A Birthday T

Well its been a great birthday all round with some great gifts, but just before the celebrations began, I won a nice Hot Wheels Redline in ebay. Ira Giffords futuristic Turbofire from 1969, neatly rounds out the T trilogy of Twinmill, Torero and Turbofire. This was never one of my preferred cars, judging by the catalogue shot, as it seemed a little flat and unfinished, but in the hand its a different story.

Quite a small casting, with an opening engine cover, it sits low, but looks much sleeker in the flesh than on the page. A fair paintjob of spectraflame blue has seen some action over the decades, but not enough to judtify a respray, so I will leave this one as is.

A few days later, amongst the gifts from my daughter were another three Hot Wheels, two from the mainline selection and one from the new HE Premium line. These are much more finely detailed reproductions of existing auto and in this case it is a beautiful 1969 Le Mans Alfa Romeo Stradale. Unlike my usual purchases, I willkeep this one in the pack, as it is a lovely piece of work in itself.

Next up is a Volkswagen Baja Bug with large beige coloured wheels presumably to imitate sand and dust.

Lastly we have the latest incarnation of the Batmobile from the dark DC outing 'The Batman'. As the film is so dark, its hard to make out the car properly, but this model is a deep olive drab colour with dark silver accents.

A converted muscle car by the looks, the Batmobile has exposed engine and reinforced chassis, presumably hiding all kinds of special devices too.