2006 Convention Charity Car: Olds 442

The 2006 Annual Hot Wheels Convention was held in Atalanta, Georgia from March 29th - April 2nd. Mattel issued several event cars such as

2006 Nationals: '63 Split Window, '68 Nova, '50 Buick Woodie and W-Oozie
2006 Nationals Ticket Car: '56 Flashrider
2006 Nationals Dinner Car: The Demon
2006 Convention Charity Car: Olds 442
2006 HWC Convention Car: Purple Passion
2006 HWC Real Riders Convention Car: Bone Shaker

All of the cars were produced in limited numbers. you should be able to see their number of production in the special hologram behind the card (mine was not numbered). The reason it was not numbered I assume that this is a production surplus which is supposed to be scraped after they hit the number (supposed to be limited to 3000 cars released) in some way the car manage to escape from the death row and find its way to the open market

The car come with this spesification:
Gold Chrome Spectraflame with Black Interior
Dual Black Stripes on Sides of Hood with '442' in Black on Hood.
Clear Windows.
Black Rear Spoiler.
Chrome Deep Dish Centerline Wheels with Real Riders Rubber BW Tires.
Chrome Front Grill, Both Bumpers and Base

,

Vintage Hot Wheels Ad

Some vintage Hot Wheels ad that I found on the Net, love to make a poster out of it and put it on my HW room

Random Diecast Photo

A few weeks ago my wife have to stay in the hospital due to Dengue disease for a couple of days. My son and I stayed with her in the room. On the last day I decided to take my camera and play around a little bit with the window light and some toys that my son brought along to keep him accompanied. My London Routemaster Bus and 2 Tomica Dream Mario Kart.

To be honest I kinda like the outcome

Hot Wheels Retro Entertainment Series - Assortment A

Just got my Assortment A - HW Retro Entertainment Series (Minus the '32 Ford). To be honest I'm a little bit disappointed, especially with the Classic Batman and Ecto-1 which is nothing more than an slightly upgraded version of the regular mainline. Just change the wheels with a Real Riders wheels and add more details and walla'.. there you have it.. a premium HW collectibles for adult collector... 

While The Mystery Machine and K.I.T.T were more captivating, using the similar wheels as the SDCC 2012 Exclusive Hot Wheels only without the SDCC presentation box (Googled: SDCC K.I.T.T and Mystery Machine). Now I cant wait for the next assortment to hit the market, I have my eyes on Smokey' 77 Pontiac Firebird, A Team Van, Miami Vice's Ferrari F512 and last but not least Smokey's Kenworth W900 whohooo !!

See my previous post for a full Assortment list

Here a comparison between the Retro version vs the Regular Mainline

Mystery Machine

Classic TV Series Batmobile

Knight Rider K.I.T.T

Ghostbuster Ecto-1

Hot Wheels Retro Entertainment Series - Assortment A to G

Here's the list, taken from hwcollectorsnews.com

Until the official release are announced these are the unofficial assortments and maybe subject to change


Assortment A (Confirmed)
Classic TV Series Batmobile
Ghostbusters ETCO-1
K.I.T.T. Knight Industries Two Thousand – Knight Rider
The Mystery Machine - Scooby-Doo
’32 Ford – American Graffiti

Assortment B (Confirmed)
Knight Rider K.A.R.R.
’77 Pontiac Firebird - Smokey & the Bandit
Custom GMC Panel Van - A-Team -
’58 Edsel - American Graffiti
School Bus – Muppets

Assortment C
Hot Bird: Rockford Files
Volkswagen Beetle: Footloose
Back to the Future Time Machine: Back to the Future
’84 Pontiac Fiero: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
’68 Chevy® Nova™: Beverly Hills Cop

Assortment D
’80s Corvette®: A-Team
Ferrari 308 GTS QV: Magnum P.I.
Ferrari F512 M: Miami Vice
’71 Plymouth Satellite: Brady Bunch
T-Bird Stocker: Stroker Ace

Assortment E
Island Hopper: Magnum P.I.
Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper: Battlestar Galactica
Morris Mini (Blue): The Italian Job
Volkswagen Sunagon: Magnum P.I.
Ferrari GTS Daytona Spyder: Miami Vice

