Mattel Hot Wheels Date (base) Codes
Starting in 2008, Mattel introduced a manufacture date code on the bottom of Hot Wheels and Matchbox - refer to as the Base Code. The first character is a letter that represents the year and the numbers which represent which week of the year the car was manufactured.
For example, if you have a base code that reads "B30", that is a casting from the 30th week of 2009. A base code reading "P41" is a casting from the 41th week of 2021 (the week of October 10, 2021). Letter "I", "O", & "Q" are not used.
Base Codes Letters
- A = 2008
- B = 2009
- C = 2010
- D = 2011
- E = 2012
- F = 2013
- G = 2014
- H = 2015
- J = 2016
- K = 2017
- L = 2018
- M = 2019
- N = 2020
- P = 2021
- R = 2022
- S = 2023
- T = 2024
- U = 2025
- V = 2026
- W = 2027
- X = 2028
- Y = 2029
- Z = 2030
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