Review: Hot Wheels Brick Rides Review & Postscript

This was just going to be a postscript look at the Brick Rides/Experimotors sub-sets from Hot Wheels and how they relate to Rapid Attack but I found another car from an old release so I turned it into a review as well.

Package. I paid $1.50 at Stop & Shop for this.

Disassembled.  Body, Windscreen, and Engine.

The Windscreen piece could represent

Defense or Spotting. The Engine piece could

represent Artillery, Movement or Spotting.

Assembled.  These models don't have an attachment point on the front.  A

Stud will fit in to the negative spaces but there isn't enough clutch to hold it

in place.  There's also a "blank" spot on the left side of the chassis common

to all of the HW/MB models.  I figure that's the injection point for the mold.

Size Comparison.  This seems to have a similar volume to a Chub.

Build.  So this is what it looks like with the engine piece swapped

out and a few Lego pieces added in.  Soldier archetype: 2Rd

[gun] 1B [armor plate] 1G [supercharger] 1Y [antenna].  All

Systems are White and consist of two pieces.  Flickr page.

The Questions:
Is it below, at, or above $10 per Frame? Below. (+5)
Is it a good size to use in a game? Yes. About the same size as a Chub. (+5)
How many parts does it have to represent systems? Two. (0)
Does it have enough parts you can remove to represent White Dice damage? No. (-5)
Score: +5 (B+).  All the things I've said about the previous models holds true here.  I think this model is a little less useful than the others with only two attachment points on the sides of the car but it makes up for that by having six possible variations that I've seen online.

Now that I've reviewed all of the base models for the Brick Rides, I want to look at all of them together.  Of the 21(?) alternates available ten of them can be found in the "Experimotors" category.  The Custom Small Block has the most variations.  I've managed to find all of the ones from 2022 and 2023, but I'm betting the remaining two from 2021 will be harder to find.  It'd be awesome if they released two more in 2024, that way you could put together a squad of eight with just one car design.  There are four Bricking Speeds, four Bricking Trails, and four Brick and Motor so a combination of those three could get you a full squad of eight if you manage to find them all.  There are three Brickin' Delivery so far.  Hopefully there will be another in 2024 to round out the selection.

I think the tail piece from the 2023 Dark Red Bricking Speed, also

the jets, and skull plate from the Brick and Motors are the most 

useful parts in terms of looks and color.  Although engine piece

from  the 2022 Bricking Speed, the tire from the Bricking Trail

and the engine from this review all come in Bright Light Yellow

so you could have matching System pieces with a little bit of work.

All in all using these depends on which cars you have access to, the extra pieces you have access to, and how much work you're willing to put in to get them table ready.