Can your Porsche 911 be a Star, in miniature?

[Aanderson44]

Hi, New here!

Johnny Lightning, the maker of those cool little 1:64 scale diecast miniature cars, is looking for some good pics of your 80-85 911 Turbo wide bodied Carerra, for consideration as a car to be replicated in our very popular, long-running Classic Gold Series.

When a car is selected for Johnny Lightning's Classic Gold Series, we take the image of that car, make it into a color, collector's photo card, that car is replicated, as exactly as we can make it, and both car and matching photo card are included in the packaging.

When we do this, we compensate the owners of cars whose pictures we use, by a quantity of their car, packaged as it would be in retail stores, complete with the photocard, along with the opportunity for them to purchase additional models of their car at a substantial discount from the retail price.

It's called "Your Car Is The Star". To learn more about this program, and how it can increase the enjoyment of owning a fine example of the car we replicate, go to our website:
www.playingmantis.com and open the Johnny Lightning page, and then open the page for Your Car is The Star. If this interests you, and I think that it will, simply follow the directions on how to submit pictures of your car to us for consideration.

Thanks for the read!

Art Anderson
Product Development,
Johnny Lightning
Playing Mantis, Inc.
Mishawaka, Indiana

[exc911ence]

I've already submitted pics of my 75 911S. I figure, if the red 911 Carrera was produced, painting it silver and chroming the wheels to match my car would be easy for you guys!



Still waiting for a case of my car to show up in my mailbox!

[Jack Olsen]

They did Chris Streit's Turbo.

[Schrup]

Why only fat chicks? I heard they're hard to pass on the race track. I think a Weissach would make a fine toy, but I guess there not fat enough.

[trj911]

Mishawaka IN? I've been there. No one in their right mind lives in Mishawaka IN! Hey Thrown Hammer, This guy must live in your back yard!

[Aanderson44]

Originally posted by exc911ence
I've already submitted pics of my 75 911S. I figure, if the red 911 Carrera was produced, painting it silver and chroming the wheels to match my car would be easy for you guys!



Still waiting for a case of my car to show up in my mailbox!

Sweet car!

Unfortunately, our casting is the wide body though--would be pretty hard for us to pass off our casting as a replica of your car, wish I could, love the silver!

Art Anderson

[Aanderson44]

Originally posted by trj911
Mishawaka IN? I've been there. No one in their right mind lives in Mishawaka IN! Hey Thrown Hammer, This guy must live in your back yard!

You got that right! I've been removed from my right mind for more years than I want to count! Oh well, in about 4 months, I can at least go to the beach, check the scenery!

Art

[beepbeep]

Frankly, all our cars are made of stars. Actually, most heavy matter (except plutonium etc.) was "manufactured" in supernova explosions ... even my $450 beater.

[thrown_hammer]

Hey i am in Warsaw! Have any interest in doing a torn apart early car?

[MotoSook]

Art, are you aware of this one?

[Aanderson44]

Originally posted by Souk
Art, are you aware of this one?

Yup yup!

I did all the artwork specs for that car, in the summer of 2002! That one was a fun project, one of my faves!

Art

[Aanderson44]

Originally posted by thrown_hammer
Hey i am in Warsaw! Have any interest in doing a torn apart early car?

Unfortunately, we don't have a casting variant for a '73

[thrown_hammer]

I was just kidding...its in peices get it?...Anyhoo if you make a '73 casting let me know. I am building my 911 in the streetrod style. I think it would make a cool Johnny lightning car. Course I am a little biased...

[Aanderson44]

Originally posted by thrown_hammer
I was just kidding...its in peices get it?...Anyhoo if you make a '73 casting let me know. I am building my 911 in the streetrod style. I think it would make a cool Johnny lightning car. Course I am a little biased...

Well, one just never knows what could happen, but nothing in the works at this point.

[exc911ence]

Originally posted by Aanderson44
Sweet car!

Unfortunately, our casting is the wide body though--would be pretty hard for us to pass off our casting as a replica of your car, wish I could, love the silver!

Art Anderson

Tell you what, you guys get the flares welded on my car and then I'll let you make a model of it!

[Jgordon]

I'm curious -- is there a reason why you don't just recast the silver turbo and paint it a different color? I think it's cool that you'd use real cars, just wondering what the motivation is.

If you ever want to do a carrera, I'm volunteering. Actually, pleading.

Jared

[Aanderson44]

Originally posted by Jgordon
I'm curious -- is there a reason why you don't just recast the silver turbo and paint it a different color? I think it's cool that you'd use real cars, just wondering what the motivation is.

If you ever want to do a carrera, I'm volunteering. Actually, pleading.

Jared

Actually,

What we will do is run the casting we used for the silver Turbo, but in a different color. My search is for images of this car in other colors for us to consider.

Art

[exc911ence]

They did a Carrera already but upon close inspection, it was a turbo body without the rear spoiler and shark fins.

[MotoSook]

Originally posted by Aanderson44
Hi, New here!

Johnny Lightning[.....] is looking for some good pics of your 80-85 911 Turbo wide bodied Carerra, for consideration as a car to be replicated

I've seen that turbo body w/o spoiler...but Art is asking for a turbo body car....

Maybe he should have just asked for a "Carrera" (or an "SC").

[juan ruiz]

He needs "Turbo Body" examples, "All Colors" all of us with "Carrera" will have to wait until..............................