Confusing 1:43 Hot-wheels strategy

Hi all,

Ive been enjoying reading all the posts in this forum for the last year, thought I would start a thread of my own.

I am currently collecting the IXO released La Storia set now up to 21 models (having previously attempted the Vitesse and Hot-wheels non-starters) on the bottom of each box it says 'licensed by hot-wheels' or similar.

So I was a little confused when Hot-wheels themselves started bringing out 1:43 Ferrari F1 models seemingly without a pattern as to which years they had chosen. What do people think of this? Surely IXO aren't too happy about it and I am obviously starting to wonder whether for the 3rd time the la storia collection will be scuppered.

As a side note has anyone compared the 2, I haven't bought any of the new Hot-wheels, looking at pictures if anything they look nicer than the IXO ones but am loathed to start buying again as in some case I would soon be approaching 4 1:43 versions of the same car/driver/race!

I would have much preferred it if Hot-wheels had left IXO alone to get on with their series and started producing good quality 1:18 editions of older ferrari's for example 156/85, 126CK, 553, 312F1, 312B3, F92A, 312T3

Appreciate other peeps views