The next mix of Hot Wheels #Vintage Racing Club is here! National Icons takes the stage featuring a mix of ’60s/’70s cars. These assortments (HRT81) are now labelled as simply, “HW VINTAGE ASST” by Mattel.

What is interesting about this mix, is that we see the return of the #Chase car — something we haven’t seen since #Vintage Racing Club mix 1 with the randomly-inserted, 6th car: ’67 Camaro. With this series/mix, the chase car is done a little differently. The #5 of 5 car, the ’67 Porsche 911 R, has a common/standard variant in red, and a chase variant in spectraflame red.

Another interesting tidbit lies within the card art. The country, or “nation”, to which these vehicles are being attributed to is somewhat hidden within the clouds. Some are more obvious than others, like the United States continental 48, which doesn’t lend itself well to the cumulus cloud shape being utilized here. Still, this is an awesome idea — something I did not see at first!

As cool as the idea of Salt Flat Racers was, I think this series will be far more popular with collectors as the casting choices are much better.

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.

National Icons

1. Ford GT40 x2
2. Jaguar Lightweight E-Type x2
3. ’60s Fiat 500 D Modificado x2
4. ’71 Nissan Skyline HT 2000 GT-R x2
5. ’67 Porsche 911 R x2
   CHASE! ’67 Porsche 911 R