20 GF13 Tooned Chrysler 300

Tooned Chrysler 300

The tooned series can go several ways. This one is part of a sub segment called “Blings”. Blings originally and typically throughout the release life have big exotic chrome rims. There are 2 subseries to the tooned series, Blings, cars with augmented bodies and big wheels and Tooned, slightly augmented bodies, big engines and big wings. The 300 casting floats in between these sub series.

This particular release is from the 2017 Tooned series. It features the PR5 Wheels and a sinister dark metallic grey tone, implying that this one is more ready to rumble on the strip than at the car shows. There is a “regular” casting for the Chrysler 300 but it too is a little augmented and usually features big bling wheels. The toned can be fun to collect and they are easy to find. There are some really fun releases out there and a toned collection would be a large collection on its own.  

All in all, this casting is just that, a really fun casting but it serves little purpose beyond collecting. It has really low stance and snags on the track dividers. It is metal body but plastic base and doesn’t have much weight, so it is horrible through boosters and fails at loops. One upside to this toned casting is that it actually has better body lines and features than the “regular” casting. The grill and headlights look great, the rear section look spot on, and the body lines are all there albeit a little augmented. I personally started collecting this casting as something fun to add to my collection.

Thank you,

Collector Quentin

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

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.