STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!

 I was thrilled last week to actually have won something on the Bay!

For a modest sum I managed to bag two super cool Johnny Lightning die-cast cars from US outfit Topper.

Dating from 1971 these beauties were part of Topper's own bash at redline styling and I think they did a brilliant job. I never knew about them as a kid I don't think but I've got the bug now! I'm genuinely struck!

Bigger in size than Hot Wheels redlines, the red one is the Twin Blaster and the gold one is Pipe Dream. Lightning really did strike twice!

Do you like them?

Lacking the plastic parts that they originally came with, I'm still bowled over with the styling of these toy cars. A little touching up next week and they'll be display-ready as soon as I get my cabinet back out.

I'll keep you posted about any Johnny progress.

Have you got any Johnnies?