Thursday, July 30, 2015

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame: Ferrari TR 250 & Michael Schumacher F1 King


Hot Wheels Hall of Fame: Ferrari TR 250 & Michael Schumacher F1 King

Couple of nice HoF Ferraris.  

TR 250
ferrari exclusive rights mattel bburago maisto may cheong

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame: Ferrari TR 250

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame: Ferrari TR 250 front rear back

Michael Schumacher F1 King
ferrari exclusive rights mattel bburago maisto may cheong

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame: Ferrari   Michael Schumacher F1 King

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame: Ferrari   Michael Schumacher F1 King front back rear

No more Ferrari Hot Wheels for while, thanks to the exclusive license awarded to the May Cheong Group.  Expect to see only Maisto & Bburago Ferraris, who are owned by May Cheong.  Maisto & Bburago are often considered the least 'appealing' 1/64 diecasts, so this move by Ferrari has caused much frustration in the collector community.  

While Mattel held the rights from the 1999 ~ 2015, Kyosho famously worked around it by making their minicars require simple assembling.  This let them sell Ferrari cars in 1/64 scale during the Mattel era.  I hope for such loophole again, but I've yet to hear anything.  Shucks.




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