THE SKELETOR MONSTER TRUCK!

Hi

Here is another addition to my Monster Truck collection. In recent years there have been a number of die-cast Monster Trucks with a film, TV, or comic book tie-in. This one is a Hot Wheels model, and features Skeletor, from the Masters of the Universe. A series of toys, comics, cartoon adventures, and movies, dating from the 1980s.

Hot Wheels have done several Masters of the Universe models in their premium lines, and this 2022 Monster Truck.

The main colours are purple, for the chassis, hood, and truck bodywork; light green for the face, and light blue for the engine. The wheel hubs are more of a fuchsia colour. The eyes are red-tinted clear plastic. Only the face and hood are metal, the rest is plastic. A demonic-looking ram's head (with red-painted eyes) in the back has a chain coming out of its mouth, with a studded ball on the end.

The Hot Wheels name appears on the tyres, with Mattel, the Hot Wheels ribbon logo, and Made in Thailand, on the chassis.

Skeletor appears down the right side of the backing card. Also included is a small, red car in hard plastic that you can drive over again and again. It has pins and holes that allow several cars, from different models, to be joined together.

One for the Christmas stocking?

Paul Adams from New Zealand