First Look: Hot Wheels Retro Entertainment Magnum PI Ferrari 308 (with some comparison pics) and Miami Vice Ferrari F512 M...


I am continuing my week in Dallas.  It is hot.  It is humid.  And not that I know because I have been trapped in a hotel all day every day in meetings.  Tuesday was a 12-hour marathon.

So under the circumstances, a little escape by daydreaming about a drive in a fast car along a beautiful beach is a good idea.  Not to mention, doing so with a Selleck mustache or Don Johnson linen suit makes it even better.  So no better time to show Hot Wheels' latest Retro Entertainment Ferraris.

I am too tired to write too much, but there are two interesting points on both of these models.

First, a few have asked if there is anything different between the Magnum 308 and the HW Garage model issued a couple of years ago.  Well, yes there is.  The wheels might be the same.  The color too.  But other than that they could not be more different.  (Sense the sarcasm?)  A little bit more trim on the Magnum Ferrari, plus a different interior.  Check out the pics and I will leave it up to you as to whether you will buy it or not.

Second, there have been a few comments on the Lamley Facebook Page about the fact that Hot Wheels used the F512 M instead of the Testarossa for Crockett and Tubbs cop car.  My guess is because they have no Testarossa tool to use.  The F512 M has never been a casting I have liked.  It seems a little clunky, but then again so does the real car.  And I would not complain at all if Hot Wheels decided to do a refreshed Testarossa.  It is after all an iconic car for us Gen Xer's, even if it is ugly.

Want both?  Find them at Wheel Collectors...


Hot Wheels Ferrari 308 & Ferrari F512 M (2013 Retro Entertainment):





Together with the Garage 308.





And the other red 308's:

Ferrari Racers:

Basic:


And with the elusive OH5 basic:







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