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| Car Of The Day: May 29, 2017; Hot Wheels '97 Dodge Copperhead | |
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| Swifty | May 29 2017, 12:16 PM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's Car Of The Day is Hot Wheels' 1997 Dodge Copperhead. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Dodge Copperhead ![]() Most Americans celebrate Memorial Day with barbeques and picnics, and some go the extra mile and place flags on the tombstones of those who served our country. I celebrate today a bit differently. Today's COTD is indeed a memorial, as May 29th was my Grandpa's birthday, and were he still with us he'd be 87 today. So today I'm featuring a vehicle he bought for me, specifically one that was part of a four car set. This has been sitting in its package for the last twenty years and I've decided to release these cars finally. ![]()
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| Harvestman | May 29 2017, 01:17 PM Post #2 |
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I read a few years ago that Dodge ordered Mattel to destroy the HW and Matchbox Copperhead castings. Doesn't look like we will see it again any time soon. |
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| Pegers | May 29 2017, 01:43 PM Post #3 |
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i never cared much for this casting. |
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| juantoo3 | May 29 2017, 02:42 PM Post #4 |
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It's OK, nothing against it. (I do like this black version better than the Copper red one) Overall I like the Sidewinder better. Would have loved to see both come to market as real cars, this would have beat the Solstice to market by a few years. |
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| pjedsel | May 29 2017, 07:21 PM Post #5 |
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I wonder why Chrysler wanted the castings destroyed? It is not one of my favorites but I had a few at one time because I think it is neat when the toy guys offer us some of the concept cars that are out there in the world.
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| Swifty | May 29 2017, 10:52 PM Post #6 |
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A little surprising if that's the case, since it was easily corrected to issuing the car as 'Dodge Concept Vehicle' instead. I always figured they stopped using them because the cars were no longer relevant to the auto show circuit. Or perhaps they had too much metal in them and hence were too heavy to be used currently. ![]() But if they ordered the castings destroyed, my guess is it has something to do with the naming controversy. It's sad that when the company that brought us cars named 'Neon', 'Shadow', 'Duster', and 'Cirrus' finally came up with a perfectly good name they had to abandon it because ZZ Top has a hot rod that shares the name. Last I checked ZZ Top was a band, not an automaker, so I fail to see how the name could possibly be copyrighted to prevent use by an actual automaker. I'm guessing a lot of lawyers made a lot of money on this one... |
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| juantoo3 | May 30 2017, 03:48 PM Post #7 |
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I don't see the name as relevant. It was never issued as the Copperhead. The 1997 First Edition listed it as a Dodge Concept, never by the given name. I looked quickly for a non-ebay image to post because of filters at work and can't find one handy, but a quick look will show what I'm saying, Hot Wheels / Mattel never did offer this casting by the name Copperhead, so any issues around that name were resolved before the model hit the pegs. I'm more inclined to agree with the statement about relevance. Time has moved on, and while these were fresh they were inspiring. But other models have come along since then that make this model seem dated. It was never a "gotta have" model among collectors as a whole, so I'm not really surprised Matty let this one fade away... |
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| Pegers | May 30 2017, 06:25 PM Post #8 |
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the only thing i can add is that it was a 1998 first edition not a '97. |
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| juantoo3 | May 31 2017, 11:50 AM Post #9 |
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Oooops. you are correct, 98 not 97 |
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I wonder why Chrysler wanted the castings destroyed? It is not one of my favorites but I had a few at one time because I think it is neat when the toy guys offer us some of the concept cars that are out there in the world.

9:53 AM Jul 11