Ferrari F430 Challenge, '55 Chevy Bel Air: HW

Nothing much to be said here. I just bought these 'cos they look pretty cool.

Ferrari F430 Challenge from Hot Wheels Racing 2010

My first die-cast Ferrari, and my first die-cast with white rims. The details are pretty good even though it's not from the Speed Machine series. Note that the headlights are made from dark transparent plastic like the windshield, which I suppose is a good thing. The taillights are a bit disappointing though. How hard can it be to paint 4 tiny red dots for the taillights?

'55 Chevy Bel Air from Hot Wheels Hot Auction 2010

I just love classic cars with chrome bits. That pretty much sums up the reason as to why I bought this one.

Tomica Lorries!!

Normally, I would only buy die-casts of sports cars, Japan GT cars, American muscles, and some exotics, as you could see in my previous posts. I never thought I would buy anything else. But this week, I bought myself 4 lorries from Tomica! Not one, not two, not three, but four! Why? Let's take a look at them one by one to find out the answer.

The Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Sakai Moving Service. Apparently, JGTC cars aren't the only ones with ridiculously long names like the Hasemi Tomica Ebbro GT-R 2009 Sepang Spec.

The container's made out of plastic. The pictures on the container are just stickers. And the space within the container is practically useless. So why did I buy this particular lorry? Well... it's the panda! Is this the cutest lorry ever or what?

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This is the Animal Carrier (Penguin). I'm not sure about the specific model of the lorry, but I do know it's a Nissan Diesel judging from the logo. Anyway, it doesn't matter what model it is. What matters is the cargo it's carrying!

Okay, the penguins are abnormally huge if you compare it to the size of the lorry. Relatively, they are about 2.5 meters tall, and that's friggin' huge! They should be joining the NBA instead of the zoo. But there's a reason Tomica made them that big. It's because they're cute and they need to be seen! If Tomica scaled down the penguins using the same ratio they scaled down the lorry, the penguins would only be 4mm tall, and that's about as big as a pinhead. And it wouldn't be as cute, provided you could even tell it's a penguin.

The back of the container could be opened. Don't worry about the penguins trying to escape, as they're literally glued to the floor of the container. I do pity the one lying on its tummy though. It's going to hurt like hell trying to rip off the chest hair glued to the floor.

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Now let's move on to the third lorry. The Nissan Diesel Quon Tank Lorry. They really should stop giving long names to vehicles... Anyway, why did I buy this one even though there isn't a picture of a cute panda bear on it? Well, it's because...

It's because of the chrome container! For some reason, I think it looks really cool, even though it's really just plastic painted with chrome paint. Anyway, does anyone know the meaning of the Japanese character on the back of the lorry?

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The Nissan Diesel Quon. And that's it. Looks like they're finally giving up on the names.

Here's a riddle: What's red, has 400bhp and gull-wing 'doors'? Hmm...

This is one of my favourites. I bought this one 'cos it has 'Tomica' written all over it.

Back from the Future?

In my previous post, I wrote about a car which is well known for it's role as a time machine, though the car was actually invented the '80s... It wasn't the fastest car around during that period of time, nor was it the prettiest or the most expensive car... But the DeLorean DMC-12 managed to beat the competition and it became one of the most iconic car in the film industry. With its unpainted stainless steel body and gull-wing doors, it became the perfect time machine in the Back to the Future movie franchise. But today we're going to take a look at something slightly different... It's not another time machine, but here's a car that looks like it actually came from the future... the Mazda Furai...

No need for words here. Just enjoy the beauty.

Despite looking like another product of Wayne Enterprises, this car is fully functional. You really should google the real car, as it looks way better than its Hot Wheels counterpart. I'm not saying that the die-cast version looks ugly or anything, I'm just saying that the real car looks absolutely stunning.

Back to the Future

If you were born in the 80s, chances are you have seen this movie dozens of times. If you haven't, google it. Now I bet the thing that you remember the most about this movie is none other than the time machine itself. Who could forget the coolest-looking time machine ever build? Who could ever forget the blazing trail of fire left on the tarmac as the time machine vanished to travel through, err, time? And who could ever forget the glowing flux capacitor as the time machine prepares itself for another journey? So tonight, let's give a big round of applause... for the DeLorean DMC-12!!

"Oh, thank you! Thank you so much! It is such an honour to be standing here today. I thought people have forgotten about me. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been supporting me all this while, especially my inventor, Dr. Emmett Brown, my old friend Marty McFly, and all of the fans of the Back to the Future franchise. Again, thank you and good night..."

Unpainted stainless steel body, gull-wing doors, futuristic design, and boot space large enough to fit in a flux capacitor. Seriously, is there any time machine better than this? Maybe not. But coming up next is a car that looks like it came from the future, even though it's not a time machine. Stay tuned!

Nissan 370Z, '70 Plymouth Superbird: HW

Here's what we got today: the Nissan 370Z from Hot Wheels Premiere 2010 and the '70 Plymouth Superbird from Hot Wheels Muscle Mania 2010.

East vs West

Precision vs Power

Unpainted tail lights vs friggin' huge wing.

This would be my sixth Nissan Z, and I'm quite disappointed to see that they didn't even bother to paint the rear lights. I mean, come on, how much would a blot of red ink cost? But still, it's a nice cast overall. The front and the side profile look really great, and the car itself looks stunning in yellow. If I were to give it a score, I'd give the Nissan 370Z a 7.5/10.

Now to the Superbird. It's not really my favourite. But a muscle car collection wouldn't be complete without this car and its phenomenal spoiler. Did you know that the tall position of the spoiler on this car puts it into less disturbed air, therefore giving the car better downforce? But it was only beneficial in a high-speed race. So why does the street version of the car maintains the same design? Well, the reason is that it's the only way to fully open the boot, as the vertical struts of the spoiler was actually attached to the main body of the car instead of the bootlid (as you can see in the picture above). The boot's gonna be stuck if the spoiler isn't tall enough. Either way, regardless of the reasons, I think the car looks great with the tall spoiler. So I'd give it a 7/10. And that's all for today's post.