Well, you Eagle guys should be ecstatic over THIS news - Johnny Lightning has an SX/4 diecast planned, it's still on the drawing board, and Tom Zahorsky, the senior Design Manager, is the one behind it. Not sure when it's planned release date is, but probably late 2010 or early 2011. This is probably the only other SX/4 model done since the '80's Stomper mini 4x4 toy plastic car came out. I belong to the JLTalk.com forum that is for JL cars, so I"m getting the info from the horses mouth, as Tom is a member of this board and regularly posts things about his company and current and future projects.
Some recent AMC diecasts released ( or re-released ) was a '69 AMX, recently in
both pink and red/white/blue, might have been the old RC ( Racing Champions ) mold, not sure on that, but if you ever wanted a Playboy pink AMX diecast in 1/64, now is the time to get them. This is in the 40th series, a slightly cheaper car with plastic base, but still, any AMC is a GOOD AMC. No Gremlins or Hornets in this series yet. Jeep CJ-5, yes.
Well, just thought I'd let you Eagle guys know that something special is in the works. Stay tuned for later this year, as more info comes out. Tom is currently looking for a car to use for the design, and I said I'd help him out if he'd give me the location of where he needed the car, maybe we could find a local one for him. SUAD list, anyone? Haven't heard back from him yet, though. So, for you diecast-starved Eagle fans, there's one on the way! Woohoo!
Jerry Casper
Woodbridge, VA
9 Gremlins
3 Matadors
1 '70 Javelin
1 '79 Pacer wagon
1 '79 Spirit
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