Funny Hot Wheels issue, this Anglia 105E was issued (I want to say '02 or '03) first in a playset with a tie-in to the second Harry Potter movie, that would be the blue variant, the base is no different on it than the others shown here, none of which have "Hot Wheels" in the base as every other Hot Wheels model I can think of does. The first issue in the Hot Wheels mainline never did get the FE treatment (which had some of us, myself included, wondering if it might be a leftover Corgi jr at the time). There are a few other Hot Wheels issues, but this model didn't get used much. I could all but swear I've seen the bronze Rallye variant somewhere back in the day, but after years of looking I still can't figure out where. I have to admit to myself that maybe I'm misremembering, that this might be a Rit dye custom...I still don't think it is, but until I can show how it was issued I'm leaving the shadow of doubt. Which leaves the red one here...a complete mystery. I know Matchbox and Maisto both had "first car" series done in bright primary colors, but Hot Wheels hasn't done anything like that. I don't know how or even if this red example was ever issued, I've never seen another...
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Funny Hot Wheels issue, this Anglia 105E was issued (I want to say '02 or '03) first in a playset with a tie-in to the second Harry Potter movie, that would be the blue variant, the base is no different on it than the others shown here, none of which have "Hot Wheels" in the base as every other Hot Wheels model I can think of does. The first issue in the Hot Wheels mainline never did get the FE treatment (which had some of us, myself included, wondering if it might be a leftover Corgi jr at the time). There are a few other Hot Wheels issues, but this model didn't get used much. I could all but swear I've seen the bronze Rallye variant somewhere back in the day, but after years of looking I still can't figure out where. I have to admit to myself that maybe I'm misremembering, that this might be a Rit dye custom...I still don't think it is, but until I can show how it was issued I'm leaving the shadow of doubt. Which leaves the red one here...a complete mystery. I know Matchbox and Maisto both had "first car" series done in bright primary colors, but Hot Wheels hasn't done anything like that. I don't know how or even if this red example was ever issued, I've never seen another...The image file limits have been reset. Upper limits now are 100,000 when we have some images that exceed 5,000,000. I've set the pixels for no more than 1000 across the longest side, so if you resize to that all should be well. (The limits are larger than what I typically use, and my images turn out just fine, so I know it shouldn't be a problem)
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I wanted to get that blue one for my daughter who grew up with the Harry Potter movies. It was so hard to find that I settled for a Lesney Matchbox version.Last edited by Christophe; 09-30-2019, 05:41 PM.
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That red one sure looks factory made, of course there is no base photo, but if the rivets look untampered with, you probably got something there, maybe a color trial or a set that never came to market, I don't really know what, of course I also know with Matchbox that factory workers used to sometimes do their own thing with models in the factory, and they somehow get to market, maybe HWs plant workers do the same thing.Doug
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Originally posted by Douglas View PostThat red one sure looks factory made, of course there is no base photo, but if the rivets look untampered with, you probably got something there, maybe a color trial or a set that never came to market, I don't really know what, of course I also know with Matchbox that factory workers used to sometimes do their own thing with models in the factory, and they somehow get to market, maybe HWs plant workers do the same thing.The image file limits have been reset. Upper limits now are 100,000 when we have some images that exceed 5,000,000. I've set the pixels for no more than 1000 across the longest side, so if you resize to that all should be well. (The limits are larger than what I typically use, and my images turn out just fine, so I know it shouldn't be a problem)
Thank you for your understanding.
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Originally posted by Christophe View PostI wanted to get that blue one for my daughter who grew up with the Harry Potter movies. I was so hard to find that I settled for a Lesney Matchbox version.The image file limits have been reset. Upper limits now are 100,000 when we have some images that exceed 5,000,000. I've set the pixels for no more than 1000 across the longest side, so if you resize to that all should be well. (The limits are larger than what I typically use, and my images turn out just fine, so I know it shouldn't be a problem)
Thank you for your understanding.
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Originally posted by ivantt View PostI'm SURE we'll be seeing this casting in other forms in the coming years.The image file limits have been reset. Upper limits now are 100,000 when we have some images that exceed 5,000,000. I've set the pixels for no more than 1000 across the longest side, so if you resize to that all should be well. (The limits are larger than what I typically use, and my images turn out just fine, so I know it shouldn't be a problem)
Thank you for your understanding.
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Originally posted by jt3 View Post
If you look, my last photo shows the base of the red one compared to the base of the gray HW. Anyone can see the rivets are not messed with, and it is painted up inside the wheel wells.Doug
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