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three two one go Patel is bringing a popular video game to life this is Hot Wheels rocket League before we get into the toy you need to know rocket League it is a wacky and addictive video game where you play soccer with rocket-powered cars that's right car soccer and Mattel turned that into a real-life Hot Wheel set players use a smartphone app to drive the remote-control cars to knock the ball into their opponents goal it comes with a card charging station at max speed the cars lasts about 15 minutes before you need another charge so these are popular characters in the rocket League game and they made physical versions of them that you can now race around in this arena and could be more characters coming in time this is to be priced at around 180 dollars it's scheduled to be out by December Mattel gave us an early look at the 2018 New York Toy Fair you don't need to know anything about the videogame to have a blast with this set but if you are a fan there will be Hot Wheels bonus content you can download to the videogame Mattel is also adding videogame magic to toy racing tracks by using augmented reality in the odd moto playset two real Hot Wheels cars zip around a track but players face off holding tablets or phones to battle with cartoony augmented reality effects on the screen the cars are synced to the app so it tells you in real time when the car needs a recharge at the pit if you have enough juice tell the car to take the loop if you make it you get a special rocket that you can shoot at your opponent to keep him smoking in the pit and if you're stuck you gotta tap the smoke to prepare the car augmented reality is something that a lot of time acres are interested in dabbling with AR keeps it zany it's all very fast and manic and it's hard to even notice when a car crashes but they want to add a feature in the final edition that will pause the game when a car flies off the augment rack is scheduled to come out in time for the holidays for about 120 dollars