Hot Wheels released a personal computer in 1999. When last the flame-wrapped blue chunk of plastic and circuitry graced our website, Joe Blevins described it as “a kid’s idea of what a personal ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. “It’s an ...

With its bright blue paint job and eye-catching flame decals, the Hot Wheels computer manufactured by a long-gone firm called Patriot in 1999 looks absolutely amazing. It’s definitely a kid’s idea of ...

Thousands of consumers expecting a Barbie or Hot Wheels computer this holiday are doubly out of luck--they won’t get their PC and they might never get back the $700 to $1,000 they paid for it either.

The computer went on to fail even these modest expectations by shipping with a faulty power supply that affected roughly half the first batch of sales; a number of... If you purchase a product or ...