Lesney Matchbox King-Size No.K-23 Mercury Commuter Police Car

Taken from Frank's Matchbox Lesney Page (http://www.fcarnahan.com)

Alongside Matchbox Speed Kings K-49 Ambulance

2006 Hot Wheels Japan Convention Custom Car Show: Mighty Mavericks

Here's another of my collection Hot Wheels' Mighty Mavericks from Japan Convention Custom Car Show in Osaka Japan - November 18, 2006

There are two version of this car, one with Japan Convention Custom Car Show tampo on top and one without the tampo

The tampo version is the one that you can obtain from the event directly The one with the logo sold at the fifth official Hot Wheels® Custom Car Show, the non-tampo version is being sold on HotWheelsCollector.com

The one with the tampo is produced up to 1000, while thw non tampo is produced up to 2000 cars

JCCCS Tampo Version
Pic belongs to darthvaderr.blogspot.com

Mine was the non tampo version and also anothe non-hologram version.. again I assume this happen to be the same with my previous Convention Car the Olds 442

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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

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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