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>>11660935
Got them opened up. Now to find the F50

I have a stupid question: Is there a website that shows all of the cars produced in a given year? When I was younger, many decades ago, I lost a truck at the beach and I'd love to find it again some day. I don't know the brand but I know the timeframe when I owned it.

>>11660984
I hope this thing gets a Silver Series version, with the original windshield.

>>11663479
for hot wheels/matchbox there are the "fandom" where you can somehow find models per year. Don't know if the many other brands have something similar

>>11663943
I'm actually surprised there hasn't been a silver series or premium release for it. I know it doesn't really happen for "fantasy" cars, but the Deora II is one of their most iconic original castings. I'd argue it's on the same level as the Twin Mill and the Bone Shaker.

>>11664338
>I'd argue

Deora II is far more iconic than Bone Shaker.

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Got one of these for Christmas for Gaslands. It has a weird lock/unlock plastic switch on the button but idk what that does.
Not sure what colour to paint it and what weapons to give it. I think I might do BRG and maybe keep the Union Jack on the top.

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>>11666071
>It has a weird lock/unlock plastic switch on the button but idk what that does.
Should unlock and lock top on the body. Not form every version tho.

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Was thinking about Micro Machines recently. They had trains (highly flawed, would topple over because of their monotrack design, and I don't think they had any railroad crossing pieces), they had playsets (some fantasy like military ones, some things that were fold-outs like a big van that folded out to a city, some were IRL buildings you'd find in American suburbia), they had all sorts of car models, and yet they disappeared around the turn of the millennium. Were they that unpopular or were they just culled when Galoob was acquired?

>>11663479
I have a few very old fold-out brochures that were the cars for 1993 or 1994 or whatever. I'd scan 'em but they're buried deep at my parents' house.

>>11666271
These would be from around 1985, so thank you, but I'm too old.

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>>11666698
hmmm then you might wanna look up brands active in that era, thats a start, anymore info about the truck you lost? size color anything

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Anyone familiar with Hongwell Cararama series? They are smaller than usual diecast but much more detalied. Hot wheels Skyline for size.

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>>11668279
I mean really really detailed. Note stop light on BMW rear window.

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>>11668281
Or turning lights on mirrors of this Mercedes

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>>11668282
Carrera GT is just amazing. These wheels...really a tiny gem.

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>>11668283
Packing really doesnt do justice to these.

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>>11668279
really neat stuff, but iirc i dont think this company is even active anymore which is a shame, i really want their 1/43 dodge interpird but they are near impossible to find where i live

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>>11666270
WCT/Jazwares did a reboot of them, a few years ago, but I haven't seen them in a couple years. Haven't seen them at my Walmart since, I think, 2021. Found some Jada F&F cars, though.

>>11668284
that packing looks ancient lel

>>11671081
I recovered that box after like 15-20 years.

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>>11669431
Unbelievable how much they bastardized Super Van City and how cheap the cars look.

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>>11669431
I think their newer licensed cars look a bit better, but still looks pretty cheap compared to the og, i think its mostly the paint, dosent hide the plastic look of them

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i got f50
first of all, i have no idea why it's in dark red color, on artwork it's in ferrari red, but model is in way darker red, big mistake
second, it doesn't have second lock on the back, because it has giant window for engine bay
the whole body rattles and you can move it
otherwise it looks good

>>11671427
I like the plastic look, personally.

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Jesus christ

>>11673259
Aw, what an adorable little abomination.

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got this neat 1/43 buick from deagostini/hachette/ixo

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also this very cool tomica limited nissan president

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Might post some old pics
>>11668279
when I was a kid there was a wending machine at the kids hospital and I remember buying some three pack while being there lol

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>>11673259
>Even the tooned version has the wrong windshield.

>>11674706
??

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>>11674937
The Deora II was retooled a while back, which made the surfboards a permanent part of the mold and embedded the windshield into the frame so now there's this sort of "lip" on the bottom edge.

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>>11675187
The annoying part about this is that there is a molded surfboard variant for the Color Shifters version that uses the original windshield; so they still have access to the tooling.

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>>11675204
That's the most recent one, though. Every one that's come out since '22 has been the sunken windshield/molded boards variant. I guess they did it because the original windshield and especially the separate board pieces were really easy to pop off and lose. Hell, there are some that don't even come with boards at all and you just get the flat bed, but at least they usually put a tampo on it so it isn't so bare-looking.

>Randomly look over the hot wheels section at Walmart because I was bored.
>Acceleracers sublime
>They released the Teku Slingshot
I've waited almost 20 years for this, I'm so happy to finally get this, if only Revert was there as well.

