Re: [DMCForum] Re: Cool Ebay Thing...

["Avi Sarfaraz" <asarfaraz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can say thank you now.... :P
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From: "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:50 AM
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Cool Ebay Thing...


> Totally, and utterly sweet! For anyone who doesn't know what this is,
> it's a casting of the Hotwheels toy, model "Turismo", as the sale
> says. These are the Hotwheels cars that were based off of the DeLorean
> prototype. Here is a picture of the final product:
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> http://mybronco2.com/hotwheels/images/turismo.JPG
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> There are 3 paint schemes. The red racing version above, a yellow one
> with purple and orange side graphics, and a maroon car (the rare one I
> don't have). And they come with 1 of 3 interior colors of Black, Tan,
> or Purple. The toy differs from the car, because it has the rear
> quarter glass, and vents deleted, as well as 2 arrows embossed over
> the rear tail lights. The front hood was changed to be elevated where
> the relief lines in the hood are, as well as a forced induction hood.
> On the front, the grille has been deleted, and covered with the hood
> extending down in a clam shell design, covering the highbeams of the
> headlights.
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> The underside design of this toy car is an exact of the final
> production toy. And the interior of the production toy is a carbon
> copy of Proto 1, down to the knee/crash pad that extends across the
> dash, to the exact same pattern on the seats.
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> Not bad as a collector's item for Hot Wheels people. But potentially a
> rather historical piece for DeLorean people. I always assumed that
> Mattel didn't want to pay licensing fees to manufacture a toy DeLorean
> car. But unless this thing is a good forgery, then there is no
> question that Mattel pulled the plug on the project, and modified the
> body, to avoid making a DeLorean. The casting dates on the toys are
> all 1979, and come from either the Malaysia, or Hong Kong plants. 1979
> was years before production, let alone 10-20-82, so what gives?
>
> Yet another DeLorean mystery...
>
> -Robert
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> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Avi Sarfaraz" <asarfaraz@xxxx> wrote:
>> I thought you'd enjoy it....
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/HOTWHEELS-PROTOTYPE-MOLD-CAST_W0QQitemZ6975229887QQcategoryZ36496QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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