Mattel doing Back to the Future Toys

[Spideristic]

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=241&itemid=16488

http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag.../detail/691377

This is great news and I hope they have resolved the licensing issues with MJF.

[nbr3bagshotrow]

Only toy I'd be interested from these movies is the DeLorean and I've already got one.

[joefixit2]

These would have to be sold through their online site, no way those would be bought in Target or Wal-Mart in high enough volume.

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Heavy Future: Hot Wheels Elite - 1:43 BTTF DeLorean Time Machine Photos

[nbr3bagshotrow]

I thought the elite series was 1:18 scale? I have the 1965 and 1989 Batmobiles and those I'm sure are 1:18 scale.

Never mind. I see they did a 1:43 scale elite for the Ghostbusters Ecto-1. I have a SunStar DeLorean that's pretty accurate.

This is the one I have.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Back-to-the-...item43b3e39e05

[Spideristic]

Sunstar 1:18 BTTF DeLoreans have a good built quality to them as it's die cast metal with stainless steel.

The DST and Welly BTTF DeLoreans are made of plastic. The DST model of course is larger with 1:15 scale and has sound effects.

For most collectors Sunstar and DST BTTF DeLoreans would seem pretty accurate, but they do have some inaccuracies which are pretty major to the obsessive BTTF fans.

One of the most glaring inaccuracy is the side wiring; which should not go above the tires. And the three cylinder capacitors should be red in color and not grey.

These two details used to bug me all the time. I wrote to Sunstar and DST early on, they acknowledged their mistake but didn't bother to fix them. Sunstar did fix the red color but not the wiring for their final BTTF 3 Railroad DeLorean model. Hot Wheels thankfully got those details right.

[nbr3bagshotrow]

Well if Hot Wheels does a 1:18 scale i'll have to pick it up. The Sunstar i have is the Delorean at tthe end of bttf 1 with the mr fusion. The Hot Wheels 1:43 looks like the bttf first shown.

[biglebowski9999]

I'll be all over a 1:18 Elite for my collection.

[Spideristic]

Hot Wheels 1:18 Scale Elite Cult Classic Time Machine With Opening Mr. Fusion - Back To The Future Cars
Hot Wheels to release 1:18 Elite BTTF DeLorean model with opening Mr. Fusion as part of their Cult Classic Collection for Nov 2013.

The Hot Wheels 1:18 Elite BTTF DeLorean will be priced at $160, while regular 1:18 model will be priced much lower at $80.

[Simplyrob]

crazy theyre still introducing new toys from these films. wonder if they have another feature in the works somewhere. i do have an amazing treatment for a 4th film i wrote about 10 years ago. who knows a literary agent?