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Topic: Mattel Hot Wheels Tesla Roadster (SpaceX)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-12-2018 12:00 AM
   
collectSPACE Elon Musk's Roadster launch sparks sales of Hot Wheels toy TeslaThe launch of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster on SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket has fostered fresh demand for the same car now traveling through space. No, not the electric hot rod, but rather its smaller replica: a Mattel Hot Wheels toy that was mounted on the Roadster's dashboard.  |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-12-2018 01:25 PM
Give it a bit, it'll go back to "normal" pricing. The super version may command a premium, but not much more. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-12-2018 01:27 PM
Sure, but hopefully the "SpaceX bump" will be enough to encourage Mattel to make a Starman version of the Roadster as a future mainline or "Super." |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-25-2018 04:30 PM
collectSPACE New Hot Wheels Tesla Roadster toy celebrates SpaceX-launched car Eight months after SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into space, the sports car can now be found 170 million miles (274 million kilometers) away from Earth — and on local toy store shelves. Mattel has released a new 1:64 scale model of the "1st car to orbit the Sun" as part of its Hot Wheels line of toy vehicles.  |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 10-25-2018 04:42 PM
The thing I don't get is how the dummy in the spacesuit and the toy managed to stay exact where they were supposed to during the launch. I'd love to know how each were secured in place! |
datkatz
Member Posts: 176
From: New York, NY
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-25-2018 10:26 PM
Mattel has released a new 1:64 scale model of the "1st car to orbit the Sun" as part of its Hot Wheels line of toy vehicles. Every car ever made orbited/orbits the sun. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-11-2019 11:05 AM
collectSPACE 'Starman' aboard: Hot Wheels toy features SpaceX spacesuited driverThere's a Starman waiting in the sky, and now in stores, too. Mattel has released a new Hot Wheels toy model of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster that launched atop SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket nearly one year ago. The 1:64 scale toy features a miniature "Starman" driver, distinguishing it from Mattel's earlier versions of the same electric sports car and more closely matching it to both the Roadster that is now out beyond the orbit of Mars and the Hot Wheels toy of the same that is mounted to the space vehicle's dashboard.  |
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