Recommended music: Alan Silvestri -End Credits
Let’s go back to 1985 one last time this #WhateverWednesday, as we’re still celebrating this month’s 40th anniversary of Back to the Future. Today, we’re taking a look at the Tomy 1:10 scale DeLorean!
Since NECA Toys abruptly ended their 1:12 scale Back to the Future line before getting to vehicles, Japanese toy company Takara Tomy was more than happy enough to step in with an 11-pound, die-cast, 1:10 scale substitute Delorean that fits in with your NECA BTTF collection.
Although they went the Kickstarter route in the summer of 2023, this item arrived at the end of 2024. Unfortunately, showing up on my porch during the last week of the year meant it was too late to be practically included in my top 10 action figure list for the year, but it was still a great product.
The details and features on this thing are pretty impressive: Real working lights including, headlights, the flux capacitor, and more, real “smoke” (fog machine) effect replicates from the back of the car, free-rolling wheels (though I did have to get custom Goodyear decals as the licensing wasn’t there to make the tires entirely accurate), flame trails, the hook to catch lightning from the clock tower, and much more.
The included Einstein figure is not as good as the NECA version, but the NECA figures look great in the driver’s seat (or just adjacent to it, like this picture reminiscent of the Back to the Future theatrical poster). 😁👍
Released in US theaters on July 3rd, 1985, this month marks the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future! I figured it was worth jumping in the DeLorean to revisit some great toys from the film. Thanks for sticking around, as that is all the BTTF posts I have planned for now (unless I start talking about my Marty McFly 1985 cosplay). 😜
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