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>>11675260
Thx. I know many opening hood casts are gone but I didn't know they also altered windshields. Sucks.

>>11675466
Congrats, anon. Always feels great when a holy grail turns up like that.

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>>11675466
Too bad about wheels but well, it's just silver series throwback

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Yar har, fiddle de dee

Remakes of 1st editions are ok with me

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>>11677474
It's from the #4 car from the 1st series of 2026 Mystery Models, so if you want to find a specific one without guessing by feeling through the bag, look for the code under the flap on the underside of the bag. The last number identifies which number car in the series it is. The car's corresponding numbers are listed on the sides of the shelf boxes the mystery bags come in.

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>>11674591
I had no idea this livery was based on a real pace car livery.

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I found the wood panel Beetle at my local flea market the other day. The color scheme is fun because it looks like an old grandpa's car or something, but the casting as a whole is strange. I put it next to a Matchbox and a Punch Buggy/Slug Bug and I'm wondering if the Hot Wheels one is meant to represent an older model of Beetle? It's smaller, the hood is shaped differently, and the wheels are oddly wide.

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>>11680438
According to the wikias for them, the Hot Wheels is supposed to be a '53-'57 and the Matchbox a '62. Most of the changes with Beetles around that time were with engines (they kept coming out with bigger, more powerful engines) but they didn't really change much bodywise until 1971 when they came out with the Super Beetle (It was a little bigger, wider and had a curved windshield from 1972 onwards).

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>>11680438
That being said, the Hot Wheels Beetle casting dates back to 1989, so it's bound to have some quirky proportions that the older Hot Wheels tend to have, especially the wide wheels.

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>>11680438
Even though they're scaled at 1:64, it's more like a general approximation-no 2 brands will end up with the same sizes and proportions when they try to make the same model car. They're mostly just trying to shrink the car down to a size where it fits in the same packaging as all their other car models.

Also, Matchbox and Hot Wheels never share castings, even for the exact same model cars. I found this out when I compared their renditions (along with Maisto) of the 2020 Corvette. The Matchbox is actually smaller than the Hot Wheels.

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>>11680747
I guess the Beetle is easy to compare because it feels like every diecast brand gets at least one. I assume VW licensing is fairly easy to get, but I know they have this thing about making "war toys," which is why Bumblebee had a point where he couldn't be a Beetle.

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>>11680777
>approximation-no 2 brands will end up with the same sizes and proportions when they try to make the same model car
That's why I was really surprised when Majorette Charger turns out to be roughtly same size as old HW one.

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>>11681151
Same bigger wheels too. However Majorette has side mirrors.

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>>11681155
Front looks more like 68 than 69 because the split is black just like the grille.

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>>11681156
The rear. Hot wheels used cast lights, Majorette prints on flat.

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>>11681157
Oops I swapped pictures

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>>11677490
It looks like the 1st series of 2026 Mystery Models has alot of first edition remakes, although the Bone Shaker unfortunately does not have a metal base like the 2006 original. The HW-4-TRAC, Cyber Speeder, Muscle and Blown, Max Steel(pictured), and Rollin' Solo are all getting remakes of their first editions. The Maximum Leeway is getting a remake of its 2014 treasure hunt version. The remaining cars ('16 Bugatti Chiron, Nissan Fairlady Z, and Ford Shelby GT350R) are new liveries.

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>>11681151
The '69 Charger Daytona lines up pretty close to the regular Charger-antenna, doors, hood, front panels and front vents line up exactly, just some differences with the rear window and hood vents that are specific to the Daytona. The '70 Superbird is quite different but it was based on the Plymouth Road Runner.

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>>11684720
This Charger had a pretty rough past-life.

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Not a car, but this thing is making me feel like a 3 to 5-year old, again.

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>>11685000
Diecast trains are a fine novelty. HW has done a couple of them, this Nitro Rail being a recent one.
>>11684720
Can't believe I mistook the fuel filler door for an antenna base.

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>>11682068
The retro paint job almost makes it look like a car from the Fallout universe.

>>11684733
I can count the number of Art Car designs I actually like on one hand and this isn't one of them.

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>>11680804
Well there goes our chances of ever seeing a Matchbox Kubelwagen. At least they've made the VW Thing, maybe they'll make a moving parts version of it one day.

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>>11680438
This is one of the 2026 Matchbox releases. Maybe if you're lucky and find one later this year you could add a Baja Beetle to your collection

>>11686122
I do like the chunkiness of the Matchbox Baja Bug and that livery is great, so I'll keep an eye out for it. I guess I'm just collecting Beetles now.