Older Hot Wheels - 2005 and 2006 Models

One of my good buddies on the New Zealand Hot Wheels group (via Facebook) had the opportunity to purchase a complete 2005 and 2006 collection, and over the last few months has been sorting out the spares from the collection - merging what he already had with the new arrivals.

Back in October 2014, I received the first parcel containing many 2006 models and today the second parcel arrived containing 2005 and 2006 cars (plus some 2015 E case items that he had managed to find for me in the hour between posting my wish list and checking out the local store).

My goal when going back in time to get cars from before I started collecting was to keep it simple, not to go crazy getting to many and try to stick to real cars as much as possible. In some ways I have failed, as I ended up getting many more cars than I expected to ever have but its nice to have some older castings in the collection that are no longer available in the mainline assortment.

Enjoy the images of what I received