Mattel Hot Birds
Hot Birds is a set of 6 futuristic die-cast toy airplanes produced by American toy maker Mattel in 1971. All 6 of the models were manufactured in the US. 4 of the models were also produced in Hong Kong. Hot Birds were painted with the same Spectraflame paint as Mattel's Hot Wheels cars were painted. However, the planes came in only five colors, Red, Blue, Green, Gold/Yellow, and Magenta. Not all models came in all colors. These colors also came in varying shades believed due to the way the paint was mixed at the factory.
Model names/manufacturing countries were:
- 6075 – Sky Scraper
- 6076 – Cloud Hopper
- 6077 – Star Grazer
- 6078 – Ski Gull
- 6079 – Maching Bird
- 6080 – Regal Eagle
| Color | Maching Bird | Sky Scraper | Regal Eagle | Cloud Hopper | Star Grazer | Ski Gull |
| Red | 16.3% | 31.0% | 28.9% | 6.9% | 27.3% | 5.6% |
| Blue | 28.6% | 7.1% | 24.4% | 8.6% | 13.6% | 48.1% |
| Green | 12.2% | 19.0% | 0.0% | 37.9% | 15.9% | 14.8% |
| Gold | 24.5% | 4.8% | 44.4% | 22.4% | 11.4% | 13.0% |
| Magenta | 18.4% | 38.1% | 2.2% | 24.1% | 31.8% | 18.5% |
- As Mattel does not publish production numbers these are only approximate. They are only to be used for collecting purposes. For example, by using the chart one could conclude that Blue Ski Gulls are common while Green Regal Eagles are rare.
- The percentages don't reflect total models produced or country of origin.
- Sky Solo set
- On Target set
- Sky Command set
- Air Race set
- Picture Maker
- Carrying Case
- Flight Deck
- Sky Line & Hook pack
- Joy Rider
- Control Tower