>>149119970
>that Acceleracers had gotten so popular that the suits at Hot Wheels were afraid that the Acceleracers would overtake the brand recognition of Hot Wheels itself.
That would be like if Nintendo threw away Pokemon because it had a chance of overtaking Mario, what kind of shit is this? The packaging already clearly shows the difference between the regular die-cast cars and the Acceleracers with the big ol' logo, people who have been collection the regular brand can still collect said regular brand, while kids still get the Acceleracers.