They may have been inspired by the toy cars a lot of people grew up playing with, but these trucks are real monsters now and they’re going to be crushing it in Long Beach with high-flying action and crazy stunts.
Tickets just went on sale for “Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-N-Fire,” which comes to the Long Beach Arena on Sept. 27-28. Before that the show will make a spot at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Sept. 20-21 and in the Coachella Valley on June 28-29 at the Acrisure Arena.
The traveling show features the colorful trucks with monster wheels as they drive around a track at high speeds, doing wheelies, doughnuts, catching air and crushing cars.
“It’s all Hot Wheel toys that have basically come to life,” said Joe Cypher, who drives one of the seven trucks that will be taking part in the event.
Cypher, who is paraplegic and drives with hand controls, sits high off the ground behind the wheel of the mighty 5-Alarm truck, a boxy-looking vehicle that’s decked in red colors and inspired by fire trucks.
“It’s like a fire truck that’s on steroids that a kid would think in his mind is a hot rod,” he said.
Cypher’s fire truck will be on the track with other metal monsters like Mega Wrex, which is inspired by a T-Rex dinosaur. It’s decked out in a light green color and the front fenders are shaped like dinosaur teeth. The truck’s signature move is the Dino Bite, when it lands head first on cars.
There’s also the junkyard-inspired Bone Shaker, which is a hot rod truck with a skull on the side. The event even includes a sea monster with the Tiger Shark truck, which sports fins on the roof and a tiger face on the hood, while another truck dubbed Gunkster is a straight-up bright green pickup.
A new addition to the crew this year is Skelesaurus, a truck that looks like some sort of green creature with a massive metal skull. But the star of the bunch is the famous Bigfoot, which will be leading the pack in Long Beach.
“We all know Bigfoot is the godfather of them all,” Cypher said.
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-N-Fire
When: Sept. 27-28
Where: Long Beach Arena, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Tickets: On sale now at hotwheelsmonstertruckslive.com