Back in May, I pre-ordered the Hot Wheels 2019 Fast & Furious 5-Pack from Amazon after Brad over at OrangeTrackDiecast.com influenced me with his post on the topic. By the time the package arrived in July, I had almost forgotten about it entirely, which made for a fun surprise.
My wife and son and I are fans of the movie franchise, but I mostly wanted this 5-pack for the ’61 Impala – here representing Dom’s Impala from the beautiful opening scene of The Fate of the Furious.
The Hot Wheels ’61 Impala was a new model in 2012, and so far has only been produced in 8 different variations, the nicest of which, in my opinion, was found in the 2013 Cool Classics series.
Hot Wheels | FYL16 | 2019 Fast & Furious 5-Pack | ’61 Impala (Fate of the Furious) | red with white and silver trim, clear windows, gray interior | Indonesia | MC5
Hot Wheels | ’72 Gran Torino Sport (Fast & Furious) | green with white trim | Indonesia | MC5
Hot Wheels | Corvette Grand Sport Roadster (Fast Five) | silver with license plate and tail light tampo | Indonesia | LW
Hot Wheels | ’70 Ford Escort RS 1600 (Fast & Furious 6) | blue with white trim | Indonesia | gold 5SP
Hot Wheels | ’70 Chevelle SS (Fast & Furious) | matte gray | Indonesia | chrome rim black PR5
It was also Brad at OrangeTrackDiecast.com who pointed out that all of the cars in the 5-pack are unique variations. In fact, the ’61 Impala in the individual blister is a different variation than the one in the 5-pack. So, of course, I had to run to Walmart to find one of those as well. Besides, it has pretty cool card art.
While all of the cars in the 5-pack are made in Indonesia, the individual ’61 Impala is cast in Thailand. It has open-hole 5-spoke wheels, versus muscle car 5-spokes in the 5-pack. And, rather than the gray interior seen in the 5-pack, the individual car has a white interior.
Hot Wheels | FYY57 | 2019 Fast & Furious Series (The Fate of the Furious) | ’61 Impala | red with white and silver trim, smoke windows, white interior | OH5
In my collection I also have the Jada Fast & Furious 1:32 scale ’61 Impala.
The Race Case Chevy 