Hot Wheels Toy Show Finds 2

Okay, now back to the toy show finds! 

These three are from the 2003 Muscle Machines Japan GT series. They are pretty hard to find and are really detailed. From left to right: Daishin Advan Silvia S15, a Amemiya Matsumoto -Kiyoshi Aspara RX-7 (LA-NA2) and a Takata Dome NSX (LA-NA2).

The next 16 cars are technically all the same. They are Johnny Lightning Forever 64 series 1977 Dodge Monacos. I have dozens of these cars in all the variations made so far, including the newest yellow cab and plain green versions. The versions shown here are the black squad car with gumball light, yellow cab, CHP patrol car, light blue Dukes style patrol car (it even has the same light bar and gold sheriff tampos), Blue Bossard patrol car with double gumball lights and the plain-jane green one.

The next trio is straight from Hollywood. The A-team, Green Hornet and Starsky and Hutch are some of my favorite classic TV shows. These are all original run vehicles. The A-Team van is an Ertl brand version from 1983. I have quite a few of these but this one was really cheap so I had to pick it up. The Black Beauty is a Johnny Lightning chrome-green version with gold wheels. I have the standard all black Black Beauty MOC, but am glad I could add the chrome version to my collection. The third is a Corgi Jr. Starsky and Hutch Ford Gran Torino. It has some light scuffing but the stripe is in really nice shape. I also have several of these but the stripes always seem to either be dirty or in bad shape.

The next set of cars involve my favorite car ever made, the GENERAL LEE! I have collected dozens and dozens of the Ertl General Lees, mostly the original 1981 versions, but I also have many of the 1997-2005 re-releases. The ones showcased below are all original from 1981, except for the odd ball Yatming "Dixie Special" Dodge Aspen/Dart with opening doors as I am not sure what year it is from. The Cooter's pick-up is the fleetside version with a tow hook and decals still intact. There is also a step-side version but it is much more rare. The Daisy's Jeep is in close to mint condition and looks great. A lot of the Jeeps have bent window frames but this one is untouched. The Boss Hogg's Cadillac is the Hong Kong made version with the smoked windshield. It has some paint chips but isn't in terrible shape. The General Lee is the Singapore made version and is very rare because of the decals it has on it. The 1981 General Lees were made in four locations: Hong Kong, Tiawian, Singapore and the USA. Each countries Charger body mold was different and each country had different style stickers. This Singapore version is rare because it has the USA version stickers on it with an orange background. Every Singapore version I have seen or own, including my very first General Lee, has clear background stickers on them. It's always cool to find a rare decal variation!

The next find  is a 1981 Ertl Dukes of Hazzard car carrying case. It is in remarkably nice shape with very little splitting on the case. The trays were still there and are the correct heavy blue ones. This makes my 9th Dukes case! Going for that even dozen!

The final set of cars from this past weekend is a lot of Ertl and Johnny Lightning Dukes of Hazzard cars. The first few is a Ertl three car "Pursuit set" from the 2005 movie release with an odd package. This package of cars is interesting because it says "Rosco's Patrol Vehicle" but includes a Boss Hogg Caddy instead. The red and white Chevy Malibu from JL is an "undercover" tv car. It was used as the Hogg's Hellcat racer in the episode "Happy Birthday General Lee" . Johnny Lightning has been making movie and TV cars and including them as just "normal" line cars.  

The other 8 cars are Johnny Lightning Dukes series cars. They are the Molly's Plymouth Racer, two Carnival of Thrills Vegas, Cooter's Plymouth Roadrunner, the General Lee from DOH the Beginning, Lucifer Mustang, Enos' race Monaco and a Springville County patrol car. I sold a lot of these JL Dukes cars to my buddy Larry over at the Dukes Collectors site, but as my motto goes, "you can never have too many" haha!