Hot Wheels with a Side of Corgi

Besides my Mego World's Greatest Super Heroes and Kenner Star Wars toys, Corgi die cast metal Super Hero vehicles are some of my favorite toys. For a short time, I did collect Hot Wheels die cast cars, but that was short lived. Corgi always had the cooler cars. Mainly because they produced comic book hero based vehicles and like Mego, they held licenses for both Marvel and DC Super Heroes. However, as of late, Hot Wheels cars have caught my eye.

Random Pic From The Batcave Toy Room Archive #18

Corgi Die-Cast Joker Mobile

Vintage Die Cast Tie Bomber From Kenner 1980

From September to December 1980 my Star Wars toy collection grew by leaps and bounds. That years Christmas brought on an awesome score of action figures, playsets, and vehicles from a galaxy far, far, away. Not only were the sure number of toys impressive, but it also brought not only my first die cast Star Wars vehicle, it gave me one of the rarest...the Tie Bomber.

The Tie Bomber was one of the last of the die cast vehicles produced by Kenner, but it was also the least produced. Not just because Kenner pulled the line shortly after its release, but because Kenner only sold them mainly in Ohio and in certain test markets. Only about 10,0000 units were produced of the ship that had its one and only appearance in The Empire Strikes Back.

There wasn't much play value with this toy. It did have the same break away wings like it's larger Tie Fighter counterpart, but that's about it. You can also see a Stormtrooper in Hoth battle gear in the cockpit. The TIE fighter pilot had not been produced yet. It would have been cool if Kenner produced a larger size Tie Bomber to go along with its action figure line, but we would have to wait about 25 years for that.

I was never really a fan of the die cast vehicles, even though I loved Kenner's Micro Collection, so I never really played with it much. Mine has a few nicks and scratches and the wings have discolored. The discoloration is common and can be seen on action figures too. Especially, figures molded in white like Stormtroopers. With the lack of play this one received, I really wish I had kept it mint in the box. This is definitely a rare one.

Corgi Batmobile Collection

Here's a look at an awesome Corgi collection. The majority of the vehicles are Batman related and boy do they look sweet.

Looks like there are several versions of the Corgi 267 Batmobiles. Check out the one with the red wheels.

You can also see variations of the Batboat as well as, the Batcopter.

You can also catch a glimpse of the Supermobile there. I always hate that Corgi decided to have the fists in the front of the vehicle molded in red. I had painted mine silver at one point.



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Picked Up a 1:50 Hot Wheels Batmobile at Toys R Us

Stopped by Toys R Us today to see if I could find anything interesting. The force was with me and I picked up the last 1:50 version of Hot Wheels Batmobile.



I have the 1:16 and the 1:18 versions as well. I always loved my Corgi Batmobiles and these are just as cool. Actually a little more detailed then the Corgi counterparts.

The back of the blister card reveals the other vehicles in the series. I would love to get a hold of the Batboat. It looks to cool.






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