To commemorate Hot Wheels 25th Anniversary (in 1993, for those that didn't want to do the math :) ), Mattel reissued the Twinmill, Silhouette, Nomad, Demon, Paddy Wagon, Red Baron, Beatnik Bandit and Splittin' Image, in reproduction style blisters. They were sold only in ToysRUs (TRU) and went through 11 different color sets. Note that the Red Baron and Paddy Wagon were not issued in as many colors as the other cars. The paint on the 25th Anniversary cars resembled spectraflame (sort of). In 1994, Mattel released all 8 of these cars in duller metalflake colors and called them Vintage. These were sold everywhere, except TRU. Besides, TRU had tons of the 25th Anniversary cars still hanging on the pegs.

I don't know exactly when the Vintage II series came out, but I believe it was early/mid 1994 and again these were sold only at TRU. The Mustang, Vicky, and Deora were put out in 9 different colors. The Snake and Mongoose had 5 different colors. The Whip Creamer and Mutt Mobile came out in 3 and the S'Cool Bus was produced in only 2 colors. There were supposed to be even more colors released, but TRU must have cancelled the order due to poor sales. Also note that the last color of each of the cars must not have been completely released as they are very hard to get. Here is a pic of the Vintage II card: