2018 First-Class Forever Stamp,Hot Wheels: Purple Passion 1990
# 5321 - 2018 First-Class Forever Stamp - Hot Wheels: Purple Passion 1990
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US #5321
2018 Purple Passion – Hot Wheels
- One of 10 stamps honoring Hot Wheels’ 50th anniversary
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Hot Wheels
Value: 50¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: September 29, 2018
First Day City: Fort Worth, Texas
Quantity Issued: 100,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: Issued in celebration of Hot Wheels’ 50th anniversary and the impact it’s had on the toy industry.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a photograph by Len Rizzi of the famous Purple Passion Hot Wheels car on the classic bright orange track.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue was held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
About the Hot Wheels set: The USPS issued 10 stamp designs celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of America’s best known and best loved toy brands – Hot Wheels. Each stamp pictures a different well-known Hot Wheels car zooming down the company’s iconic bright orange race track. The cars shown on the stamps are: Purple Passion, Rocket-Bye-Baby, Rigor Motor, Rodger Dodger, Mach Speeder, Twin Mill, Bone Shaker, HW40, Deora II, and Sharkruiser.
History the stamp represents: As its name may suggest, the Purple Passion was truly a passion project for Hot Wheels designer Larry Wood.
Over the years, Wood has designed hundreds of Hot Wheels cars. But in 1990, he was given new freedoms: “It was the first time they let me do a car that didn’t have to perform on a track. The wheels could be inside the body. It was the car that… really got us going. That was a breakthrough car.”
The innovative Purple Passion was modeled after a customized 1950s-era Mercury Eight, which was a pioneering car in its own time. Produced during the postwar era, it was part of the new class of cars in the pontoon style that would define a generation of automobiles. It also broke sales records.
Wood’s Purple Passion was a game-changer for Mattel. Up until this time, Hot Wheels were generally toys for children. But the Purple Passion was an overwhelming hit with adult collectors. Its sleek, nostalgic design reminded many of the cars they had seen or driven decades earlier, and offered a chance to relive those thrilling days.
The Purple Passion has become a mainstay for Hot Wheels. Produced nearly every year since 1990 in a variety of colors, it’s one of the brand’s most popular cars of all time.
US #5321
2018 Purple Passion – Hot Wheels
- One of 10 stamps honoring Hot Wheels’ 50th anniversary
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Hot Wheels
Value: 50¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: September 29, 2018
First Day City: Fort Worth, Texas
Quantity Issued: 100,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: Issued in celebration of Hot Wheels’ 50th anniversary and the impact it’s had on the toy industry.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a photograph by Len Rizzi of the famous Purple Passion Hot Wheels car on the classic bright orange track.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue was held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
About the Hot Wheels set: The USPS issued 10 stamp designs celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of America’s best known and best loved toy brands – Hot Wheels. Each stamp pictures a different well-known Hot Wheels car zooming down the company’s iconic bright orange race track. The cars shown on the stamps are: Purple Passion, Rocket-Bye-Baby, Rigor Motor, Rodger Dodger, Mach Speeder, Twin Mill, Bone Shaker, HW40, Deora II, and Sharkruiser.
History the stamp represents: As its name may suggest, the Purple Passion was truly a passion project for Hot Wheels designer Larry Wood.
Over the years, Wood has designed hundreds of Hot Wheels cars. But in 1990, he was given new freedoms: “It was the first time they let me do a car that didn’t have to perform on a track. The wheels could be inside the body. It was the car that… really got us going. That was a breakthrough car.”
The innovative Purple Passion was modeled after a customized 1950s-era Mercury Eight, which was a pioneering car in its own time. Produced during the postwar era, it was part of the new class of cars in the pontoon style that would define a generation of automobiles. It also broke sales records.
Wood’s Purple Passion was a game-changer for Mattel. Up until this time, Hot Wheels were generally toys for children. But the Purple Passion was an overwhelming hit with adult collectors. Its sleek, nostalgic design reminded many of the cars they had seen or driven decades earlier, and offered a chance to relive those thrilling days.
The Purple Passion has become a mainstay for Hot Wheels. Produced nearly every year since 1990 in a variety of colors, it’s one of the brand’s most popular cars of all time.