MUNCLE MIKES CASTING GUIDE
'68 Mercury Cougar (2002) Hot Wheels Value Guide
Hot Wheels '68 Mercury Cougar (2002) casting history, variations, identification details and collector values.
Casting Identification
| Brand | Hot Wheels |
|---|---|
| Model | '68 Mercury Cougar (2002) |
| First documented release | 2001 |
| Scale | Unknown |
| Documented releases | 51 |
| Verification | Reviewed |
Record & Evidence Status
- Record completeness
- 79/100
- Evidence confidence
- 85/100
- Media verification
- 40/100
- Market evidence
- 0/100
- Supported claims
- 1
About This Casting
Collector reference page for the Hot Wheels '68 Mercury Cougar (2002) casting. Release and variation data is normalized from attributed catalog sources.
Image Provenance
Original Muncle Mikes collector illustration generated from normalized catalog data; it is a visual fallback and does not prove exact-release appearance.
- Rights status
- First Party Generated
- Proof eligible
- No
Release History at a Glance
'68 Mercury Cougar (2002) currently links to 51 documented exact-release records. The verified catalog coverage spans 2001 through 2018 across 16 documented release years. The records currently identify 27 distinct named series or assortments.
Documented series / assortments include: |First Editions17 / 42HWC.com Exclusive, 17th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention / 5 / 5, 2002 First Editions17 / 42, 40 Years of Hot Wheels Set, 50th Anniversary Originals / 1 / 5, Classics (Series 1)7 / 25, Classics (Series 4)5 / 15, Code Car / 20 / 24, Connect Cars / 7 / 50, Cool Classics25 / 30, Hot Wheels Garage: Ford / 16 / 20, HW Performance / 5 / 10.
How to Identify '68 Mercury Cougar (2002) Releases
Start with the exact-release links on this page rather than appearance alone. Compare the documented release year, series or assortment, part/model number, body color and finish, wheel type, tampo decoration, interior and window colors, base material/country, packaging and exclusivity notes. Those fields distinguish releases that can look nearly identical in a loose collection.
For '68 Mercury Cougar (2002), this family record is the parent index; each linked exact-release report carries its own evidence, image-provenance and market-value state so one variation is not mistakenly valued as another.
Catalog Coverage & Research Notes
This is a static collector reference generated from the normalized Muncle Mikes catalog. It contains only fields currently attached to this canonical record and its linked exact releases. Unknown attributes remain unknown rather than being filled with guesses. Generated or fallback artwork is labeled as such and is not treated as photographic proof of an exact release.
Canonical ID: model:1c694c37-a4e6-4c61-bd57-5f722369c4d1. Verification state: Reviewed. Current linked-release count: 51.
