2020 Hot Wheels have finally arrived in Tbilisi :)

Tbilisi doesn’t get every Hot Wheels case of the year (Hot Wheels releases 15 cases a year and each batch is assigned a letter…in Tbilisi we get just two or three different cases). I’ve been waiting a long time for some 2020 models, the last new case we got was the 2019 H case. On Friday I visited the Pepela store near Delisi Metro and was surprised to see some 2020 models, I was tempted to come out with an armful, but restrained myself and chose three I couldn’t resist. A ’65 Mustang Convertible in a baby blue shade from James Bond’s Thunderball, another ’70 Ford Escort RS1600  this time in orange and a ’95 Mazda RX7, which I’d been searching for a very long time. These are from the 2020 C Case (I’m pretty sure we won’t get the A case or B Case). I left on the pegs a Ford GT40 in Gulf Livery, a blue Porsche 917 and a black ’96 Porsche Carrera.

I then did my “research”, watching some YouTube videos of 2020 C case unboxings. The Lamley Group unboxing is usually quite thorough: Lamley Group 2020 C Case. 
I also looked at the Hallsguide 2020 Hot Wheels C Case Unboxing in case I missed something. The two models I hadn’t found but really wanted were the Volvo 850 Estate and Porsche 944 Turbo. Obviously it would be great to find the Super Treasure Hunt for the case (a ’67 Jeepster Commando) but they are as rare as hen’s teeth, in all my hunting I have only ever found two Super Treasure Hunt models on the pegs. There are plenty of examples of the normal ’67 Jeepster Commando.

Most stores don’t have any of the 2020 selection yet, I have only seen 2019 models in Carrefour and XS Toys. I ventured to the Pepela store in Pekini Street, they too had in the 2020 models…and I was able to find the two I was looking for the Volvo 850 Estate and Porsche 944 Turbo.

the stars of the 2020 C case

I will continue to look out for the ’67 Jeepster Commando (Super Treasure Hunt) and I may succumb to the tempting Ford GT40 in Gulf Livery and the blue Porsche 917. Now, I’m wondering which of these five I can liberate from their blister packs…

I’m also looking for these recent Hot Wheels releases:

1. ’64 Buick Riviera “Day of the Dead“
2. Lamborghini Countach in Police Livery
3. Mazda MX 5 Miata
4. ’16 Bugatti Chiron (found 22 March 2020)
5. Alpine A110 (found 5 March 2020)
6. Audi RS5
7. Jaguar XE SV Project 8
8. Nissan Silvia S13
9. ‘84 Audi Quattro Sport
10. Mercedes Benz 1300 Unimog

As for Matchbox, there have been no mainline releases here since 2015… and since then only some Jurassic Park models in 2018…