Children's Museum World Famous Hot Wheels Collection of Mike Zarnock

Friday, November 19, 2004 Mike Zarnock, Utica Mayor Tim Julian, and Museum Director Marlene Brown cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening of our new Hot Wheels collection! Museum staff and volunteers had been hard at work with Michael Zarnock preparing for the opening of his World Famous Hot Wheels Collection at The Children's Museum. Author/writer, Mike, labeled one of the worlds leading authorities on the subject, writes Collector Guides and Articles about Hot Wheels ® toy cars. He has also been awarded a Guinness World Record ™ for his Hot Wheels ® collection. Although Michael has more than 15,000 toy cars in his collection, this record is for 3,711 different Hot Wheels model cars. The old record was 1,500. View Mattel's Hot Wheels Collector's Feb. calendar page for Mike's appearance again at the Children's Museum.



L. to R.: Cody Zarnock, Utica Mayor Tim Julian, Mike Zarnock, and Museum Director Marlene Brown, cut the ribbon for the grand opening
Mike Zarnock's Hot Wheels collection at the Children's Museum

WKTV interviews Mike in the Hot Wheels Hall

Mike, Cody, Marlene, the Mayor sharing the joy

Hot Wheels in the unique Mike Zarnock design available in the Children's Museum gift shop

The crowd at the opening enjoy listening to Mike explaining the various room exhibits

One of the Hot Wheels exhibit rooms

Another of the Hot Wheels exhibit rooms


11-04 Mike poses in front of one of the 7 rooms of Hot Wheels in the $10,000 exhibit hall

10-04 Mike works on the final setup of his Hot Wheels exhibit at the Children's Museum


CM Volunteer Earl works on Hot Wheels shelves


9-04 Hot Wheels author Mike Zarnock and museum volunteer & exhibit manager, Earl Lewis work on getting the rooms ready

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