Welcome
to the Website of the
3rd Annual
Collectors Nationals
Celebrating
Hot
Wheels®
35th Anniversary
April 3rd thru 6th, 2003 - Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Cincinnati, OH
"The LARGEST gathering of
Hot Wheels®
collectors in the East"
The 2003 Annual Hot Wheels® Collector's
Nationals
is a joint production of the Hot
Wheels® Newsletter and
Mattel’s HotWheelsCollectors.com!
Updated: March 31, 2003
The 3rd Annual Hot
Wheels® Collectors' Nationals will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 3rd through the 6th, 2003. Make plans now to
attend what promises to be another great gathering of the most serious,
most FUN-loving people in collecting! Scheduled activities include: Autograph
Sessions, Hot Wheels® Customizing Seminar, Guest Speakers, Charity
Auction, Sizzler(tm) Races, Downhill Races, the BEST Custom Car Contest
around and much, much more! A fourth day has been added for a Hot Wheels®-only
Toy Show (also open to the public; rent a space and sell your extras!).
This year, in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Hot Wheels®,
the Hot Wheels® Newsletter (HWN) and Mattel have joined forces to bring
you the biggest and best Nationals ever. More cars, more souvenirs, and
more celebrities than ever before!
Come early! Those die-hard Hot Wheels® collectors start arriving
early in the week. Meet other collectors - win door prizes - buy, sell
or trade - great conversation!!! We have reserved a block of rooms at the
hotel. 375+ rooms = the BEST room-to-room trading! You will need your ticket
number to get the special rate at the hotel. (Hotel is sold out
as of 3/5/03.) There will once again be an Official Convention car, made
by Mattel, which will be given out to those paid ticket holders in attendance
at the Saturday night meeting (Saturday's meeting will get underway at
7:00 PM).
Advance purchase required! Tickets are $50.00 per person. Children
12 and under are free (one per paying adult). Tickets are non-transferable,
non-refundable and limited to one per person. Sales open to the public
on January 1st and continue until sold out. No tickets will be sold at
the door. Tickets are now sold out.
*Please note: Room-to-room trading is not open to the public. You must be a registered guest of the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati or the 3rd Annual Hot Wheels® Collectors Nationals to be upstairs.
Can’t make it Thursday through Saturday? Stop by the Hot Wheels® only Show, on Sunday the 6th, 10 am to 3 pm. Booths of nothing but Hot Wheels® vehicles and associated merchandise! Collectors and dealers from around the world will have everything from vintage Redlines to the new 2003 convention cars for sale. Also see booths of Hot Wheels® licensed clothing, magazines, toys, etc. Morning autograph session will include Hot Wheels® celebrities.
Get up to date info, have your questions answered on-line by event organizers, chat with other convention goers! Live now at: Hot Wheels® Newsletter Message Boards
Starting April 1st, we will post Nationals news and pictures daily.
Daily coverage of the Nationals as it happens,
including first pictures of all the convention “goodies”!
Please check back often for new information.
Daily
Updates
Nationals
Souvenirs
Nationals
Car
Pictures
from the Nationals!
Once again ticket sales are brisk!:
Tickets went on sale to Hot Wheels® Newsletter subscribers and RLC members on September 15th. Remaining tickets went on sale to the public January 2nd. Tickets must be purchased in advance; no tickets are sold at the door. "Evening with Mark Jones" Dinner, Button Bingo and Charity Auction Preview Party events are sold out. Beware of ticket scalpers. Nationals tickets are NON-TRANSFERABLE!
Celebrity guests:
As in prior years, celebrity guests will be available at autograph sessions and other Nationals' events. Guests will include early Hot Wheels® designers Ira Gilford andHoward Rees. Also present will be current designersMark Jones, Carson Lev, Nathan Proch, Wayne Scott, Eric Tscherne,MiQ Wilmott and Larry Wood. Any additional guests will be announced as confirmed.
Hotel vacancy:
The Hyatt Regency Cincinnati has four+ floors of rooms reserved for
the Nationals, over 375 rooms of Hot Wheels®
collectors! This block is for confirmed convention guests only. The
Hyatt has cross-referenced our convention list to their reservations list,
although you are welcome to stay at the Hyatt, if you have not purchased
tickets to the Nationals you will not receive the special rate ($99 per
night) or be located in the Nationals block. You must have a ticket to
the Nationals or proof of hotel registration to take part in room to room
trading.
: all room nights
are sold out. Please see Nationals
Forums for alternatives.
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