New 1:18 Ecto-1 model from Hotwheels


by Nisei

12 years, 11 months ago

Did you order from pibes-diecast?
I'm also considering canceling my order and go the eBay route.

by batman2

12 years, 11 months ago

Nisei;173268
Did you order from pibes-diecast?
I'm also considering canceling my order and go the eBay route.

I ordered from diecastmart on eBay, it's cheaper from him now as shipping is reduced by $10 from what I paid.

Instead of USPS Priority Mail InternationalTM it's now Standard Int'l Shipping.

by batman2

12 years, 11 months ago

Well mine finally arrived today and here are some pics showing how it was well packaged and my Blu-Ray next to it to show it's scale.

























by jettajeffro

12 years, 11 months ago

I can say it's almost like looking at pictures of the full size car.

by Kingpin

12 years, 11 months ago

Nice, might have to think about cancelling my purchase of that scale as well.

Do the red scopes rotate? Can they be turned around to face the right direction?

by batman2

12 years, 11 months ago

Kingpin;173298
Nice, might have to think about cancelling my purchase of that scale as well.

Do the red scopes rotate? Can they be turned around to face the right direction?

I did originally try and turn them around, but did not want to push too hard incase I broke it, will have another look at it later and report back.

by Kingpin

12 years, 11 months ago

Well I took the plunge and bought one of the 1:43 scale cars from eBay, saw a seller with one with 100% feedback a few mins after that, but I'm willing to risk it (mine was about 99.6% positive). Hope this investment pays off, because if it does then I'll just cancel my Play.com order for the smaller one.

by batman2

12 years, 11 months ago

Just tried moving the red scopes again and they do not move, everything is fixed and won't budge. The only thing I thought could of been done better are the ariels, they are not fixed on one end, they are simply tucked under the roof rack.

by Kingpin

12 years, 11 months ago

batman2;173303
Just tried moving the red scopes again and they do not move, everything is fixed and won't budge.

Blast… I don't understand how mistakes like that happen, a casual viewing of the movie shows they face forward 98% of the time, yet Hotwheels and the restorers managed to muck it up (same can be said about the front lightbar).

by mrpecker2

12 years, 11 months ago

Think it would be possible to gently slice off the scopes, rotate, and glue them in another direction?