Tony Hawk and Hot Wheels Are Bringing Tiny Finger Shoes to Tiny Finger Skateboards

If you propose to tackle a toy line with a longtime model that’s been round for nearly 25 years, you’ll want to convey one thing new to the playroom. For Hot Wheels, hoping to tackle Tech Deck’s miniature skateboards, that entails partnering with Tony Hawk and introducing tiny finger-worn skate footwear. Sorry, what?

Believe it or not, tiny skateboards can really hint their heritage again to the late ‘60s, with tiny skateboard keychains being sold to dedicated cube gleamers at skate shops, while the mid-’80s popularized the game of fingerboarding (it’s an actual factor!) and introduced tiny decks particularly designed and constructed for competitors. One of the preferred traces thus far, and one of many first to license the artwork and graphics from actual skateboard manufacturers, was Tech Deck, which is nonetheless making fingerboards nearly 25 years after its launch (but it is now owned by Canada’s Spin Master). Tech Deck is undoubtedly the very first thing that involves thoughts when somebody mentions fingerboarding, however Mattel and Hot Wheels wish to change that.

Although Tony Hawk, and his firm Birdhouse, have teamed up with Tech Deck prior to now for themed finger decks and playsets, the enduring skateboarding legend is now working with Mattel to advertise its new Hot Wheels Skate line, which kind of look just like Tech Deck’s merchandise, with working vans and wheels becoming a member of customized paintings on the underside and grip tape on the highest. Also, don’t neglect that Hot Wheels brand.

What units the Hot Wheels Skate line aside from Tech Deck is the inclusion of tiny fingertip skate footwear that bodily clip onto the tiny decks. Learning fingerboarding methods is just not fairly as exhausting as studying to do actual skateboarding methods, but it surely’s additionally not straightforward, and the tiny footwear clipped onto the tiny decks supposedly make it simpler for novices to be taught and efficiently carry out methods.

The primary Hot Wheels Skate assortment that features a single deck and a pair of finger footwear will promote for $3 every, whereas pricier $6 Hot Wheels Skate Collector Series packs add an unique matching Hot Wheels car. A $12 Hot Wheels Skate multi-pack can even be accessible that features 4 fully-assembled fingerboards (Tech Deck’s choices typically require meeting) plus two pairs of skate footwear.

For these utterly offered on the concept of tiny skate footwear making fingerboarding extra accessible and alluring, Mattel can be releasing accompanying playsets. These embody a assortment of $15 a bit Hot Wheels Skate Drop-in Skate Sets that may be collected and mixed to create bigger skate parks, plus a $30 Hot Wheels Skate Amusement Park Skate Set with a half-pipe that features buttons to set off “rad music and sounds” (fingers crossed that features Motörhead’s Ace Of Spades) and different obstacles like rails, ramps, and surfaces for grinding.