[Wyatt]

Spoiler, casting #113, date 1995.

No known variations.



JLCollector link: http://www.jlcollector.com/113.html

[RacerJoe]

Another Great weekly picture

[davidj]

Lookin' good!! Thanks, Wyatt!

[darkwiz]

Cool pic Wyatt!!!! I don't have a version of this casting so my input is nil . Though I will say the front end look's to be a knock off of the Mach 5.

[STUTZ]

I also don't have this casting Wyatt.

Thanks for the variety in the pictures of the week.

[martijn'75]

Great picture Wyatt but not my cup of tea. I wonder what your next picture will be.

Keep up the good work.
M75

[Jeff Koch]

This is an homage to the genesis of Johnny Lightning--one of their early fantasy cars.

I wonder how these would look with nicer wheels and tires, painted wings, and painted interiors. Love for the Topper series had largely waned by the time I got there, so we never pursued it...if it was even brought up at all!

jk

[Wyatt]

Great picture Wyatt but not my cup of tea. I wonder what your next picture will be.

Keep up the good work.
M75

I think it's an important part of Johnny Lightning history.

[accobra64]

I think it's an important part of Johnny Lightning history.

It is always interesting to look back.
This casting does give you an idea of where the Johnny Lightning castings began in the sense of design.

I go along with Jeff with his comment about the wing having been painted instead of the plain plastic.

I believe that serious JL collectors should have at least one copy of this casting in their collection for historical reasons.

By today's JL casting standards, I doubt that many collectors would buy it.
But it is still nice to look back as we move forward.

Thanks Wyatt for another Picture Of The Week of a casting that probably has been long forgotten and not seen by most current JL collectors.

Cheers. Cobra

[The Wheelman]

I miss my Custom Spoiler from childhood.

[accobra64]

I miss my Custom Spoiler from childhood.

Childhood memories.
Some of them are priceless when you think about some of the toys that you played with on a daily basis.
There were always those favourite few.
Maybe one day you will find another very similar to the original.
I am sure that the casting had a lot of fun value for you.

Cheers. Cobra

[martijn'75]

Wyatt I do understand your reasons behind posting pics like these and its great to see those fantasy cars from the early years. We all got our own reasons to collect Johnny's and mine is pretty simple. If I like a casting I will try to get in in my collection. That's why I don't agree with AC's point of view that every "serious" collector should own a piece of Johnny history. It's different for everyone. And does my point of view make me a less "serious" collector? I'm not trying to offend anyone but for me bottom line is that it's a matter of taste.

Great picture not my cup of tea.
Keep up the good work and see you guy's around!

M75

[Fury Us]

Even before I read your comment, Wyatt, about the historical aspect of this casting, my thought was the same. It all started with Toppers, right?

But for me, even as a kid, I have always preferred realistic diecast. That is why I had so many more Lesneys than Hot Wheels. (actually, I still have the Lesneys). If I was exposed to the Toppers as a kid, they wouldn't have appealed to me.

But this is a JL -centered board and I'm sure there are many Toppers collectors here; they deserve notice. Thanks for another great installment of Pic O' The Week.

[James]

Wyatt I do understand your reasons behind posting pics like these and its great to see those fantasy cars from the early years. We all got our own reasons to collect Johnny's and mine is pretty simple. If I like a casting I will try to get in in my collection. That's why I don't agree with AC's point of view that every "serious" collector should own a piece of Johnny history. It's different for everyone. And does my point of view make me a less "serious" collector? I'm not trying to offend anyone but for me bottom line is that it's a matter of taste.

Great picture not my cup of tea.
Keep up the good work and see you guy's around!

M75

I agree with you 100%, thats one of the reasons why I never bought a Speed Racer, one time somebody mentioned that everyone should have a speed racer in their collection, and several times I picked one up, then another, and another and looked and looked and said nah, no thanks, and moved on to the other brand to pick up a realistic muscle or puddle jumper car. I could say because of my collecting habits that every serious collector should have several Chevy's in their collection but that it just my opinion, like people should eat their burgers at A&W not well you get my point. Too me here are some of the signs of a serious collector.

1. You pass on buying coffee or soda at break time at work because tonite is the diecast hunting night and you want all the cash you can get your hands on. (Disregard item 1, if you are flush with cash like Jay Leno)

2. When family members ask you what you want for your birthday, Christmas, etc, you say, well I have my eyes on a couple of diecast cars over at Wally World.

3. You'll drive 50 miles to check out a TRU or other diecast store for new Johnnies (Disregard if you live in Europe)

4. If you have Ebay tuned up so that when you log on you automatically go you the diecast search page

5. and the one, I like the best, If you wife thinks you are a little crazy, for spending all that time and money playing with a child's toy.

6. Vroom Vroom, who left all these tire track circles on my workbench, LUMMOX, did you do that!

cool, nice donuts


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Even before I read your comment, Wyatt, about the historical aspect of this casting, my thought was the same. It all started with Toppers, right?

But for me, even as a kid, I have always preferred realistic diecast. That is why I had so many more Lesneys than Hot Wheels. (actually, I still have the Lesneys). If I was exposed to the Toppers as a kid, they wouldn't have appealed to me.

But this is a JL -centered board and I'm sure there are many Toppers collectors here; they deserve notice. Thanks for another great installment of Pic O' The Week.

And again I agree totally, I am a realism type collector, thats not to say I do not have some fantasy cars in my collection, one of my favorite, is the Sky Car, I have it hanging from one of my car shelves, It was a RAOK, and I love it, probably would not of purchased it, but gifts I really appreciate and have them in place sof honour in my collection. Back to realism, Something else that very seldom makes it into my collection are non North American castings, They just don't turn my crank.

