My Want List: 2022 Hot Wheels case "J" - One Super Awesome Case

Hi everyone, welcome to another edition of My Want List here on the Star Boulevard of Speed. Well, I really didn't think I was going to be talking about the case "J" releases I wanted anytime soon. This case has many must-have releases, which is why I thought it was going to take me months to be able to find anything good. Thankfully, I was able to find all but one of the releases I had on my want list. So which release am I missing? It's the Honda Super Cub, and I'm actually not surprised that I wasn't able to find it. After all, it's a Honda, and they are usually some of the first castings to be hoarded from any assortment. Anyway, that's neither her nor there. So let's move on from that because today's post is all about the super awesome releases that I checked off of my want list.

I really like stock looking diecast models, but I also really like the ones that depict how the car would look with a body kit. And over the years, Hot Wheels has given collectors many different modified castings. Now, as you'd expect, the modifications featured are the most popular ones at the time of the casting's creation. So in the early 2000s, we got tuner cars like the Civic Si that featured the Wings West kit.

Fast forward to today, and we have popular kit manufacturers like Liberty Walk. It goes without saying that the aforementioned company has produced some noteworthy kits for some of the hottest cars on the market today. And thankfully, our favorite diecast brand has acquired license to give us some deicast models that feature their products. So with that being said, this year's case "J" just so happens to have three Liberty Walk releases. That's right, three! And I can definitely say that they are the highlights from this case. Although... I won't lie when I say that I was a little more excited about another release, but I'll get to that a little later in this post. First, I want to go over the three Liberty Walk releases. 

This particular replica is definitely the main highlight from this case. I, for one, love how it isn't just the regular 2000 GT-R casting with tampo details. In other words, I like how they took the time to create a whole new casting. Remember the replica of the RTR Boss 302? Well, the main thing I didn't like was how it featured tampo velocity stacks. I feel they should have created a new casting. Anyway, this is a pretty accurate replica, and I like how the custom tail lights were moulded into the body.  

I also appreciate the tampo details that were applied to this release. I especially like how they added details to its custom headlights. Not having details there would have made that section of this model less noticeable since it's black plastic. Although... I'm sure many of you wouldn't have cared. I also like how they added the lettering to the window piece. 

Last year, they gave us the LB-Works Lamborghini Huracn, and it featured a Mad Mike theme. Like you, I was also very impressed with it. But I really couldn't wait to see one that was a little different, and I think you know what I mean by that. If not, then I'll tell you. Basically, I wanted one that didn't have two different wheels. It didn't have to exactly be plain, it just had to have the same front and rear wheels. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait too long because they gave me exactly what I wanted in this case.

I honestly couldn't have asked for a better release than this. Not only does it have the same front and rear wheels, it's also way more plain than the first one. It's exterior color isn't anything flashy like the Skyline, but that's fine because white is still a great color for any Lamborghini. 

Like the rest of the Liberty Walk castings, the Hot Wheels LB-Silhouette R35 is such a stunning model. And its next release is the third one Liberty Walk casting that's available in this case. 

I wasn't quite sure what they were going to do for this casting's next release, but I have to say, I'm very pleased with the design choices that were made for it. In my opinion, this modified R35 look pretty good with a Hot Wheels theme. 

Hopefully we'll see even more Liberty Walk castings. I, for one, would love to see a replica of the NA1 NSX that they've built. Okay, let's move on to the other releases I got.

The HW Drift mainline series has returned this year, and it's off to a good start. The Driftsta was the first one we got, and it was the release I featured earlier this month in White Booth Wednesday #148. Anyway, the next HW Drift release is out, and this time it's a licensed casting.  

Like the Driftsta, this too is a ten out of ten release. It features a nice amount of decoration, and I love all of the details that were applied to the top of it. I just wish they would have painted the front bumper green, but this is a mainline release after all. So I can't complain. I'm just happy they still have the license to use the Falken Tire livery, as well as the other real-life sponsor decals that were applied to it.

