The 2006 Hot Wheels Target-exclusive Retro series featured three lines: Super Chromes, Lowriders and Flying Customs. This was a really fun series with understated throwback card art and some nice castings in the mix – including the Corvette Stingray. I still have the first-release redline Corvette Stingray from the 1976 Flying Colors series that I’ve had since I was a kid, so I’m always happy to add another of this casting to my collection. These two Stingrays are from the Flying Customs series that I was fortunate enough to find on the pegs way back then. The type, illustration and white background of the card are inspired by the 1974 Flying Colors packaging.
This first one is a sharp flamed-out metalflake green version. I’m not a huge fan of the 5-spoke wheel, but it does look a lot better with that redline wrapped around it.
Hot Wheels | K4748 | 2006 Flying Customs | Corvette Stingray | metalflake green with white, orange and black flames | MY | rl5sp
Next we have a shiny chrome model with a clean white, orange and black tampo design – also with redline 5-spokes.
Unfortunately there are other variations of the Corvette Stingray from the Target Retro series that I do not have: Two other variations (yellow and orange) in the 2006 Flying Customs series, another that was included in the 2006 Super Chromes line, and a fourth that was in the 2007 Super Chromes 10-pack.
Hot Wheels | K4764 | 2006 Flying Customs | Corvette Stingray | chrome with white, orange and red trim | MY | rl5sp
The back of the package lists the castings that were available across the various lines of the series.
Other Corvette Stingrays in my collection include the shiny model from the 1979 Golden Machines 6-Pack, the orange 1980 version, a nice metalflake red model from 1983, the white variation with a fun racing livery from 1985, and the laser-engraved plastic model from the 1992 Gleam Team series.
The Race Case Chevy 
The Corvette looks good in green.
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