You lucky son of a .... Fury, if you have the Lesney's from your youth, I wish I still did. The were so real like and I spent hours in the sandbox playing with them.

However I also appreciate the passion choices of my fellow collectors and the detail and quality of almost any diecast issue. I applaud Wyatt's choice his week, its a casting I would probably never see close up.

And that being said, I'll probably go out to a garage sale and find a whole mess of them at 4 for a dollar and buy them all up. Price is still a big selling factor, IMHO.

My two cents from my soapbox,

Collect what you like so you like what you collect. !

[davidj]

I had to go look. I have two of these, the yellow and the Aqua(?), release 1 and 2 only. I guess I liked them enough to buy them then. I have one of all of the cars issued in release 1.

[accobra64]

1. You pass on buying coffee or soda at break time at work because tonite is the diecast hunting night and you want all the cash you can get your hands on. (Disregard item 1, if you are flush with cash like Jay Leno)

Not likely.
I'm NOT that serious about diecast.

2. When family members ask you what you want for your birthday, Christmas, etc, you say, well I have my eyes on a couple of diecast cars over at Wally World.

A nice thought but woudn't fly in my case.
If I did get a diecast piece for one of those special events, it would be a surprise but not something that I specifically asked for or badgered a love one into purchasing.

3. You'll drive 50 miles to check out a TRU or other diecast store for new Johnnies (Disregard if you live in Europe)

Only if it is on the way in either direction while driving to another destination (grocery shopping, site-seeing, etc.).
I will drive to my local WM to check out the diecast but not three times a day or even every day.
Usually a waste of time and gas.

4. If you have Ebay tuned up so that when you log on you automatically go you the diecast search page

NOT ME!!!
Occasionally, I will check out JLs on E-bay.

5. and the one, I like the best, If you wife thinks you are a little crazy, for spending all that time and money playing with a child's toy.

I think that the answer may be yes to this statement for many of us.

6. Vroom Vroom, who left all these tire track circles on my workbench, LUMMOX, did you do that!

cool, nice donuts

"Once a kid, always a kid". Who said that we couldn't play or really enjoy those JL castings!!


Quote: "I believe that serious JL collectors should have at least one copy of this casting in their collection for historical reasons."

To James, Martijn, Fury Us and others, I had NO intentions of stirring up a debate.
It was just a comment and should be left at that.
Please ignore my qbove comment.
I was wrong.

Cheers. Cobra

[James]

1. You pass on buying coffee or soda at break time at work because tonite is the diecast hunting night and you want all the cash you can get your hands on. (Disregard item 1, if you are flush with cash like Jay Leno)

Not likely.
I'm NOT that serious about diecast.

2. When family members ask you what you want for your birthday, Christmas, etc, you say, well I have my eyes on a couple of diecast cars over at Wally World.

A nice thought but woudn't fly in my case.
If I did get a diecast piece for one of those special events, it would be a surprise but not something that I specifically asked for or badgered a love one into purchasing.

3. You'll drive 50 miles to check out a TRU or other diecast store for new Johnnies (Disregard if you live in Europe)

Only if it is on the way in either direction while driving to another destination (grocery shopping, site-seeing, etc.).
I will drive to my local WM to check out the diecast but not three times a day or even every day.
Usually a waste of time and gas.

4. If you have Ebay tuned up so that when you log on you automatically go you the diecast search page

NOT ME!!!
Occasionally, I will check out JLs on E-bay.

5. and the one, I like the best, If you wife thinks you are a little crazy, for spending all that time and money playing with a child's toy.

I think that the answer may be yes to this statement for many of us.

6. Vroom Vroom, who left all these tire track circles on my workbench, LUMMOX, did you do that!

cool, nice donuts

"Once a kid, always a kid". Who said that we couldn't play or really enjoy those JL castings!!
Quote: "I believe that serious JL collectors should have at least one copy of this casting in their collection for historical reasons."

To James, Martijn, Fury Us and others, I had NO intentions of stirring up a debate.
It was just a comment and should be left at that.
Please ignore my qbove comment.
I was wrong.

Cheers. Cobra

Ignored and forgotten, We love ya AC, and next time your computer goes on the fritz, get to a library or something, we missed you so much, the posting slowed right down to almost a crawl, despite what Stutz and RW were doing to liven it up

Anyway, hows your Wally's these days, mine still sucks, although I think a few Speed Racers are gone, but still plenty left. I am thinking about moving them out on the huge HW Speed racer display in the middle of the aisle to see if they move faster

I have an Olds, a GTO, a Avanti or 2 left on the pegs. Heading to Halifax on June 1, there are 5 Walmarts between here and there And I am presuming a useless TRU. Even the TRU in Mississauga Ontario was useless. (For anything diecast)

Cheers

[Fury Us]

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I believe that serious JL collectors should have at least one copy of this casting in their collection for historical reasons......................

Gerry,
Absolutely NO offense taken. You have the right to your opinion. So, I'll settle for being a "Not-so-serious JL collector"

Even though I do go for realism in diecast, I will admit that I have the short-wing and long-wing versions of the Supercar. I remember watching that show as a VERY young child. But, come to think of it, the Supercar castings I have really are realistic because actual models were made for the show, since it was not a cartoon.

[zilleonti]

The shape of it looks like a cross between a Stingray and the Charger III Concept.
The front end is a hybrid of a Mach 5 and a Stingray.
The windshield almost looks like it can just 'pop-up'. Cool I think.

Overall it's very retro looking. I would pick up a handful of them if I ever came across any.

[martijn'75]

We can be proud with the fact that we can share thoughts without getting upset or start screaming to eachother. One of the reasons why tis board is great to visit. I'm glad everybody is around and keep posting what you want to post.



M75