wheels TV" on YouTube.
An Internet program where he takes his audience deep within the Subculture of Hot Wheels Collecting via Conventions, Car Shows and other events around the world.
The program also features unboxing and review of the latest Hot Wheels product as soon as it's released!

He is Senior Contributing Editor at Die Cast X Magazine where he has written two Hot Wheels feature columns since 2011
"The Hot Wheels Highway" which focuses on the latest Hot Wheels releases and "Hot Wheels Flashback" reaching back into the historical archives of Hot Wheels releases of the past.

For full biography go to Mike Zarnock Biography


Filmography:

Self (5 Credits)
2021 - Host on the History Channel's TV Series "The Toys That Built America"
  • Episode 3 - Toy Car Wars

  • 2020 - Self on NBC's Little Big Shots TV Series Episode 1 - Icing on the Cake
  • Hot Wheels Expert/Hot Wheels Track Design
  • Family, Reality-TV

  • 2018 featured in the History Channel's TV Documentary - "Hot Wheels: 50th Anniversary Special"
  • Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the most popular and disruptive toy in the world, Hot Wheels.
  • BobCat Studios - History Channel - Documentary, Reality-TV

  • 2017 featured in the film- Redlines to Treasure Hunts: The Cars, The Collectors, The Community.
  • A documentary delving deep into the sub-culture of Hot Wheels Collecting around the world.
  • Documentary, Reality TV

  • 2015 featured in - Passion or Obsession: Inside the World of Extreme Collecting.
  • Short, Reality TV

  • Actor (3 Credits)
    2006 "Anchor Eddy's"
    "Chester Greenfield II," the wealthy father of the main character in the film "Anchor Eddy's"
  • Catch Your Breath Productions - Drama, Movie

  • 2004 "The Death of Daniel Whately"
    "Freddy Grecko, talk show host extraordinaire", In "The Death of Daniel Whately".
  • Catch Your Breath Productions - Drama, Movie

  • 2002 "DETOUR"
    "Artie, the sleazy comic book publisher", In "DETOUR".
  • Catch Your Breath Productions - Drama, Movie

  • Click Here To See Clips From These Films!


    Magazine Publications:

    2011-Present - Senior Contributing Editor - "Die Cast X Magazine" (Hot Wheels Highway & Flashback)

    2009-2010 - Associate Editor - "The Car Room Magazine" (Monthly Hot Wheels Column)

    2008-2009 - Contributing Editor - "Die Cast X Magazine" (Monthly Hot Wheels Column)

    2002 to 2008 - Contributing Editor - "Toy Cars & Models Magazine" (Hot Wheels Column and Price Guide)

    Book Publications - Author:

    2002 - "The Ultimate Guide to Hot Wheels Variations"
    2002 - "The Standard Catalog of Die-Cast Vehicles II" (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2003 - "Warman's Hot Wheels . Field Guide"
    2004 - "Hot Wheels Variations, The Ultimate Guide, 2nd Edition"
    2004 - "Toys & Prices - 11th Edition". (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2005 - "Hot Wheels Accessories, The Ultimate Guide"
    2005 - "Toys & Prices - 12th Edition". (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2005 - "The Standard Catalog of Die-Cast Vehicles III", (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2006 - "Hot Wheels: A Warman's Companion Guide"
    2006 - "Toys & Prices - 13th Edition". (Hot Wheels Collector Number Chapters)
    2007 - "Hot Wheels Variations, The Ultimate Guide 3rd Edition"
    2007 - "Toys & Prices - 14th Edition". (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2007 - "Warman's Hot Wheels Field Guide 2nd Edition"
    2008 - "Toys & Prices - 15th Edition". (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2009 - "Toys & Prices - 16th Edition". (Hot Wheels Collector Number chapters)
    2009 - "Hot Wheels: A Warman's Companion Guide 2nd Edition"
    2009 - "Once Upon A Street Race" (Based on the time Mike got kidnapped at a street race!)
    2010 - "Hot Wheels Variations, The Ultimate Guide 4th. Edition"
    2010 - "Warman's Hot Wheels Field Guide 3rd Edition"
    2011 - "Hot Wheels Prototypes" (Bruce Pascal & Michael Zarnock)
    2012 - "Warman's Hot Wheels Field Guide 4th Edition"
    2014 - "Hot Wheels Variations 2000-2013 Identification & Price Guide"
    2015 - "Picker's Pocket Guide - Hot Wheels"
    2021 - "The Official Mike Zarnock Hot Wheels Coloring Book"

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