2005 First Editions

== Description ==
2005 is the second year of what can be referred to as cartoonish casting designs. This design trend began in 2004. For this year, it includes the Blings, Drop Tops, X-Raycers, Torpedoes and Realistix. These five segments rounded up a total of sixty original cars, many of which have become rarities in later years.
Why did Mattel make these strange looking cars? Why so many? If the reason was to do something radical and different, they certainly achieved that goal. Some of those cars do pretty well on the race tracks due to their low center of gravity. Blings are cartoonish-looking with wide, blingy rims. Drop Tops are flattened, with silhouettes well below the wheel wells. X-Raycers are made of striking, fruit candy-like, colorful see-through plastic. Torpedoes are deformed, elongated, open-wheel versions of real cars, like the '71 Charger, or Hot Wheels designs like the Overbored 454.
Realistix castings are not deformed in any way and retain the scaled-down proportions of the real car.  Looking back, Realistix seem to have been re-done more than all the other 2005 New Model segments in later years.
2005 was a big year for concept cars in the Hot Wheels lineup. Curiously there was a Ford Shelby Cobra and a GR-1 Concept on the same year. The Cobra is a modern interpretation of the old Shelby Cobra while the GR-1 is likewise, of the mythical Shelby Daytona. Other Realistix Segment concepts were the Acura HSC, Alfa Romeo Prototipo BAT-9, and Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept. Altered ("tooned") concepts included the Ford Bronco Concept (in Blings form) and Dodge Super 8 Hemi, in the Drop Tops Series.
Classic American musclecars are represented by the '69 Pontiac Firebird, '69 Pontiac GTO and '69 Chevelle in tooned X-Raycers form, the '71 Charger (Torpedoes), '63 Corvette Stingray (droptops), and '67 Chevy II (Blings). 
European cars were represented by Ferrari (360 Modena X-Raycers and 575-GTC Realistix), Maserati (MC-12), Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz G500 (Blings). 
In-house models were very interesting this year, characterized by the predominant absence of tampo. Favorites are Phastasm, Poison Arrow, Split Decision, Pocket Bikester and the Formul8r. 
2005 was the second year of an explosion of creativity by Hot Wheels designers, no doubt assisted by computer-aided design (CAD) capabilities. Many collectors like the almost total absence of tampo in several cars. Many regret that some licensed cars, like the 1946 Cadillac/Speed Bump were only produced as deformed, cartoonish castings. For that very reason, It would not be surprising if these First Edition cars become very valuable, either individually or all together as a Model-year collection. Remember when no one wanted the pink cars?
==2005 First Editions==
Toy #	Col. #	Casting 	Series 	Series #	Photo
G6687	001 	Ford Shelby Cobra Concept 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	01/20​ 	
G6686	002 	Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept Car	2005 First Editions: Realistix	02/20 	
G6690	003 	Ferrari 575 GTC 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	03/20 	
G6696	004 	Airy 8 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	04/20 	
G6692	005 	1969 Pontiac Firebird T/A 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	06/20 	
G6725	006 	2005 Ford Mustang GT 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	06/20 	
G6706	007 	1971 Buick Riviera 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	07/20 	
G6708	008 	Pocket Bikester 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	08/20 	
G6717	009 	Firestorm 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	09/20 	
G6721	010 	Acura HSC Concept 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	10/20 	
G6722	011 	Aston Martin V8 Vantage 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	11/20 	
G6716	012 	Symbolic 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	12/20 	
G6727	013 	Formul8r 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	13/20 	
G7928	014 	Bully Goat 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	14/20 	
G6730	015 	Split Decision 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	15/20 	
G7929	016 	Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	16/20 	75px
G6731	017 	Cockney Cab II 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	17/20 	
G6732	018 	'69 Pontiac GTO 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	18/20 	
G6734	019 	Prototipo Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 9 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	19/20 	
G6735	020 	Maserati MC12 	2005 First Editions: Realistix	20/20 	
G6689	021 	Low C-GT 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	01/10 	75px
G6691	022 	'57 Nomad 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	02/10 	
G6693	023 	Curb Side 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	03/10 	
G6697	024 	Low Carbs 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	04/10 	
G6695	025 	1963 Corvette Sting Ray 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	05/10 	
G7923	026 	Flattery 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	06/20 	
G6704	027 	Mid Drift 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	07/10 	
G6709	028 	Drop Top 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	08/20 	
G6702	029 	Speed Bump 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	09/10 	
G7924	030 	Dodge Super 8 Hemi 	2005 First Editions: Drop Tops	10/10 	
G6688	031 	Chrysler 300C 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	01/10 	
G6694	032 	Ford Bronco Concept 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	02/10 	
G6699	033 	L'Bling 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	03/10 	
G7920	034 	Mercedes-Benz G500 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	04/10 	
G6698	035 	Quadra-Sound 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	05/10 	
G6703	036 	Rocket Box 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	06/10 	
G6719	037 	Hummer H3 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	07/10 	
G6723	038 	Block O' Wood 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	08/10 	
G6728	039 	Dodge Magnum R/T 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	09/10 	
G6733	040 	'67 Chevy II 	2005 First Editions: Blings 	10/10 	
G6700	041 	Tor-Speedo 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	01/10 	
G7922	042 	1971 Dodge Charger 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	02/10 	
G7921	043 	Bullet Nose 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	03/10 	
G6714	044 	Itso-Skeenie 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	04/10 	
G6705	045 	Blastous 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	05/10 	
G6707	046 	Subaru Impreza WRX 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	06/10 	
G6711	047 	Slider 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	07/10 	
G6701	048 	Overbored 454T 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	08/10 	
G7926	049 	Trim TRK 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	09/10 	
G6720	050 	Willys Coupe 	2005 First Editions: Torpedoes	10/10 	
G6712	051 	Ferrari 360 Modena 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	01/10 	
G6715	052 	Paradigm Shift 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	02/10 	
G6710	053 	Scion xB 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	03/10 	75px
G6713	054 	'69 Chevelle 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	04/10 	
G7925	055 	Horseplay 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	05/10 	
G6718	056 	Stockar 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	06/10 	
G7927	057 	Phastasm 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	07/10 	
G6724	058 	Vandetta 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	08/10 	
G6726	059 	Poison Arrow 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	09/10 	
G6729	060 	Burl-Esque 	2005 First Editions: X-Raycers	10/10 	
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Category:2005 First Editions
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