A regular Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt is usually worth about $2-10 as of November 2026, while a Super Treasure Hunt typically sells for $30-100 and popular castings such as Nissan Skylines, Porsches and VW buses bring $80-250. The 1995 '67 Camaro Treasure Hunt is the top regular one, with sales often above $1,000. Telling the two types apart takes about ten seconds once you know where to look.
The confusion comes from the names. Both are chase cars that Mattel drops into ordinary cases of $1-2 mainline cars, but a regular Treasure Hunt is a mainline car with a small logo, made in larger numbers, and a Super Treasure Hunt is a premium version with real rubber tires and special paint. Collectors shorten them to TH (or RTH) and STH.
Quick answer
- Regular Treasure Hunt (circle-flame logo on the car, plastic wheels): about $2-10, often sold in lots at $3-6 per car.
- Super Treasure Hunt (Spectraflame paint, Real Riders rubber tires, "TH" on the car): about $30-100; popular castings $80-250.
- 1995 Treasure Hunts are the high end: Mattel made 10,000 of each car, and the '67 Camaro often sells for over $1,000.
- A Super with a resealed or swapped card loses most of its premium. Check the blister edges before you pay.
How do you tell a regular Treasure Hunt from a Super Treasure Hunt?
Look at the tires first, then the paint, then the small marks on the body.
- Find the year on the card or base. The rules changed in 2012 and 2013, so the year decides what to look for. The card back carries the year of the series; the base carries a copyright year for the casting, which can be older than the car itself.
- Check the wheels. Turn the car so you can see the tire edge. A Super Treasure Hunt has Real Riders: a two-piece wheel with a separate rubber tire, soft to the fingernail, often with tread. A modern regular Treasure Hunt has the same one-piece plastic wheels as any $1 car.
- Check the paint. A Super uses Spectraflame, a translucent color over a chrome or bright base that looks deep and candy-like, the same look as 1968-1972 Redlines. A regular TH has ordinary enamel paint.
- Look for the marks on the body. Since 2013, a regular Treasure Hunt carries the low production symbol, a small flame inside a circle, printed somewhere on the car. A Super has "TH" printed on the body, usually small and often worked into the side or rear graphics.
- Look behind the car on the card. Since 2013 the card also carries the circle-flame symbol, and US cards add a short congratulatory line. Collector guides describe it as silver for regular THs and gold for Supers; according to the Hot Wheels Wiki, the Super's flame was black from 2013 and turned gold in 2016. Treat the card as a supporting clue and the car itself as the evidence.
- Ignore the flame on other lines. The circle-flame graphic also appears as decoration on cars in other Hot Wheels series. On those it means nothing. It only marks a Treasure Hunt on a mainline car.
- For pre-2013 cars, read the card. From 1995 to 2012 Treasure Hunts were their own named series, printed as such on the card, with 12 cars a year through 2010 (13 in 2005) and 15 a year from 2011.
When did Treasure Hunts change?
The program has gone through several phases, and a car's value depends on which one it belongs to. The dates below follow the hwtreasure.com collector reference and the Hot Wheels Wiki.
| Years | What a Treasure Hunt was | What to look for |
|---|---|---|
| 1995-1996 | Own 12-car series. Mattel made 10,000 of each car in 1995 and 25,000 in 1996 | Treasure Hunt card, special paint and wheels. The most valuable years |
| 1997-2006 | Own 12-car series (13 in 2005, with a bonus VW Drag Bus) | Many have Real Riders or other special wheels, even though they are regular THs |
| 2007-2011 | Regular TH series continues; Super Treasure Hunts begin as premium versions of the same TH cars | The Super has Spectraflame and Real Riders; its regular twin does not |
| 2012 | Last year of the separate regular TH series; Supers become hidden premium versions of ordinary mainline cars | "TH" on the car, Spectraflame, Real Riders |
| 2013 to now | Regular THs are hidden inside mainline series, marked with the circle-flame symbol | Flame logo on the car means regular TH; "TH" plus rubber tires means Super |
The trap in that table is the 1997-2006 period. A 2003 Treasure Hunt with rubber tires is a regular Treasure Hunt of its time, not a Super, because Supers did not exist until 2007. Those cars usually sell for about $8-45 carded; on Mercari a 2001 '58 Impala TH sold for under $8 and a 1999 Ferrari F512M TH for $45.
What are Treasure Hunts worth?
