What is a " Rear loading beach bomb"
01-23-2006, 09:33 PM
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Rare ORIGINAL Rear Loading Beach Bomb
on ebay. and you thought your 944 was collectible!!! at least porsche designed the original motor.
Rare ORIGINAL Rear Loading Beach Bomb
on ebay. and you thought your 944 was collectible!!! at least porsche designed the original motor.
01-23-2006, 09:56 PM
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I was so curious as to why this thing was going for so much money. So i researched a little bit..
In 1969, Mattel released the most infamous, and most sought-after, model in the history of Hot Wheels: the rear-loading Beach Bomb. This rendition of a customized Volkswagen microbus is so prized by collectors that a California firm, Brightvision, is selling replicas of this model for about $200 apiece to collectors who'd rather have a "fake" than fork over the going rate for this monster. That rate, by the way, is on the order of US$30,000 or so at auction. Mattel pulled the Beach Bomb and retooled this toy to meet the specifications of playset accessories which wouldn't work with the original die.
Here is some interesting (okay, i didnt even read the entire thing) about it.
http://www.cublea.net/p2p/hwindex/bombed.html
In 1969, Mattel released the most infamous, and most sought-after, model in the history of Hot Wheels: the rear-loading Beach Bomb. This rendition of a customized Volkswagen microbus is so prized by collectors that a California firm, Brightvision, is selling replicas of this model for about $200 apiece to collectors who'd rather have a "fake" than fork over the going rate for this monster. That rate, by the way, is on the order of US$30,000 or so at auction. Mattel pulled the Beach Bomb and retooled this toy to meet the specifications of playset accessories which wouldn't work with the original die.
Here is some interesting (okay, i didnt even read the entire thing) about it.
http://www.cublea.net/p2p/hwindex/bombed.html
