Does anyone remember a small toy car which had a panel that was crumpled like a crash

[spagblog]

The car was like a hotwheel car, it looked fine until you crashed it into something and then the hood would flip over to show a smashed panel.

You rotated it back to make it good as new again.

Anyone seen these?

[Heather74]

Re: Does anyone remember a small toy car which had a panel that was crumpled like a c

they were Hotwheels. taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels

Two other innovations were introduced briefly in Hotwheels cars in the 1980s - Thermal Color Change paint, and rotating Crash Panel vehicles. The former were able to change color on exposure to hot or cold water, and there were an initial release of 20 different cars, available as sets of three vehicles. The latter were vehicles with a panel that, on contact, would rotate to reveal a flip side which appeared to be heavily dented. Variations in crash-panels included front, rear and side panels, the last of which's mechanism has proven to be the most durable.

[sixtyten]

Re: Does anyone remember a small toy car which had a panel that was crumpled like a c

Hot Wheels Crackups

http://www.rockertron.com/catalogue.php?cat=7&subcat=37

[Heather74]

Re: Does anyone remember a small toy car which had a panel that was crumpled like a c

Daz beat me to it but here's an advert
YouTube - 80's Hot Wheels Crack-Ups Crash Course Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEMPErsYbA

[sixtyten]

Re: Does anyone remember a small toy car which had a panel that was crumpled like a c

Yep..these are the buggers.. the package says "rotate crash panel to repair"

[spagblog]

Re: Does anyone remember a small toy car which had a panel that was crumpled like a c

Thank you so much!

This is brilliant. I had given up hope