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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​ 2005-001a
G6686 002 Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept Car 2005 First Editions: Realistix 02/20 2005-002a
G6690 003 Ferrari 575 GTC 2005 First Editions: Realistix 03/20 2005-003a
G6696 004 Airy 8 2005 First Editions: Realistix 04/20 2005-004a
G6692 005 1969 Pontiac Firebird T/A 2005 First Editions: Realistix 06/20 69firebirdta.white
G6725 006 2005 Ford Mustang GT 2005 First Editions: Realistix 06/20 05FEBlackINT
G6706 007 1971 Buick Riviera 2005 First Editions: Realistix 07/20 1971 Buick Riviera FE - 7899cf
G6708 008 Pocket Bikester 2005 First Editions: Realistix 08/20 FE Pocket Bikester
G6717 009 Firestorm 2005 First Editions: Realistix 09/20 FE Firestorm FTE
G6721 010 Acura HSC Concept 2005 First Editions: Realistix 10/20 2005-010a
G6722 011 Aston Martin V8 Vantage 2005 First Editions: Realistix 11/20 2005-011a
G6716 012 Symbolic 2005 First Editions: Realistix 12/20 Symbolic
G6727 013 Formul8r 2005 First Editions: Realistix 13/20 2005-013a
G7928 014 Bully Goat 2005 First Editions: Realistix 14/20 2005-014a
G6730 015 Split Decision 2005 First Editions: Realistix 15/20 FE Split Decision
G7929 016 Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept 2005 First Editions: Realistix 16/20 Ford Shelby GR-1 - 2005 First Edition1
G6731 017 Cockney Cab II 2005 First Editions: Realistix 17/20 FE Cockney Cab II
G6732 018 '69 Pontiac GTO 2005 First Editions: Realistix 18/20 69pontiacgto.black
G6734 019 Prototipo Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 9 2005 First Editions: Realistix 19/20 Prototipo Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 9
G6735 020 Maserati MC12 2005 First Editions: Realistix 20/20 2005-020a
G6689 021 Low C-GT 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 01/10 Low C-GT 05FE
G6691 022 '57 Nomad 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 02/10 Lomad - 05FE
G6693 023 Curb Side 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 03/10 Curbside - 05FE PR5
G6697 024 Low Carbs 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 04/10 2005-024c
G6695 025 1963 Corvette Sting Ray 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 05/10 1963 Corvette Sting Ray - 05FE
G7923 026 Flattery 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 06/20 2005-026a
G6704 027 Mid Drift 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 07/10 2005-027a
G6709 028 Drop Top 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 08/20 Droptop
G6702 029 Speed Bump 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 09/10 2005-029a
G7924 030 Dodge Super 8 Hemi 2005 First Editions: Drop Tops 10/10 Dodgesuper8hemi
G6688 031 Chrysler 300C 2005 First Editions: Blings 01/10 2005-031a
G6694 032 Ford Bronco Concept 2005 First Editions: Blings 02/10 2005-032a
G6699 033 L'Bling 2005 First Editions: Blings 03/10 2005-033c
G7920 034 Mercedes-Benz G500 2005 First Editions: Blings 04/10 Blings Mer-Benz G500 - 05FE
G6698 035 Quadra-Sound 2005 First Editions: Blings 05/10 Quadra-Sound 05FE
G6703 036 Rocket Box 2005 First Editions: Blings 06/10 FE Rocket Box
G6719 037 Hummer H3 2005 First Editions: Blings 07/10 2005-037a
G6723 038 Block O' Wood 2005 First Editions: Blings 08/10 Blockwood
G6728 039 Dodge Magnum R/T 2005 First Editions: Blings 09/10 2005-039a
G6733 040 '67 Chevy II 2005 First Editions: Blings 10/10 FE Blings 67 Chevy II
G6700 041 Tor-Speedo 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 01/10 2005-041a
G7922 042 1971 Dodge Charger 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 02/10 71 Dodge Charger Torpedoes
G7921 043 Bullet Nose 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 03/10 Bullet Nose
G6714 044 Itso-Skeenie 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 04/10 Itso-Skeenie - 05 FE
G6705 045 Blastous 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 05/10 2005-045a
G6707 046 Subaru Impreza WRX 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 06/10 2005-046a
G6711 047 Slider 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 07/10 2005-047a
G6701 048 Overbored 454T 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 08/10 OverBored 454T 2005
G7926 049 Trim TRK 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 09/10 Trim TRK
G6720 050 Willys Coupe 2005 First Editions: Torpedoes 10/10 41willys.2005
G6712 051 Ferrari 360 Modena 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 01/10 360 Modena - X-Raycers
G6715 052 Paradigm Shift 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 02/10 FE Paradigm Shift
G6710 053 Scion xB 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 03/10 DSC00826
G6713 054 '69 Chevelle 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 04/10 '69 Chevelle - 05FE PR5
G7925 055 Horseplay 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 05/10 Horse Play AGENTAIR 1
G6718 056 Stockar 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 06/10 2005-056a
G7927 057 Phastasm 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 07/10 2005-057a
G6724 058 Vandetta 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 08/10 Vandetta - 05FE PR5
G6726 059 Poison Arrow 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 09/10 2005-059a
G6729 060 Burl-Esque 2005 First Editions: X-Raycers 10/10 2005-060a

Mainline: New Models, First Editions, “New for “ – by year[]

Mainline: New Models, First Editions, “New for “ – by year
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