August

Each month I go through the most recent e-mails I've received and pick a few to share with you.  I try to personally respond to every e-mail I receive, but I also post a few here in my Q&A column.

Thanks for kind words.  As far as I know, a 1:18 scale K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider is still on track to arrive in stores before the end of the year.  Online retailers are announcing October.  I haven't seen any official photos of the final product though.  The photo above shows AMT's model kit.  As for your question about where I get my information, I have a contact at RC2, I just joined Johnny Lightning's B2B Exchange, I post messages on hobby bulletin boards, I search eBay, and I do a lot of Google searches (though my site is almost always the first one to come up.)  The bottom line is, Hollywood Die-Cast is the only site you need to visit for the latest entertainment die-cast info.

Hi Metro.  Yes, the DukesFest was great.  It was HOT, but we had a lot of fun.  I did see that scene you mentioned, where the General races the Gran Torino.  I'll see if I can grab a still and post it later.  And congrats on The Today Show van.  I hear it's quite rare.  You got it for a STEAL for less than $20! 

And finally, to answer your question about Team Knight Rider.  One of my most valuable resources is the Internet Movie Database or IMDB.  Searching IMDB, I discovered that Team Knight Rider aired in 1997.  The plot is described as:  Years after the adventures of Michael Knight and KITT, a new team of artificially intelligent super vehicles and drivers continues the fight against evil.  One reviewer says:  "Good idea but unfortunately that alone won't keep a series alive for very long. Especially when the show has a cast of bad actors, ridiculous cars with irritating voices, extremely poor plots, bad dialogue, etc.... On the other hand, TKR had a big budget so it didn't look all to bad."  

As soon as I get good photos of the Hot Wheels action packs, I'll add them to the Hollywood Die-Cast TV gallery.  Thanks for the heads-up Metro.

Hi Luke.  Thanks for the info on the new Sun Star BTTF3 Delorean.  Reading your letter to Sun Star, I can see that you feel accuracy is important, as do I.   I think the proper wheels on a die-cast can make or break the car, though I think the car in the photo above looks pretty-darn nice.  I don't know if I'll be adding this one to my collection though.  I do own the Sun Star 1:18 BTTF Delorean (in which in the wheels fold up underneath the body) and it's one of my favorite pieces in my entire collection.  But when collecting 1:18 scale die-cast, I only have so much space.  I'll contact Sun Star and find out their future plans with the BTTF line and other entertainment-related die-cast and post the info on my site if I get it.

Thanks for sharing the info Craig.  For those of you interested in these, feel free to visit the Radio Shack website.