These ranges come from Mercari and eBay sold listings checked on November 2, 2026 (the eBay sales read through the 130point sold-price search), plus the hwtreasure.com reference for the 1995 cars. On eBay, common Supers sold for a median of about $40, Skyline Supers for about $80-145, and Porsche Supers for $40-95 when new and $180-210 for 2016-2019 cars. A few rows rest on Mercari alone and on very few sales, as noted, so treat them as a guide and compare against current sold listings for your exact casting.
| What you have | Typical sold price |
|---|---|
| Regular TH, 2013 to now, carded | about $2-10; lots sell at $3-6 per car |
| Regular TH, 2008-2012 series, carded | about $5-20; Poshmark $7-14 for seven 2010-2012 cars |
| Regular TH, 1997-2006, carded | about $8-45; Poshmark $7-25 for a dozen 1997-2005 cars |
| Super Treasure Hunt, common casting, carded | about $30-100 |
| Super Treasure Hunt with a damaged card | about $20-40; based on a single Mercari sale at $23 |
| Super, popular casting (Skyline GT-R, Porsche, VW Kombi, Chevy trucks) | about $80-250 |
| Loose Super, no card | roughly half of a clean carded one |
| 1995 Treasure Hunt, most cars, carded | about $10-160; the '58 Corvette sold six times on Poshmark for $9-25 |
| 1995 Volkswagen Bug Treasure Hunt | about $240-350; Mercari only |
| 1995 '67 Camaro Treasure Hunt | often over $1,000; Mercari sales at $1,050 and $1,600 |
| 1995 boxed set of all 12 | valued at over $2,000 by hwtreasure.com; we found no recent sales to confirm it |
Real examples from those Mercari sales: a Super Treasure Hunt Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR34) sold at $220, a 2015 Volkswagen Kool Kombi Super at $200, a 2023 '87 Chevy Silverado Super at $171, a 2013 '67 Camaro Super at $130, and a Super Toyota Supra with a damaged card at about $23. Among the 1995 cars, the Stutz Blackhawk sold at $40, the '63 Split Window at $125 and the Olds 442 at $160. Poshmark shows the cheap end of 1995: the '58 Corvette sold there six times for $9-25, so many 1995 cars sit at the bottom of their range. Poshmark also agrees on the older regular series: 1997-2005 Treasure Hunts such as the 1998 Sol-Aire CX4, 2000 '67 Pontiac GTO and 2002 Anglia Panel Truck sold for $7-25, and 2010-2012 cars such as the '53 Cadillac and Tyrrell P34 for $7-14. On the modern regular side, a lot of five 2021 Treasure Hunts sold for about $18 and a lot of seven for about $18-26.
For the 1995 '67 Camaro, collector price guides put a clean carded example at roughly $1,000-2,500. It is also one of the most copied Treasure Hunts (see the clone sales below), so condition and provenance move its price more than for any other car here.
Within the Supers, the casting decides the price. Japanese cars, Porsches, VW buses, and classic American trucks and muscle cars sell at the top. Fantasy castings and obscure models sit near the bottom of the range, even with Spectraflame and rubber tires.
Say you find one in a bin
Say you pull a carded 2015 car from a box at a yard sale. It has a deep metallic purple finish, rubber tires you can press with a fingernail, and a tiny "TH" in the side graphics. Those three together mean a Super Treasure Hunt. The card is a little bent at one corner but the blister is clear and flat with no glue marks. You look up that casting's Super in sold listings and find clean ones at $70-90. With the bent corner, an honest value is about $50-70. If the same car had plastic wheels and a circle-flame logo on the door, it would be a regular Treasure Hunt worth $3-6.
How do you spot a resealed or fake Super Treasure Hunt?
Because a Super is worth so much more than the card it came on, some sellers open cards and put a different car back in, or dress up a cheap car to look like a Super. The tells:
| Check | Genuine | Warning sign |
|---|---|---|
| Blister edge | Flat, even seal all the way around | Lifted corners, glue shine, wavy plastic, cut lines |
| Card back | Matches the car, series and number printed on the front | Car does not match the card art or the series list |
| Car position | Centered in the bubble, as packed | Tilted, loose or pushed to one side |
| Tires | Real Riders on a car that was issued as a Super | Rubber tires added to a mainline car (often a wheel swap with drilled rivets) |
| Paint | Even Spectraflame with factory tampos on top | Paint over tampos, brush marks, or a color never issued for that casting |
| Base rivets | Round, untouched rivets | Drilled or reset rivets, a sign the car was taken apart |
Customizers also make open "clones" of famous cars and sell them honestly as customs. On Mercari, custom-made clones of the 1995 '67 Camaro Treasure Hunt have sold at about $128-144. That is fine when labeled. It becomes a problem when the clone is resold later without the label.
