First Look: The Mr. Fusion Deloreans and the rest of Hot Wheels Retro Entertainment Batch H...

Ok, I will admit it.  Those Back to the Future Deloreans are pretty damn cool.

I have probably made too big of a deal about how I am not that into movie cars, unless the movie cars represent a real car.  I love movies, but I am not really into movie replica cars.  Of course I can get behind a few, like Walter White's Aztek, or the tan Sierra stolen off of Jerry Lundegaard's car lot, but for the most part I like Retro Entertainment models if they represent real cars.

The BTTF Time Machine is not a real car.  The Delorean is, and Hot Wheels thankfully has done the Delorean.  But there is no denying to overall popularity of the BTTF Delorean, and it would be dumb for Hot Wheels NOT to make it.

So in the past I have just ignored the BTTF cars, but these two Mr. Fusion versions, one in Hover Mode and the other on wheels, are awesome.  In general, Zamacs are awesome, so by default these are two.  Or maybe these just photograph well, and once these get out of my photo light, they will be easier to toss to the side.  Ulimately, if you are a BTTF fan, and you like the replicas, you will love these.

Maybe as much as I love the Toyota 2000GT.  I have featured it before, so no need to write more (It's a beauty!).

That leaves two others.  The '67 Camaro is gorgeous, and is bound to be very popular in such a clean color and design.  The Fast & Furious Charger is still what it always was, with what appears to be a few more details.  It looks good, but considering another model could have taken its place, I don't know why it was done.

This is a really nice batch.  Nothing too cartoony, outside of that flying car...

(Find Retro Batch H at Wheel Collectors, and look at all the listings, as they have customized a few listings for those that just want the BTTF cars and nothing else...)

Hot Rod has a great story on their Facebook page today, a guy came back from Nam, traded in his 442, and used the wedding ring money, to buy this 1969 Charger 500

and recently, went for the stock racing look

Of course his wife was pissed that he used the wedding ring funds for a car, and has griped that he should sell it (over the last 45 years) but he told her the day she sold her horses, he'd sell his horsepower. She never took him up on that.

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/1506-putting-the-nascar-back-into-a-1969-dodge-charger-500/ for a full gallery and full story

the Drag Pak is back, factory race cars not street legal to remind the Mustangs and Camaros that true competition is still around, this time, with factory supercharged Hemi power

Supercharged 354 or natural induction 426 engines

http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/mopar-unveils-new-drag-pack-challengers-blown-and-naturally-aspirated-combos-available-look-out-ford-and-gm/

a 68 Road Runner restored to a level I've never seen before, with two things I've never even heard of on a restored car; dealership temp registration and paper license plate

I can't recall if I've seen or posted about this metal tab in the above photo, but I can't remember a thin about it, so if anyone knows about it please comment or email me so I can share the info (jbohjkl@yahoo.com)

plum crazy hemi beast

imagine your anger at putting your car together and finally finishing the restoration, arriving at the car show, and finding that the underhood insulation destroyed the air filter housing's paint job

just a guess that the repop insulation is thicker than original

best looking 1st gen Barracuda I've seen in a long time... the Valiant body wasn't a good looking car imo

Found on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mopar-Style-The-Visual-Art/268199166661403

First Look: Hot Wheels '15 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat...

Yeah, it's a Hellcat.  But it is highly unlikely that the word "Hellcat" will ever find its way to a Hot Wheels car and cardbacks.

So with that out of the way, let's move on to the model.  I say Hellcat, you say 700 hp.  That is all you need to know.  But you already know that too.  You think about that like you would a ghost pepper.  Complete intrigue, and definitely a little fear.  The car is a monster.  Inside and out.

So of course Hot Wheels was going to make it.  (We assume the Charger will arrive one of these days too.)  And considering that, the next question was whether or not it would sport the large rear wheels. Collectors have a love/hate relationship with those backside behemoths.  Sometimes they make a good model great, other times a great model bad.  Other times you wish they weren't there, and others you just live with them.

But in the case of the Hot Wheels Challenger, from the Concept in 2007, to the SRT a year later, through the Drift version, I have not been a fan of the rear wheels at all.  The Challenger just doesn't look like the Challenger.  They are not an enhancement at all.  They make the car look like something completely different.

So we were very curious to see what would appear.  We now know:

Yeah, they are still there.  It is really too bad.  Seeing the rear sit level with the front would make this model darn near perfect.

But I will confess something.  I still really like it.  A lot of love was clearly put into this one.  The front grill area is fantastic.  The body is super clean, and the choice of red with black wheels gives it that Hellcat look.  And look, that front chin is perfect.

But as much as I like it, I will always look at with that "what could have been" sigh.  Thankfully, my recently acquired Holy Grail from Matchbox more than scratches that itch:

Too much of a difference, eh?  I would show that the Hellcat is an improvement over the last few Challengers, but I don't have any to compare it with.  I just have never been a fan.  I will keep this one though.

(Find the Hellcat at Wheel Collectors)

Hot Wheels '15 Dodge Challenger Hellcat (2015 New Models):