Hot Wheels Hot Wheels 10-Pack (Styles May vs Vallejo Thinner Medium, Colorless Diluent for: Which Should You Buy?
Instant Hot Wheels collection or a hobbyist's paint thinner: two very different ideas of fun.
Hot Wheels Hot Wheels Hot Wheels 10-Pack (Styles May Vary)
Vallejo Vallejo Thinner Medium, Colorless Diluent for Acrylic Paints
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| Hot Wheels Hot Wheels 10-Pack (Styles May | Vallejo Thinner Medium, Colorless Diluent for | |
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| Price | See on Amazon → | See on Amazon → |
| Rating | ★★★★★ 4.8 | ★★★★★ 4.6 |
| Review count | 51,557 | 25,293 |
| Brand | Hot Wheels | Vallejo |
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Our verdict
An odd pairing on paper, and the buyers rarely overlap. Hot Wheels' 10-pack (4.8 stars, 51,557 reviews) hands a child an instant collection of 1:64 die-cast cars with authentic styling, though styles arrive at random. Vallejo's Thinner Medium (4.6 stars, and roughly a third of the price) is an 18ml bottle of colourless diluent for acrylic paints, a workbench essential for miniature painters and modellers, not a toy at all. If you're gift shopping for a car-mad kid, the Hot Wheels pack is superb value and superbly reviewed. If you paint models and your acrylics need taming, the Vallejo is the obvious few-quid pickup.
Which one is for you?
- Buy the Hot Wheels 10-pack if you want a crowd-pleasing, brilliantly rated gift for a young car enthusiast. Read our full look at the Hot Wheels Hot Wheels 10-Pack (Styles May →
- Buy the Vallejo Thinner if you paint miniatures or models and need a reliable, non-toxic way to thin acrylics. Read our full look at the Vallejo Thinner Medium, Colorless Diluent for →
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