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| Car of the Day : May 12, 2013; Hasbro '07 Pontiac Solstice GXP | |
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| Dean-o-mite | May 11 2013, 09:29 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Hasbro's 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Pontiac Solstice ![]() The Transformer movies inspired the addition of numerous GM vehicles to the small-scale marketplace. Hasbro seemed to have the largest market share of the small-scale modern Transformer cars. The Autobot named Jazz was originally a Porsche 935 race car in his alternate mode, but for the 2007 Transformers movie, Jazz became a 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP. Although the Hasbro car bodies are made of plastic, a quality coat of paint disguises the use of plastic very nicely. This is a lesson I wish Matchbox would learn, with their ever increasing use of plastic bodied models. It is not the plastic that makes a toy look cheap - it is when the plastic looks like plastic even from several feet away. ![]()
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| juantoo3 | May 12 2013, 08:32 AM Post #2 |
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I'm a vintage car guy...can't help it. Still, as newer cars go I am somewhat surprised that makes and models such as this aren't better covered. These are the future classics, the kinds of cars guys now are going to want to see sitting on their shelves. It really is a puzzle to me that even HW and MBX are skipping such an opportunity. Stuff like the Solstice and Crossfire would fit easily into the lineup at Greenlight (or Tomy/JL), and if M2 decides to dabble in more recent models they at least would receive proper treatment. This car would be a natural for Autoworld as well. I realize "cost of tooling," etc, but it does seem rather short sighted to continually focus on the same handful of cars to the exclusion of so many other worthy possibilities. I find it difficult to believe a Solstice or Crossfire in scale wouldn't sell at least as well as a new Camaro, Challenger or SSR *if* done properly and not made to look like a generic toy. |
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| Stampede | May 12 2013, 03:21 PM Post #3 |
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Very nice! I find myself really liking this one! |
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| craftymore | May 12 2013, 07:03 PM Post #4 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Maisto and Matchbox both offered up copies of the Solstice. The basic platform was shared across the Saturn, Pontiact, and Opel. I really liked the concept car from '02 that I saw in Chicago of that year. |
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| Stampede | May 12 2013, 08:41 PM Post #5 |
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I didn't know that MB made a solstice. Interesting. |
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| craftymore | May 12 2013, 09:09 PM Post #6 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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http://matchbox.wikia.com/wiki/Pontiac_Solstice Think the link is missing an all black one from the modern SF line. |
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| Stampede | May 12 2013, 09:12 PM Post #7 |
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Thank you! |
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