20 GF5 69 GTO Judge

69 GTO Judge

If you have a minute and do a quick Google search for 70 GTO Judge! You will then see some images of a real car that looks pretty close to this one. Although the one made famous by the internet is a 70 GTO.

The 69 GTO Judge shown here is the tooned version. Tooned is a mainline sub-series of cars that are well, "car-toonish" and just a little wilder than real life. Most of the Tooned series feature bodies that are augmented in some way. This one is among the first in the series and surprisingly is one of the only ones to feature a body that is not too wildly augmented likes its tooned series brothers and sisters, only the engine. 

It is unclear if the real car inspired this one or not - maybe vice-versa? This series also may have given the idea for Snot Rod in the Cars movie series (the Hot Wheels came first though). It is a very cool looking hot rod and is actually a pretty cool collector piece for any hot rod or muscle car collection. The first edition (2003) was painted in the popular and period correct orange with "The Judge" decal on the side. This release (2010) was typically found in a tooned muscle 5 pack with other tooned muscle cars. Out of the 5 packs, this was one of my personal favorites. I can imagine the sound this vehicle would make and the feeling of the rumble below my feet as this vehicle past me by. it is however hard to imagine driving it because that motor is so big, you would have a massive blind spot, telling me that it is designed for one thing only, straight line domination. 

The paint job on this release is a pearl white with red decals. The red striping is not over the top and suits the look well. The gold 5 spokes look good but a wheel swap to some fat real riders would really make this one look great.

Thank you,

Collector Quentin

I own the actual diecast pictured in this post. However, all packaging artwork, Mattel or Hot Wheels logos, paint descriptions and wheel descriptions in regard to the Hot Wheels versions are copyrights of the Mattel toy company.

id 20-06 KITT

K.I.T.T. – id

This casting really needs no introduction but just in case, it is a copy of the Trans Am driven by Michael Knight in the TV show Knight Rider. This version is my least favorite release so far but it gets popular and hard to find in the mainline so I though it would be best to grab one while I could.

The id version of KITT scores low for me as the detailing is not up to the standards of the rest of the id series in my opinion. There is a license plate that reads KNIGHT and is detailed as a California plate. The detailing for the plate is very well done. The front light that was the famous characteristic of the real car is a decal but is very hard to see. The original TV car was a menacing solid black and the spectraflame black looks more like gunmetal than black. I would prefer a solid gloss black paint job for this one. The interior color is correct and looks good. This seems to be a re-casting of the mainline with a red decal for the front light and the id chip added, nothing more. To pick this review back up off the floor, the wheels are very nicely done in black with a chrome ring and red lettering.  I like this treatment on the wheels.

I have used this car in the app. It is easy to drive and is competent on track. If you look at it in the virtual garage, it actually looks better than the real casting! The light also moves and has the noise of the real tv car!

Thank you,

Collector Quentin

I own the actual diecast pictured in this post. However, all packaging artwork, Mattel or Hot Wheels logos, paint descriptions and wheel descriptions in regard to the Hot Wheels versions are copyrights of the Mattel toy company.