| When you talk of the car brand Volkswagen, there’s more to the history and where it all began. But if you’re not into cars, you won’t bother to know about it, but when it becomes a miniature diecast car, there are anecdotes and stories behind it. There’s a story behind everything out there, and if you are into collecting diecast cars, conversations are born from it, and stories are told.
These days, interest in diecast cars personally is more about the details and how the casting tries to be accurate from the real car itself. In the past, I’ve shared a story about Hot Wheels random cars that keep me interested because growing up driving one had become part of me. Collecting the same casting with a different livery would rarely get you coming for more. In this case, the VW Käfer Racer. |
The VW Käfer Racer is half-fiction, a licensed car, meaning the design is not based on a real car, but a collaboration between Hot Wheels and Volkswagen to come up with an existing car that was heavily modified and turned into something radical that would actually work in the real world as a race car. The classic Volkswagen Beetle has been turned into so many things, from a Baja Bug to a sophisticated racing car.
But this car is no common bug, it was based on a previous VW casting as explained back exactly three years ago when the Käfer Racer first released for the 2017 range. I’ve owned a single casting with one or two liveries or colors, but never like this one when I got the first year’s release in MOMO livery. This one for 2019 is MOONEYES USA, which has been used for other licensed cars for Hot Wheels.
It was unexpected that I acquired two of these due to a story about how I got them at the Landmark department store. I’m particular about the card art of some of the cars, but this one had the price tag got markings by the staff, and I eventually bought a second one to keep along with the previous releases.
This is not the first time it was painted in black, but in matte finish, really stands out with a toned grey chassis and bright yellow interior with mufflers coming out at the back for the engine. It’s using a more realistic type of wheels that you can only find in the premium editions. The trims and stripes complement the yellow exhaust to match the color combinations of the signature colors of MOONEYES USA.
The colors definitely work with this one as the second color to the yellow version that was released late 2018/early 2019. The side-by-side comparisons to the debut year in 2017 clearly see the difference with the matte finish versus the shiny appearance improves not to forget a set of wheels.
Overall, if you’re not into collecting the same casting all over again, as I have, and you already have the first ones, then there’s no need to add this to your collection. But if you are into it, you’ll definitely pick this up. There is no news if it will be included for 2021, but it's good enough to have this version, which is worth acquiring.
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