Hot Wheels #Vintage Racing Club returns for 2025. These assortments (HRT81) are now labelled as simply, “HW VINTAGE ASST” by Mattel as it appears we will see more specific subsets of vintage racing as we see here with #Salt Flat Racers.

Check out the unboxing video I did below. I mention that the card art is the star here — which seems to be the trend with the Hot Wheels Silver Series — following the trend set by Hot Wheels premium lines like #Car Culture. The mix of cars is decent with the ’88 Ford T-Bird, #’41 Willys, and the #’32 Ford, but the unlicensed additions of the Ground FX and Solar Reflex may cause this line to hang at retail — well, at least those two. Honestly, the Ground FX is actually very fitting and the deco on it is top-notch, but the inclusion of the Solar Reflex — while it does fit the series — is head-scratching at the semi-premium price point of around $3.50. More good here than bad though as the Willys and T-Bird look great in their respective decos. For me, it’s the ’32 Ford that is the winner here. The casting usually isn’t the first to go, but in this “salt spray” deco and those #CAST5 wheels, this release has me thinking I may start the arduous task of going back and trying to build a casting collection of this Hot Wheels classic!

I unboxed one of these 10-count cases on the OTD YouTube Channel within the full #Case Report that you see here. Tune in and let me know what you think. Let me know your thoughts.

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The Hot Wheels Vintage assortment cases (HRT81) are sold through hobby dealers and through some smaller retailers. These cases contain only 10 vehicles, unlike Hot Wheels basics cases which have 72. In this mix, you will get the case breakdown seen below which can also been seen in the unboxing video above.

Salt Flat Racers

1. Ground FX x2
2. Solar Reflex x2
3. ’41 Willys x2
4. ’32 Ford x2
5. ’88 Ford Thunderbird x2