Hi all
Here is the Hot Wheels Ghost Olympics model number 1 of 10, called Surf's Up. Naturally, the sport depicted is surfing. Only the baseplate is metal, the rest is plastic.
Sitting on top of the baseplate is a white surfboard, with a band comprising three shades of blue. This is surrounded by translucent blue waves. The rider is gunmetal grey, with the Games insignia on his back in white.
The wheels are also translucent blue, with silver spokes. The lower sides have TOKYO 2020 and the Hot Wheels logo in white, and the surfboard has the surfing symbol in silver.
The cards show the differences between the long and short versions. Due to a lack of space the artwork is almost hidden behind the model on the short card, and the Hot Wheels ribbon is much smaller.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Its amazing how Hot Wheels manage to capture every possible form of motion in their special way. I wonder if Hot Wheels will make movies like Lego have? Oddly enough, I think Moonbase Jr. has one of those skateboards or something similar, without the figure.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Hot Wheels cartoon series on TV on one stage. You can also get small, finger operated skateboard toys, along with various obstacles for them to perform stunts on. They are called Tech Deck, although I expect there are other brands around as well.
ReplyDeleteThere's been several Hot Wheel series. More recent ones have been CGI but fairly nicely done. Way back when I was single digits old, there was a Hot Wheels cartoon series which had Casey Kasem voicing a couple of characters. That show was a bit ground breaking imo as it featured strong female characters, a engineer who was african american.
ReplyDeleteBehold this rarely known 1969 piece of Saturday morning (quality is meh but 50+ years old)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi4Ihia1fvQ
Fascinating Lance. Just watched that cartoon. Thanks for the link. It sort of reminded me of Scooby do, at least the characters. Never saw it in the UK.
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