Rockin' Rods Series

[sinclair 0]

I was intrigued by this Rockin' Rods Series when I first saw it because of the car models, tampos and card design. This series was probably released in 1996 or 1997.

Pics to follow!

[kuih_tiow 0]

pic2...

[MarieJuliette 0]

[dreamer_adrian 0]

MarieJuliette wrote:

Bro.... ur icon is funny

[kukubeh 0]

dreamer_adrian wrote:

MarieJuliette wrote:

Bro.... ur icon is funny

is Sis, not Bro.

[hokuan 0]

Haha, agree with MJ protest, no pics no talk!

[sinclair 0]

LOL, sorry, been busy with my sales thread pics. Will post by today.

[zint3000 0]

If mr sinclair says it's nice..
man..i cant wait...
pic pic pic
hehe

[kuih_tiow 0]

[sinclair 0]

Haha, sorry again. Today warehouse sale la.

[cooolman 0]

Still no pic??

[Loose-Wheel 0]

Hmm I don't see any pics...lol

rockin rods was a kewl series

[sinclair 0]

Haha, sorry for the delay. But the pictures are now ready.

First of all, group shot. This series consist of the following cars :

#1 - Twang Thang
#2 - Ferrari 355
#3 - Turbo Flame
#4 - Porsche 930



At the top left corner of each card, there is this :



I wonder what they were showing on TV.

[sinclair 0]

This is car #1 - Twang Thang.

Before sighting this card, I never knew this model exists, but it looks real unique with the electric guitar on the side. Can you see it?




From the top, you can see that there is a guitar on each side, and both are connected. Most probably you may be able to lift that black piece and both guitars will rise up? Good for those who want to jam with their cars!




And each card has a different comment at the bottom. For the Twang Thang it is :

[enyomic 0]

they actually built a real car for twang twang ... i've seen it on the internet before .. let me try to get you the pics

[sinclair 0]

Car #2 in the series is the Ferrari 355. I'm sure every Ferrari fan or even other collectors would want to have this in their collection. I think this would be the heaviest car in this series.

The side motif shows a guitar with the word 'metal'. You will notice that all the cars will have guitars on them.




The word 'metal' also appears on the roof.




And on the hood - 'Pedal to the Metal"!




And the comment, of course :

[sinclair 0]

enyomic wrote:

they actually built a real car for twang twang ... i've seen it on the internet before .. let me try to get you the pics

Ok, thanks bro. I would like to see those pics. I'm sure the others would be interested too.

[sinclair 0]

Car #3 is the Turbo Flame. Again there is a guitar motif on the side.




The top of the car may be detachable, due to this warning on the card.




Kids who are exactly 3 years old will have a problem, due to another notice on the card. Not under but also not over.




Probably this is why the car is named as such, there is a 'flame' coming out at the back.




And the comment :

[sinclair 0]

The 4th car is the Porsche 930. On the side, abstract guitar motif with Hot Wheels logo at the back.




What's on the roof? More 'metal'!




And we 'rock & roll' on the hood. Nice!




Nice car with nice decals!

[MarieJuliette 0]

Those are real nice!
It was worth the wait!!
I had a funny thought when I read what was written about the Ferrari.
When Mattel/HW did the Acceleracers, there's a song on the soundtrack called Pedal to the Metal!!!

[Loose-Wheel 0]

Dang with you execellent discriptions
I may want to hunt down that old series

Great Pictures too

[zint3000 0]

Sweet pics sinclair...
got any other series from that year
with great tampos like this arr?
kinda skip that year...