Although I like this release, I do think they need to create a modified version of this RX-7. I mean, it's nice having this stock version, but I feel a modified version would have looked a little better with this drift livery. Of course, you might have a different opinion. So feel free to let me know down in the comments whether or not you also think they should have a modified version of this car for drift themed release.  

It's no lie that Mattel being able to legally use Toyota again has been a very good thing for us diecast collectors. Since re-acquiring the license, both of their diecast brands have given us some cool releases of Toyota's vehicles. And Hot Wheels has given us both premium and basic releases. So there's a lot more Toyotas to look forward to each year. Now then, so far, there's been cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. But what about mini vans? Well, Hot Wheels decided to do something about the lack of Toyota mini vans. Making its debut in this case is the 1986 Toyota Van.

I was very excited to learn that the J-Imports series was going to return this year, and I knew we were going to get some cool releases. But I didn't think an old school minivan was going to be one of them. So I really didn't know what to make of this casting when I first saw it. Of course, I wasn't going to not get one.

The bottom half being a separate piece is one of the things I like about this casting's design. Maybe you would have designed it differently, but being designed this way will make it so there can be full two-tone releases like this one. I also love how it features plastic headlights. There's no denying the fact that it gives these 1:64 scale vehicles realistic looking lights. 

As for its exterior, I think it's great how they didn't do anything too crazy. All it has is a period correct looking stripe that's along its sides. 

Okay, at the start of this post I made mention of how I was a little more excited about another casting. Well, it's now time to take a look at it. 

The Hot Wheels id series has a few cool castings that are only used for the series. Now, when they first came out, I used to see the orange trays sitting at every single target in my area. Sadly, they no longer exist at any store due to Hot Wheels deciding to use more of their licensed castings. I, for one, think we all know that it's secondary market that's making them not exist. And it's truly unfortunate because there's been some cool releases. At one point, I saw someone trying to sell an entire id assortment for $700. Yeah... no way! Anyway, one of the new id castings that piqued my interest was the Automobili Pininfarina Battista. And I was truly saddened because I knew I was never going to have a chance at it. Fortunately, Hot Wheels has decided to make a mainline version of it. .

Words can't describe how happy I am with their decision to make it so everyone has a chance at owning a release of the beautiful electric hypercar. And I don't know about you, but between the two releases, I feel this is the better one due to it being finished in a nice version of yellow. I also want to say that I think it's great how this one features the same tampo details that were applied to the id release. 

I really hope being in the mainline isn't going to be a one-and-done thing. It would truly be unfortunate if they decided to go down that road. But if they do, then I'm glad I was able to get this one. 

Within the last couple of years, Hot Wheels gave us two very beautiful super cars from the 90s. One of them is the McLaren F1, and the other was the '94 Bugatti EB110 SS. Now, when it comes to the latter, I really didn't think I was going to like any of its future releases as much as the first two. But that's not the case. The next release of the '94 EB110 SS is available in this case, and I actually like it as much as I like the first two. 

Initially, I wasn't sure how I felt about them using the Aero Disk wheels for this casting. But I came across the "GT" version of the EB110 while doing a Google image search. After seeing the wheels it had, I came to the conclusion that this release is technically the EB110 GT. Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't think any of the "SS" versions had a wheel that looked like this. From what I can gather, all of them had 8-spoke wheels. At the end of the day, it's nice to see something different. So I'm glad they chose the Aero Disk wheels for this recolor.

Okay, I'm going to stop this post here. There were a few more releases that I got, and yes, they were also on my want list. But I've decided to keep doing what I've been doing, which is basically save some of them for a future White Booth Wednesday Post. And the reason for that is because I don't want every one of those post to be about older releases. Anyway, this was one super awesome case, and I hope the next case has many good looking releases like this one does. 

So, what was your favorite release from this case? Go ahead and let me know down in the comments section. Alright, that's all for this edition of My Want List. Till next time, thanks for reading, and happy collecting.