I love how they retract into the body and stay hidden, and that they have similar vein detail as the 1/1 scale car. Other 1/64th scale cars have pull-out wings, like Jet Threat 4.0 and Airuption, but none of them have the wing detail or hidden factor that the CCBB car does.
The Hot Wheels Legends #44 car I posted about last year had some great features that are hard to beat, but the CCBB’s pull-out wings are up there as coolest stand-alone feature. This is seriously one of the coolest features on a 1/64th scale car I’ve seen. Yes! The car comes equipped with a retractable wing on each side that pulls out with a touch of the finger.
This model is already pretty impressive, but we haven’t even got to the best part yet! Remember those yellow parts under the floor? Drum-roll please……………. The other figures received similar detailing but with slightly less colors.
#CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG FULL MOVIE DRIVER#
The driver has a blue mechanic’s suit, yellow undershirt, gray gloves, peach face, red lips, black eyes, and silver goggles – seven colors for that figure alone. The figures are molded plastic that are, in my opinion, painted with incredible detail. The CCBB car has not one set but two sets of figures at that. Most of Husky’s star cars came with detailed interiors and figures - which I think is a fabulous feature. A large steering wheel pokes out from the floor area and meets a set of painted figures. As you can see this part is designed to resemble a boat’s hull and Husky did a good job designing it to resemble rows of wood planks. The passenger portion of the car has a brown outer diecast shell with a red, plastic interior. You’ll notice both sides of the car has a yellow portion below the floor, but we’ll touch on that a little later. The lever itself is simple molded plastic, but for a 50 year old part it’s quite detailed. As we move towards the passenger compartment we can see the car has an additional plastic piece that serves as the controls for the car’s special features. The driver’s side of the car also has faux hood louvers but trades exhaust ports for hood latches. The wheels are brass era style 10-spokes that are surrounded by a thin plastic tire. The hood casting has faux louvers in it and vents that would probably be for heat or exhaust. The front of the car is probably the only stock-looking part of the car as it has a pretty standard equipment, early 1900s front end with large headlights and vertical grille.Īs we move down the car we see the long nose/hood area is chromed and has good detailing. The regular, and I use regular loosely here, car looks very unique. First let’s take a look at the car in “stock” form. The car has details top to bottom, and some hidden features that rival some of today’s RLC releases. While the Batmobile and Aston are both excellent takes on both cars, the CCBB replica really blows the rest of the 1968 diecast line-up out of the water. At Husky’s peak they had about 75 different models and featured several notable star cars – namely the 1966 Batmobile, the CCBB car, and James Bond’s Aston Martin. The British diecast brand lasted until about 1970 when it merged with Corgi. Husky was founded in 1964 and set out to be a competitor to then market-leader Matchbox. Enter the Husky Chitty Chitty Bang Bang diecast replica.
A fan-made chart showing off Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s features.Īfter looking at that chart you might think the car has waaaay to many features to stuff into a 1/64th scale car….but in 1968 Husky made the impossible happen. Not only did car lovers get blessed with Mattel’s finest in 1968, they also got some big screen gifts in the form of Bullitt, The Love Bug, and a British flick featuring a wacky car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.īuy an original Husky Chitty Chitty Bang Bang carĬhitty Chitty Bang Bang (CCBB from hereon out) tells the tale of a vintage race car sent out to pasture and then resurrected by inventor Caractacus Potts (played by Dick Van Dyke) who then modified it to not only drive again, but to also fly and float. The year was 1968: Apollo 8 orbits the moon, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood airs its first episode, Boeing unveils the 747 to the public, and Mattel introduces a new line of toy cars called Hot Wheels.
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