Hot Wheels release guide

1981 Hot Wheels A-OK #2016 — Flying Colors International Card — Casting Info & Complete Collector’s Guide

This 1981 A-OK keeps the metalflake-red body, maroon fenders and interior, “Early Times Delivery” graphics and blackwall tires of the Malaysia #2016 release. The collector record places this version in Flying Colors on an international card.

1981 Flying Colors release identification

1981 Hot Wheels A-OK #2016, Malaysia metalflake-red body with maroon fenders and blackwall tires
Loose Malaysia #2016 body and wheel combination cataloged with the 1981 international Flying Colors card.

Series: Flying Colors · Toy number: #2016 · Country: Malaysia · Wheels: blackwalls.

Compared with the Hong Kong 1981 issue, the Malaysia release has maroon rather than dark-red fenders and interior. The gray Goodyear-tire example is a separate wheel variation. This Flying Colors record identifies the international-card issue; the card designation does not create a different body or wheel configuration.

Details to compare

  • Metalflake-red body with maroon fenders and interior.
  • “Early Times Delivery” side graphics.
  • Blackwall tires; check all four for replacements.
  • Malaysia base marking and toy number #2016.
  • Flying Colors international-card packaging for a carded example.

For a loose car, check the underside and tire sidewalls alongside the paint and plastic parts. On a carded copy, verify that the car matches the blister and note card condition separately.

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The A-OK family spans the original delivery van, its later retool, licensed collector editions and event pieces.