2022 Zamacs - Another year to the completion!

ZAMACs - Zinc Aluminium MAgnesium and Copper - basically the metals that go into the baremetal body of the cars that make up the series. 2022 is a special year for the zamacs because its the 10th year of the official run of zamacs, ever since they were introduced as a separate line, exclusive to Walmart distribution in the United States.

There have been some zamac issues of cars before they became a separate lineup. Hot Wheels ZAMAC Series Cars (billjohn.com) is my ready reference for anything related to zamacs. The site has got a wonderful image backed lists of all the zamacs from the year 2013 till date. They also list some of the pre 2013 zamac castings in Hot Wheels.

This is my completed set from 2022.


In 2022, zamacs had this additional deco on them that said, ZAMAC 10 YRS, commemorating the 10th year of the lineup.



Fun facts:

Name of the series: ZAMACs

Castings per year: 18

Year started: 2013

Exclusive to: Walmart

Color Theme: They are generally repeat castings of the mainlines for that year but come in baremetal  unpainted variations. Its is very common for them to carry jazzy colored tampo variations of their basic mainline runs.

Mattel has decided to change things up a bit. Till and including 2022, the zamacs came in assortments of 3 starting with every other assortment from E case and hopping through G, J, L, N and Q. So thats 3 cars each in 6 assortments culminating in 18 cars every year. But this year, Mattel has mentioned that it would change them to 2 cars per assortment, the exact details are not crystal clear. Geuss we will find out.

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