A Diecast Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine

A Childhood Memory from Jada Toys

The Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine Van Diecast Model

I recently encountered a classic van from my childhood.  The Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine.  It transported a meddling band of mystery-solving teenagers in cartoon matinees every summer afternoon.  It transported Shaggy, Scooby, Velma, Daphne, and Fred from adventure to adventure.

 

Diecast Scooby Doo Mystery Machine from Jada Toys

I found this particular  Mystery Machine on the shelves at my local Walgreens.  It's a 1/32 scale model from Jada Toys.  The paint has a great looking cartoon quality.  If you loved Scooby-Doo cartoons, this model makes a great keepsake.

 

Fortunately, you don't need to travel far and wide visiting a dozen drugstores to find this diecast model.  It's conveniently available at a fair price on Amazon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot Wheels Ford GT-40 Hits the Highway in Georgia

If you haven't watched the movie, Ford versus Ferrari, then you are definitely missing out.  It's a great film.  The star of course is the Ford GT40.  It was designed to take the Grand Prix racing championship away from Ferrari after Ford's offer to buy the venerable Italian sports car manufacturer was spurned rather rudely.  While the actors are great, one star of the show is the Ford GT 40 itself.  I'm pretty sure that I could never fit in one of these little race cars.  But, thanks to Hot Wheels, I do have one in my car collection!

Hot Wheels GT40 Race Day Series Car for 2020

This Ford GT 40 is from the Hot Wheels HW Race Day series for 2020.  It's car 8 of 10 of the series and 35th model of the 250 car Hot Wheels models for 2020.

Hot Wheels GT40 Top View

This model features the famed Gulf Oil livery that has appeared on some of the most epic cars in motor sports.  It's a combination that looks good coming or going.

Hot Wheels GT40 Front View

This model is much like the GT40 that raced in the 24 hours of Daytona in 1968.  Piloted by Jackie Ickx and Brian Redman, the car did not finish the race.

Hot Wheels Rear View

Taking a pose at a rest stop on a Georgia highway, this model looks great against the background of endless Georgia farmland.

Hot Wheels GT40 profile view

If you are collecting cars that made an impact in racing history, you must add a Ford GT40 to your collection.

Hot Wheels C3 Corvette Stingray

I got this Chevy Corvette C3 in a Hot Wheels multi-pack.  It's a cool looking car with a metal base and all plastic body.  For some reason, the all plastic body of this Hot Wheels car concerns me, but I'm totally cool with the fiberglass body of a real Corvette C3.

Hot Wheels C3  generation Corvette looking a little tropical.

Hot Wheels Photography Tip:  Sunglasses and a few trees in the background give this Vette photo a tropical feel.  Amazingly, I didn't even have to travel to Aruba to take this photo!

Hot Wheels Forward Force

This is the Hot Wheels Forward Force.  It's an interesting and futuristic addition to the Hot Wheels lineup.  It's inspired by electric cars and parts of the car are transparent. 

The Forward Force has bright orange wheels and mirrored rear quarter panels and a greenish tint.  It's pretty wild.