Q&A

Q: Hi Joe, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME where I might be able to get one of these.  I have never seen one by Hot Wheels.  Thank You , Claud

A:  I would imagine most retail stores will be getting the HW Batmobile soon, possibly this month.  I really don't know which will get the car first... retail stores or comic book stores.  Sometimes I get things at my comic book store before I see them at retail, and sometimes I see them at retail first.  I just figured these may be hard to find at retail, so I went the comic book store route.  I definitely will make an announcement on my website when I see them.
 

Q: Hi there.  I (would) like to know if there (is) a chance that the Black Beauty will out (in) 1:18 scale soon.  - Katoman175

A:  Unfortunately, it appears that the 1:18 scale Black Beauty from The Green Hornet has been canceled.  Websites that have previously taken pre-orders on the car now list it as canceled.


Q:  Hey,  Whaz-up,  Should Hollywood on Wheels 4 be shipping by now ? The month of of June has passed and and (there's) no word about them being out. I checked Ebay and they only have the old ones. Do you know what is going on ? Thanks.   - Jason

A:  I think I saw a Johnny Lightning rep say that Hollywood on Wheels 4 is "on the water,"  meaning they were crossing the ocean and heading toward the U.S.  I received an e-mail from someone saying they saw a couple of cars from HOW4 at a die-cast hobby shop, but since they're not showing up on eBay yet, I really don't think they've arrived.  I would bet they hit the pegs before the end of July.  I've ordered a case through my local comic book store.  I will post the info when they arrive.


Q: Hey Joe,  Do you have any idea if there really was a 1970 Camaro in Fast Times at Ridgemont High? I looked it up, and the Jefferson car that I was thinking of is actually a 1976 Camaro Z28, the one that Spikoli crashes.

A:  According to the website Car Stars of Film & Television, the Camaro featured in Fast Times is a 1979 Camaro Z28.  ERTL has never been known for its accuracy. 


Q:  Hi.   Question, will Johnny Lightning ever come out with the BMW 750i from   '' TOMORROW NEVER DIES '' ?   That's the only James Bond car that is missing in the series. Will they ?   Thanks.       - Jason

A:  I asked Johnny Lightning's Jeff Koch that very same question quite a while ago.  Tomorrow Never Dies is one of my favorite films in the Bond series, mostly because I'm a huge Michelle Yeoh fan.  Jeff said JL doesn't have a casting for the BMW 750i and won't be making one anytime soon.  Instead, JL released the Aston Martin DB5 (again!) and a Caprice under the title Tomorrow Never Dies.  I had to settle for Corgi's 1:36 scale BMW from the film.

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