Changes: Base codes

Revision as of 11:38, 19 April 2018

Starting in 2008, Mattel began using base codes for Hot Wheels vehicles.

Base Code Details

Base codes consist of a letter followed by a two-digit number.

The letter refers to the year of manufacture, the number refers to the week-number (1-52) within that year. Refer to the examples below.

Letter	Year of Manufacture
A	2008
B	2009
C	2010
D	2011
E	2012
F	2013
G	2014
H	2015
J	2016
K	2017
L	2018

Examples

Example #1: B12, B indicates the car was manufactured in 2009. 12 being the 12th week of the year puts the production date approximately the end of March.

Example #2: C47, with C indicating that the car was manufactured in 2010. The number "47" indicates the car being manufactured in the 47th week of 2010, which puts this car's production date around the end of November.

Usefulness of Base Codes

It has been argued that these base codes have little meaning amongst collectors, other than assisting collectors searching for new variations.

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-Starting in 2008, Hot Wheels began using base codes. These base codes can be interpreted as follows.
+Starting in 2008, Mattel began using base codes for Hot Wheels vehicles.
-Letters = Year of Manufacture
+== Base Code Details ==
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+Base codes consist of a ''letter'' followed by a ''two-digit number''.
+The letter refers to the year of manufacture, the number refers to the week-number (1-52) within that year. Refer to the [[Base Codes#Examples|examples]] below.
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+|'''Letter'''
+|'''Year of Manufacture'''
+|-
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-Numbers = Week of the year
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-|1-52
-|Week of the Year
-|}
+== Examples ==
 Example #1: B12, B indicates the car was manufactured in 2009. 12 being the 12th week of the year puts the production date approximately the end of March.
-Example #2: C47, with C indicating that the car was manufactured in 2010. The number "47" indicates the car being manufactured in the 47th week of 2010, which puts this car's production date around the end of November.<br>
+Example #2: C47, with C indicating that the car was manufactured in 2010. The number "47" indicates the car being manufactured in the 47th week of 2010, which puts this car's production date around the end of November.
-''Other than helping to search for new variations, these base codes have little meaning among collectors.''
+== Usefulness of Base Codes ==
+It has been argued that these base codes have little meaning amongst collectors, other than assisting collectors searching for new variations.
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