1979-83, Corgi Batmobile, black tyres, wide whizzwheels.
The first and the last one "Wide Whizzwheels" |
Prototype
product development..wide wheels 267 batmobile...and basically one of the
last blue dash cars to be ever built...even comes in a box that packing dept
made up to fit it, as there were no boxes left for a handfull of cars and
no further print runs due to its demise...
All parts remaining were bunged on these cars...Good bad..busted or ugly...batcopter
decals replaced the run out standard door bats..chrome was spared on the last
few remaining dashes..and no Robin...also note the rare "red" headlights
that Jeff Gentry will know about..
One rare batmobile..due mainly to its provenance..the other box for prototype
is just a home brewed storage box...so basically the first ever wide wheels
last issue car built in prototype form..and probably one of the last five
or so cars to leave Fforestfach plant in around 1982ish.
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Brett Smuda
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Fforestfach #1 prototype build of the c267 wide whizzwheels c 1979/81 car.
Made by Mettoy ( corgi toys) product development dept to show purchasing dept,
what their newly accomplished last issue Batmobile would look like!.... crudely
made with lots of things not detailed or finished as there was no need..this
was a test piece that deffo would of been stripped for bits if it stayed inside!!
Standard issue body with all the plastic injection moulded in black polypropylene..clear
almost green clear screens..no wheel centres..grille details..and many more
things like the chrome finish missing..as said there was no need to do this
for a hand around visual item that for all involved would know what was coloured
or chromed!!! All metal work is rough base mazak cast inc siren..towbar blade
and rocket wheel...
Very rare pre production prototype for the new wide whizzwheels issue corgi batmobile...
Only about 5 were made to show what potentially the final built for sale model
would sit and look like for management to pass off.
Note the cost / value of the exercise...all plastic is cast in either grey
or black nylon and remained unchromed or gilded..clear screen unit to save
dye costs on the 5 built...no figures...aerial..(now snapped!!) Was rigid
plastic.. no wheel centres fitted..and no decals or mask sprayed headlamps..paint
is rough as expected to what was probably going to be restripped anyway...
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