I have some exciting new Ebay finds on their way to me - and a host of existing cool/rare/nice cars in my collection, but somehow none of the posts were coming together.
This post has been in draft mode for a while, so I thought I'd finish it up and at least give my readers something new to look at. 
The Hot Wheels "Adult Collectible" series has been an expensive favorite of mine for the last 2 decades. Unlike the other (and less expensive) premium series of Hot Wheels, which take existing models and layer on nicer paint, trim, wheels and rubber tires, the Adult Collectible series usually are unique castings, sold only as Adult Collectibles. If you want that casting - you don't get to buy it cheap as a lower trim model. And that can be difficult, since the Adult Collectibles are not cheap - with an average retail selling point of around $8-10 per car! 
This 2 car set was interesting, in that the tanker was a casting of a typically un-modeled model. It is more in scale than usual for a toy car (another hallmark of the Adult Collectibles - they eschew the "make everything 2.75 inches long so it fits in a standard Matchbox case - regardless of whether its a 35 foot long Mack cement mixer or a 13 foot long Honda Fit" approach of most diecast brands) - so beware that it WON'T fit into a normal sized case. I also liked the yellow and orange Shell paint livery. 
The Ford F100 is a bit more common of a model - but a nice model anyway. It reminds me of the slightly older Ford F-1 pick-up in Shell livery in the historic gas station re-enactment at the Gilmore car museum in Michigan (a GREAT place to visit if you ever get the chance). Maybe someday I'll include a blog with some more photos of that great and beautiful car museum (nice cars and nice grounds!), but here's that Shell Ford pickup from my visit 9 years ago (yes, my son and I now look different than we did back then!). 
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