Assortment F
Ferrari 250 California: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
’48 Ford: Grease
Morris Mini (Red): The Italian Job
1985 Chevrolet Camaro® IROC-Z: Simon & Simon
’58 Impala™: American Graffiti

Assortment G
Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raider: Battlestar Galactica
’68 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible: Beverly Hills Cop
’48 Ford (Greased Lightning): Grease
Morris Mini (White): The Italian Job
Kenworth W900: Smokey & the Bandit

Hot Wheels Racing & Cibubur HW Competition

There is a saying "Toys are meant to be played". For me I kinda feel guilty, keeping those cars in their blister and not played them as they are destined to be. Remember my old post about having my own race track inside the house? (Hot Wheels Track 2-Lane-V-Drop) from there I started to collect cars that are known for its speed and stability. Meet my racing team: Team Babaw HW Racing !!

Well no Gov'nor or Noddlist or other high class race cars, just a regular mainline race cars (for starters). I really like the Cadillac V16 Concept, it runs pretty good. And also the yellow Chevy Tahoe.. very good in downhill racing.

Last weekend me and my little brother decided to participate in a small Hot Wheels competition which was held by Hypermart (a local supermarket chain-store and one of the biggest HW retailer) located in Cibubur Junction Mall

Kids trying the track before the competition

It was a straight downhill followed by a loop. For this racetrack decided to enroll 2 of my cars; 2012 Eagle Massa and 2011 '69 Chevelle (X-Raycers)

Babaw Racers !!

Tested both before the race, not the best car for the race but I'll give it a shot. I think Spector will do better in the loop but mine got a bad front axle, so these two will do. The Green Eagle Massa got no 1 registered under my sons name and the Chevelle got no.2. As I predicted this ain't going to be just a walk in the park, some serious racers also attend this race.. I saw several DC Comic Universe's Two Face, Spector and even white Gov'nor

The participants

Its race time, 24 cars and my no.1 Eagle Massa step up to the track, forgot the opposition but the first run was a disappointment. It fell off the track just after the loop, 2nd run change track.. The Massa really smoked the opposition. Then it came to the 3rd run, a coin toss has to be done to chose which track to use, I won the coin toss.. easy decision.. stick with the winning track.. 2-1 my son's Eagle Massa qualified for the 2nd round

Then no.2 called to the track, 69 Chevelle.. again forgot who was the opposition.. a regular mainline car.. easy race.. a 2-0 win

The Race

Then came the 2nd Round.. 12 cars; 4 Two Face, 3 Nerve Hammer, 1 Rennen Rig, 1 Red Bird, 1 Spector, 1 Custom '69 Chevy and our cars. Unlucky both drawn to face the race favorite.. Two Face.. both got smoked good.. 0-2 loss for both..

We didn't stick to the final race, due to my son is very sleepy. So after we loose we left the race. But I have a very good feeling that Two Face will win this one.. very fast on the downhill and stable on the loop.

Definitely gonna look for a Two Face to strength my team, we lost but we definitely had a great time and meeting new friends on the way... I guess this is what its all about.. HAVING FUN

Hot Wheels Nostalgic & Pop Culture

Mattel and Hot Wheels have their own way on spoiling their adult collectors. In 2011 Hot Wheels decided to give their adult collectors a trip back to memory lane by releasing their signature 6 cars per subject Nostalgic Series, which combine some child hood memoirs (cereals, chocolate snacks, tv series) from the 80s. Started with Hersheys Series to Hanna-Barbera Series (more on HW Nostalgic). In 2013 replacing the previous Nostalgic Series, HW released the Pop Culture Series which more focusing on TV series and comic subject (more on HW Pop Culture).

The card designs on this series were definitely a piece of art of its own. The cars were also marked as Metal/Metal which means metal base and metal upper body and uses Real Riders wheels

Here's some of my collection on HW Nostalgic and a Pop Culture which I manage to collect in recent years

2012 Hersheys

2011 DC Comic

2012 Hanna-Barbera and 2013 Muppets

2011 Master of The Universe (mind the NHRA Morris)