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| Car of the Day: May 21, 2008; Matchbox '05 Lotus Exige | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 20 2008, 11:18 PM (659 Views) | |
| jedimario | May 20 2008, 11:18 PM Post #1 |
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RAWR
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![]() Today's Car of the Day is Matchbox's Lotus Exige. ![]()
![]() For more info, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Exige ![]() This is probably my favorite Matchbox casting. I've always loved the idea behind the Elise/Exige. Make the lightest, most bare bones street legal car you can while maintaining at least a bit of daily driveability and make it go fast! (Around the turns )![]() This is probably my favorite variation of the four released thus far, but I'll let you decide:
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| Swifty | May 21 2008, 01:55 AM Post #2 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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The blue one's my favorite to date as well. Great choice!
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| davidj94 | May 21 2008, 08:11 AM Post #3 |
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Out hunting for JL
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This is one of my son's favorites!! Okay, okay, I like it too! |
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| craftymore | May 21 2008, 09:02 AM Post #4 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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The metalic blue paint used is the best non superfast paint job I've seen on a MB. I actually thought about using this same version of this casting for when I do cotd in June. I remember seeing a couple of these at the 2006 North American Auto Show in Chicago at the McCormick Place. They are as about bare bones as a car can get. Thanks for the pics Jedi! |
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| ivantt | May 21 2008, 10:00 AM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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After what I had read above, I didn't remember the blue paint as being metallic, so I went and looked mine over and now notice a light metalflake content! I have the blue, yellow, and anti-freeze green colored ones, so is that striped version a Superfast? I must have missed that one. Can we see a side view? Thanks, Robbie.
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| jedimario | May 21 2008, 10:04 AM Post #6 |
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RAWR
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The black one is an exclusive from a 10-pack.![]() It's the only one thus far to have rear lights tampoed on. |
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| ivantt | May 21 2008, 10:09 AM Post #7 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Thanks, I think I may have a sigh of relief, as if it is from the ten pack that had ten all unique cars, then I think I have it as I have not removed any of those cars yet. (But I eventually will! I think it is in temporary storage with some other multi-packs).
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| jedimario | May 21 2008, 10:11 AM Post #8 |
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RAWR
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This rings a bell, I'm pretty sure it was the same one with the red Alfa, forklift, Austin Mini milk van, a GT3, and some others.
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| Sak | May 23 2008, 08:43 PM Post #9 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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It's awesome, that's for sure. I like the blue one best. |
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| Swifty | May 21 2018, 12:06 AM Post #10 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Ten years ago Matchbox had reversed course from the Zero City era and was starting to make nice cars again (like this one). It was short-lived, and we got more garbage from them again for a few more years, and now the ship has been righted, and once more we're getting beauties like this. Matchbox's course has been changed so often in the last twenty years, sometimes I wonder if Mattel has a GPS unit in charge of the brand instead of a human being. |
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| Dean-o-mite | May 21 2018, 02:22 AM Post #11 |
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Muscle Car
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Awesome Matchbox car |
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| juantoo3 | May 21 2018, 06:51 AM Post #12 |
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Has it been ten years already? My how time flies! |
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| pjedsel | May 21 2018, 08:58 AM Post #13 |
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Muscle Car
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That is one sharp looking Lotus in blue. like Wes, hard to believe that it is a ten year old model.
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| Pegers | May 21 2018, 03:18 PM Post #14 |
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Pony Car
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nice piece. |
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| corvairjim | May 21 2018, 10:04 PM Post #15 |
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Fullsize
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I like little cars like this that can go fast in a straight line AND around corners and curves. Colin Chapman's mark survives on today's Loti, where weight is the enemy. |
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