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The first Delorean Model! - Stuart Rees - 10 Sep 2010

Interesting Ebay item, showing that Mattel were interested in producing a model car based on the prototype.... plus a letter from JZD rejecting the current design.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Photo-DELOREAN-DMC- ... 2a09e3574c

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Re: The first Delorean Model! - Chris Williams - 11 Sep 2010

Thats interesting, shame the cars not with it as well, wonder who has that one then!

Chris


Re: The first Delorean Model! - dmcscott2002 - 17 Sep 2010

I've not got one of the new hotwheels models so I don't know if its the same but could it be taken from the same model? they look similar from the pics I've seen.


Re: The first Delorean Model! - Stuart Rees - 17 Sep 2010

I don't know if Mattel ever did bring out a model in the early 80s....
Perhaps they dusted off the original mould and reworked it, or started again from scratch, who knows Tongue

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Re: The first Delorean Model! - Matt Clark - 20 Sep 2010

They released the "Turismo" which was a pretty clear take on Proto1, they just added a raised bonnet to get around the look-alike issues.

http://www.odinartcollectables.com/imag ... Yellow.jpg

I had one, I painted it grey and stuck circuit boards on the back :roll:


Re: The first Delorean Model! - Stuart Rees - 22 Sep 2010

Cool Matt, I gotta find one of those models now! 8)

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