Bone Shaker
The Bone shaker. The latest flagship car for the Hot Wheels
brand. Hot Wheels has always embodied and celebrated cool hot rods and custom
cars. Flagship car – a car that Mattel / Hot Wheels has actually manufactured
into a real-life car that tours to chows and collector events around the United
States. In an episode of Jay Leno Garage, a Hot Wheels designer noted that
there are 14 such cars. The Bone Shaker is one of those additions. Darth Vader
is the latest.
The Bone Shaker
casting has been featured in the Xbox Forza Motorsport video game and is the
only car in the id series app to have a different paint job for the app car
than the physical casting.
The Bone Shaker was designed by Larry Wood and was first
released in 2006 [1]. Bone shaker is the embodiment of the rat rod styling. A
huge skull for a front grill, the skeleton hands holding the headlights in
place. No frills interior, just seats and pedals are all you need. There have
been a couple different versions of the casting. The main casting has an open
roof. There is also a casting with a closed roof. There is a 1:48 scale
release. 2018 collectors were treated to a limited run chase version with
rubber tires painted like the real-life car and there were only 10000 pieces
made, making it extremely rare and expensive when found for sale.
Bone Shaker has been in the main line every year since 2006
and has been featured in most of the Premium line including the 2020 Boulevard
set which is a collector favorite (the boulevard sets have premium liveries and
real riders with special wheels). There is also a special Batman 5 pack release
that has not appeared anywhere else, the Joker Bone Shaker with purple paint
and green wheels. Bone Shaker is a simple casting with not too much detail, but
it doesn’t need a lot of detail, it is a true rat rod and that is how rat rods
are meant to be. Bad to the Bone!!!
The real car is an exact replica (not sure which came
first) of the 1:64 version. If you are curious about the specs and more images,
check out this short article for more information:
(photo courtesy of Google - labeled for reuse)
Take note that the real car is the open top version! There
is no doubt that the Bone Shaker, weather in real life or on the pegs, will be
sure to entertain and amuse all ages of Hot Wheels fans for many years to come.
Happy Peg Hunting,
Collector Quentin
I own the actual diecast pictured in this blog post. However,
all Hot Wheels packaging artwork, Mattel logos, Hot Wheels logos, wheel types
and paint descriptions in regard to the Hot Wheels versions are copyrights of
the Mattel toy company.
[1] Casting information gathered from:
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