OK, see what happens when I get a four day weekend? I need to get back to work soon - I'm losing my f$#%ing mind!

I finally found a Hot Wheels 350z at the local Toys R Us after months of checking while I was doing some holiday shopping tonight. I plan to display it with my others so I opened the package to check it out.

What a car! This thing has a V8 and a true dual exhaust. And a driveshaft that is easily twice as long as the real one.

One thing's for sure, Hot Wheels are getting crappier. Plastic chassis, can't see the interior, can't see the engine, wheels hardly rotate. I was four when the first Hot Wheels hit the shelves. They were awesome. They actually cost less now than they did then. I say bump them up to $2.50/ea. and do them right.

Anyway, I figure the Hot Wheels 350 is good for close to 400 HP at the wheels. Fit and finish and quality of materials is a bit off, but for 86 cents, I won't complain. It has absolutely NO orange peel.

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You clearly have too much time on your hands...
so why didn't you take a picture of the TOP of the car for us???

 

Here is the top - yep, way too much time on my hands. Pretty soon I'll be disassembling it.

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ACK!!! MAJOR ORANGE PEEL!!! LOL

 

I measured the best I could. They look like about 11/32". I can't find my metric caliper.

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That is rather scary if you think about it!

 

dude! they didn't even paint the tail lights! WTF?!

 

I was just kidding, but decided to do the math, because I AM so bored. At Hot Wheels scale (1/64), it works out to 22".

I thought it looked a little rough going over the bumps.

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Aww man! I saw one of these at Target the other day and it was the only one there! Now I can't find it anywhere.... man.. I should've got it when I saw it.

But yea, why aren't the taillights painted??

 

$0.69 at Walmart here...I bought the last 2 of them

 

I bought one and I'm going to paint it up like mine.