Hot Bird – 74mm – 1978

Based on the Pontiac Firebird, this Hong Kong made model has a metal body and base, plastic windows and interior with bw.
Also known as: Captain America (1979)

a. black, metal base, blue windows, tan int., orange and yellow stripes on top, yellow firebird on hood. $10 – 18
a2. black, as a, hogd (1982) 6 – 12
a3. black, as a2, hogd, Mal. (1982) 20 – 25
** in #37 bp NA – 100
a4. black, as a, red int., hogd, Mal. (1990) 6 – 12
** in #37 bp NA – 100
b. gold chrome, as a, blue replaces yellow in tampo, bw, HK, Golden Machines 6-pack (1979) 40 – NA
c. white, metal base, blue windows, red int., red and blue “Captain America” on doors, stars-and-stripes on top, bw, HK. Heroes (1979) 25 – 40
c2. white, as c, orange plastic int. 20 – 35
c3. white, as c, hogd. 20 – 35
d. brown, as a, bw, HK (1980)  115 – 175
e. blue, as a, bw, HK (1980) 80 – 125
f. mf blue, gray int., orange and gray tampo on top and sides, firebird on hood, hogd, Mal. Double Barrel Stunt set (1989) 12 – NA
f2. mf blue, as f, tan int. hogd, Mal. (1989) 20 – NA
f3. mf blue, as f, uh, Mal. (1990) 10 – NA
g.mf blue, tan int., yellow, orange and white flames on sides and top, “Firebird” on sides, firebird on hood, hogd, Mal. (1989) 7 – 12
** in #37 bp NA – 30
g2. mf blue, as g, gray int., hogd (1989) 35 – 65
g3. mf blue, as g, uh, #37 (1990) 6 – 9
h. white, red int., red and blue stars-and-stripes on hood and sides, “All American Fire Bird” on sides, hogd, Mal. (1990) 6 – 12
** in #37 bp NA – 25
h2. white, as h, uh, #37 (1990) 10 – 20
h3. white, as h, tan int., uh (1990) 25 – 50
** in #37 bp NA – 65
 h4. white, as h, turquoise replaces blue in tampo, uh, #37 (1991) 8 – 12
h5. white, as h4, uhgd, (1991) 20 – 40
** in #37 bp NA – 250
h6. white as, h4, ho, Mal. #37 (1990) 12 – 20
i. mf gray, tan int., clear windows, blue and red flames and yellow firebird on hood, hogd, Mal. Hot Wheels cereal promo in baggie (1990) 12 – NA
 j. black, multicolor glitter, pink windows and int., uh, Mal. #178 (1992) 6 – 15
 k. mf gold, beige int., tinted windows, red Hot Wheels logo on rear, sp5, Ch. #469 (1996) 2 – 4
k2. mf gold, as k, black int., black firebird on hood, sp5, #469 (1996) 2 – 4
k3. mf gold, as k2, lw, #469 (1997) 2 – 4
l. yellow, clear windows, black int., black firebird logo on hood, pc6, Ch. 100th Anniversary of the Auto 9-pack (1996) 20 – NA
m. black, blue windows, cream int., gold firebird on hood, sp5gd, Ch., 70th Anniversary of the Pontiac set, LE7000 (1996) 18 – NA
n. candy red, brown int., clear windows, yellow, brown and black firebird on hood, bwrl, Ch. HWC Lost Cars of China (2004) 15 – 20
n2. candy red, as h, bw, HWC Lost Cars of China (2004) 20 – 30
o. red, gold int., clear windows, gold and black firebird on hood, sp5rl, Ch. 50ft Track-pack (2005) 12 – NA
p. spec. black, tan int., clear windows, details, black, gold and white firebird on rear roof pillars and hood, sp5bfg, Th. Classics series 2 #24 (2006) 2 – 4
 q. chrome, as p, gray int., blue and black firebird, sp5bfg, Classics series 2 #24 (2006) 3 – 6
 r. spec. dk. blue, as q, tan int., sp5bfg, Classics series 2 #24 (2006) 2 – 4

s. spec. red, as q, black int., sp5bfg, Classics series 2 #24 (2006) 2 – 4
t. spec. gold, as q, black int., black, yellow and red firebird, sp5bfg, Classics series 2 #24 (2006) 2 – 4
u. spec. green, as q, tan int., black, yellow and green firebird, sp5bfg, Classics series 2 #24 (2006) 2 – 4
 v. black, metal base, gray int., red windows, yellow and red flames on hood and sides, sp7, Th. #198 (2006) 2 – 3
v2. black, as v, sp5, (2006) 2 – 3
 w.  mf purple, as v, black int., clear windows, sp5, #198 (2006) 2 – 3
 x. flat black, brown int., clear windows, gold and red stripes across top, sp5, Th. 10-pack (2007) 3 – NA
y. mf white, as x, blue int., blue and silver stripes across top, sp5, Th. 10-pack (2007) 3 – NA
 z. mf lt. blue, white int., clear windows, blue and silver flames, firebird on hood, bwrl, Th. Since ’68 – Top 40 #23 (2007) 3 – 5
 aa. mf yellow, as x, black int., black and red stripes across top, sp5, Th. 10-pack (2007) 2 – NA
 ab. mf brown, tan int., red windows, gold and red bird on hood, stripes on roof and trunk, bwgd, Th. Since ’68 40th Anniversary 40-pack (2007) 2 – NA
ac. spec brown, metal base, black int., blue windows, red stripes on sides, roof & hood, w/ details, neo, Ch. HWC Neo-Classic series 7 #2 (2008) 3 – 5
 ad. mf black, metal base, blue int., tinted windows, lt. blue and silver firebird on hood, flames on sides, bwrl, Mal. Since 68 Top 40 set (2008) 3- NA
ae. mf gold, metal base, black int., clear windows, black stripes on top and sides, Firebird emblem on hood, sp5 Mal. Treasure Hunts #165 (2008) 3 – 10
af. spec dk. gold as ae, rr5sp, Trea$ure Hunt$ #165 (2008) 20 – 50
af2. spec dk.gold, as af, silver meatl base, rr5sp, Trea$ure Hunt$ #165 (2008) 30 – 70
ag. mf lt. gold, metal base, black int., clear windows, black yellow and gold design on hood, “Arizona Grand Canyon State” and “48” on sides, sp5, Mal. Connect Cars #48 (2009) 10 – 15
ah. mf blue, metal base, black int., red windows, red, yellow, and lt. blue flames on hood and sides, sp5rd, Mal. Race World series Volcano #210
(2010) 1 – 2
ai. mf red, as ah, orange windows, pink, yellow, and orange flames on hood and sides, sp5or, Mal. Race World – Volcano #210 (2010) 1 – 2
aj. mf silver, metal base black int., tinted windows, brown, yellow and orange stripes on top and sides, lwgd, Mal. Cars of the Decades #18 (2011) 2 – 3
ak. mf gold, metal base, black int., clear windows, black firebird on hood, details, rrgd, Mal. Hot Wheels Garage – GM #2 (2011) 2 – 4
al. yellow, metal base, black int., clear windows, black and red stripes on hood and sides, firebird on hood, bw, Th. The Hot Ones (2012) 2 – 4
am. mf gold, metal base, gold int., clear windows, details, rr5spwl, Mal. Retro Entertainment – The Rockford Files (2013) 3 – 5
an. mf blue, black base and int., tinted windows, gold stripes on top and sides, sp5/gd-rim, Mal. Muscle Mania #249 (2021) 1 – 3