1968

The COMPLETE Guide to Hot Wheel Buttons

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Six variation types exist this year, all of them except plastic.

Beatnik Bandit

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Light Yellow Background

The alternate color has always been described as light blue, but it is an extremely pale yellow.

Custom Barracuda

Notched Tab Purple Car

Smooth Tab Purple Car

Notched Tab Blue Car

SPECULATIVE: Does the blue car come in smooth tab variation?

Minor variation, the background can be a lighter shade.

Custom Camaro

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Custom Corvette

Notched Tab


FOUND!

No longer speculative


Notched Tab Orange Background

Smooth Tab

Smooth Tab Orange Background

Custom Cougar

Notched Tab

Custom Eldorado

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Minor variation, the car has darker or lighter highlights.

Custom Firebird

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Custom Fleetside

Notched Tab

Notched Tab

Minor variation, the car has darker or lighter highlights.

Custom Mustang

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Custom T-Bird

Notched Tab

Custom Volkswagen

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Custom "VW" text

SPECULATIVE: Does the VW version come with a smooth tab variation?

Deora

Notched Tab

Ford J-Car

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Hot Heap

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Printed in USA

Python

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab

Silhouette

Notched Tab

Smooth Tab