Where should you sell a Treasure Hunt?
Sell modern regular Treasure Hunts in lots. At $2-10 a car, one car rarely covers the postage and platform fee on its own, which is why the Mercari lots above work out to $3-6 per car.
Sell a Super on its own, on eBay or Mercari, with the casting, year and "Super Treasure Hunt" in the title and a close photo of the rubber tires, because buyers search by casting. Ship it in a plastic card protector inside a box: a crushed blister moves a Super from the $30-100 tier down to $20-40.
Diecast dealers at toy shows and in Facebook diecast groups buy quickly, but they need to resell, so expect offers below recent sold prices. For a 1995 car or a full 1995 set, compare a dealer offer with an auction house that runs toy sales before you accept.
Common mistakes
- Calling every flame logo a Super. The circle-flame on the car means a regular Treasure Hunt worth a few dollars.
- Calling a 1990s or 2000s TH with rubber tires a Super. Supers start in 2007.
- Pricing from asking prices. Supers often sit listed for months well above what the same casting actually sells for. Filter to sold listings.
How WorthPic reads Treasure Hunt photos
WorthPic runs on the newest and most capable AI model available, tuned for exactly this kind of identification. From clear photos it reads the casting, the card series and year, whether the wheels are plastic or Real Riders, whether the paint looks like Spectraflame, and whether a circle-flame logo or a "TH" mark is visible, then places the car as a regular Treasure Hunt, a Super or an ordinary mainline car and gives an honest resale range. What it cannot judge from a photo is whether a blister was resealed with care, whether rubber tires were swapped in, or how the plastic feels. It identifies and estimates. It does not authenticate, grade or appraise.
What to photograph
- The front of the card with the whole car visible, in daylight.
- A close side view of a tire edge, sharp enough to show rubber or plastic.
- The spot on the body with the "TH" or flame logo.
- The card back, showing the series name and car number.
- All four edges of the blister at an angle, so any lifting or glue shows.
- For a loose car, the base with its rivets and copyright line.
When to get it looked at in person
A regular Treasure Hunt does not need an expert; a sold-listing search for the casting and year settles it. Before you pay $200 or more for a 1995 car or a popular Super, have an experienced diecast dealer at a toy show look at it in hand, where a reseal or a swapped wheel is far easier to see than in photos. Our guide to Hot Wheels Redlines covers the 1968-1977 cars that Spectraflame paint first came from, and Matchbox cars and Micro Machines cover the toys most often found in the same bins. If the collection includes trucks in boxes, see Hess trucks. For the other diecast and toy lines where packaging decides the price, see our guide to what old toys are worth.
Sources
- Hot Wheels Wiki: Super Treasure Hunt: Supers introduced in 2007, the 2012 move into the mainline, and the card flame turning gold in 2016.
- hwtreasure.com: Frequently Asked Questions: 1995 and 1996 production numbers, cars per set by year, the 2007-2011 and 2012 Super Treasure Hunt rules, the low production symbol since 2013, Real Riders and Spectraflame definitions, and the 1995 '67 Camaro and boxed set values.
- Mercari sold listings: Hot Wheels Super Treasure Hunt: sold prices for Supers, checked November 2, 2026.
- Mercari sold listings: 1995 Treasure Hunt '67 Camaro: the $1,050 and $1,600 sales and the sales of labeled custom clones.
- Mercari sold listings: 1995 Hot Wheels Treasure Hunts: sold prices for 1995 cars such as the Stutz Blackhawk, '63 Split Window, Olds 442 and VW Bug, and for 1997-2006 Treasure Hunts.
- 130point sold-price search (eBay sold listings): eBay sales of Super Treasure Hunts, Skyline and Porsche Supers, regular Treasure Hunts and 1995 cars, checked November 2, 2026.
- Poshmark sold listings: Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt series and 2010 Treasure Hunts: 1995 '58 Corvette at $9-25, 1997-2005 cars at $7-25 and 2010-2012 cars at $7-14, checked November 2, 2026.
- Mercari sold listings: Treasure Hunt lots: per-car prices for regular Treasure Hunts sold in lots.