Ratmobile Casting Reference | Loose Hot Wheels
Ratmobile
Ratmobile is a casting that depicts what is literally a rat on wheels. In 2011, Ratmobile received a casting change to where the body is one piece instead of three, with a metal motor replacing the plastic one. The metal motor seems to compensate for the loss of weight that was incurred in changing to a one piece body on an already light model. The one piece body does keep the tail from drooping down and rubbing on the right rear wheel, as can happen with the 3 piece body.
Identify the casting first. Check the value board last.
Ratmobile first appears in Speed Demons. The current catalog tracks it across 1988 – 1995 (original) 2011 – 2021 (retool). Designer credit is listed as Larry Wood. Check Description, Versions, Gallery before trusting a vague seller title.
- Speed Demons
- Larry Wood Designs
- Hot Wheels Original Designs
- Unlicensed Hot Wheels
- Creature Shaped
- Hot Wheels by Collector Number
Use these checks before you trust a seller title or a fast marketplace guess.
- Match the title to Ratmobile before reading price claims.
- Use 1988 – 1995 (original) 2011 – 2021 (retool) as the production-window check.
- Cross-check Description, Versions before calling the variation exact.
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