Super Tuned Open Wing

Super Tuned
Mainline 2001-017

The Super Tuned casting was introduced in 2001. Most of these cars released that year, and all of these cars released since, had the solid, filled-in spoiler seen on the right. But some cars of this blue 2001 color had an open spoiler instead. Normally I'm not a truck person but this casting appeals to me, and for some reason I find it particularly photogenic -- the other color from 2001, the bright yellow, modeled for one of my favorite photos I have ever taken.

Time Machine Hover Mode

Time Machine Hover Mode
Mainline 2016-221

Was down by Inkerman yesterday and stopped at the Walmart at Highway 416, and look what I found. Someone had put it on the rack backwards with the cardboard facing out, but it was right at the front so when I pulled it off to have a look I almost had a heart attack. (Pro tip: if you are hiding Hot Wheels on the rack, put them near the back of the peg, not right on the front.) I never expected to find one ever, and here it is right in front of me. Mattel also makes a "1885 Time Machine" with the ridiculous white-wall tires but that's a premium car and that series wouldn't last long if it showed up anywhere, so if I want one of those I'm probably eBaying big bucks. I'm currently on a open-everything kick but this is one I just might keep in its package along with the non-hover-mode version from 2011.

Breakfast Of Champions

Never let it be said that Disney passed on a merchandising dollar.

Ferrari FXX

Ferrari FXX
Mainline 2008-033

Just playing around with the macro mode in iOS Camera+. When I took a picture of this one last week, it visibly had a bunch of dust on it, so I've carefully brushed and air-blown the car so it looks all pretty. I have a bunch of FXXs, I think they look nicer than the Enzos that they are based on.

(Mattel part number #L9948 from the 2008 Mainline.)

Tough Neighbourhood

From Reddit, who almost certainly stole it from somewhere else.

LCD Fault

Office where I was on Friday had a phone with a cracked LCD panel. The liquid crystal flowing through the faults made an interesting pattern.

What Year Is It?

Walmart, Lincoln Fields. I found one 2005-era "Torpedo" car on the pegs. This was back when Mattel was fiddling around with weird non-standard things, like "Toon'd" and "Hard-Nozed" cars. None of those experiments particularly took, so if there was going to be a 2005 reject floating around it doesn't surprise me that it is one of these nasty things.

(No photo yesterday, sorry.)