Hotwheels - El Segundo Coupe (2024)
The fifth Hotwheels build for this month is a more current model.
Just in time too, for instagram #mocaroundgang mocaround76 to the build theme hotwheels.
Hotwheels has many weird (very weird) custom designs, as well as replica versions of real car. My favourite genre though, is cars that could well have been real, but still display outstanding creative design skill. I have read that some of the early Hotwheels designers are graduates of the small number of Automotive Design Schools in the US, and some the models they designed certainly had Design School feel to them.
The El Segundo Coupe, shown here is described as ' a depiction of a futuristic coupe with vintage style elements'. There are a few different panit combinations available of this casting, but the teal with stripes is the one that best captures this description.
Incidentally, the El Segundo name comes from the part of Los Angeles where Mattel is headquarted. The same mean 'the second' in Spanish, as this was the location of the second oil refinery on the West Coast USA for Standard Oil. So now you know.
Code 051/250
This Hotwheels casting debuted in 2023, designed by Sonny Fisher.
If you would like to participate in the MOCaroundgang build challenge, head over to Instagram, make sure to tag the host (me) @lego__911 (there are two underscore characters) and the challenge tags #hotwheels #mocaround76
The submission date for this build challenge is April 13th.
Hotwheels - El Segundo Coupe (2024)
The fifth Hotwheels build for this month is a more current model.
Just in time too, for instagram #mocaroundgang mocaround76 to the build theme hotwheels.
Hotwheels has many weird (very weird) custom designs, as well as replica versions of real car. My favourite genre though, is cars that could well have been real, but still display outstanding creative design skill. I have read that some of the early Hotwheels designers are graduates of the small number of Automotive Design Schools in the US, and some the models they designed certainly had Design School feel to them.
The El Segundo Coupe, shown here is described as ' a depiction of a futuristic coupe with vintage style elements'. There are a few different panit combinations available of this casting, but the teal with stripes is the one that best captures this description.
Incidentally, the El Segundo name comes from the part of Los Angeles where Mattel is headquarted. The same mean 'the second' in Spanish, as this was the location of the second oil refinery on the West Coast USA for Standard Oil. So now you know.
Code 051/250
This Hotwheels casting debuted in 2023, designed by Sonny Fisher.
If you would like to participate in the MOCaroundgang build challenge, head over to Instagram, make sure to tag the host (me) @lego__911 (there are two underscore characters) and the challenge tags #hotwheels #mocaround76
The submission date for this build challenge is April 13th.