Hot Wheels from Italy in Boxes !!!!!

From 1977 to 1979 (I think !) Hot Wheels vehicles were sold in Italy in all card boxes similar to the Matchbox models of the time , here I am trying to document all known models and variations found in these boxes , if you have any information which may be useful to this page please drop me an email

The models which come in these boxes have a strange Matt sheen to them , as oppossed to the more normal gloss finish on Hot wheels models.

There are two distict styles of boxes, one with four color panels , and th eother with one solid color panel containing information pertaining to the manufacture :-

eg ©Mattel, Inc. 1977 Hawthorne, CA 90250 MADE & PRINTED IN HONG KONG.

Manufactured for Mattel, all Rights Reserved. ® and ™ indicate U.S. trademarks of Mattel, Inc.

Below is a list of all known variations I have found so far , click on a link to see a particular model