Mattel WC Ferraris - Just when you think it can't get worse
Discussion
Just recieved my Mattel/Hot Wheels 1/43rd WC Kimi Ferrari 2007......
Even by Mattel standards, what a piece of crap!
i.) The ariels down the nose are like tree trunks, I've already had to break them off. On the Schu cars they were pretty terrible but this year they've hit a new low.
ii.) The front wheels haven't got proper mounts they just sort of wobble around. I'm sure that if any kind of child played with them they would snap off in a second.
iii.) It doesn't sit straight on its wheels. Its like the chassis' warped.
iv.) Its the same colour as the Schu cars. Forgive me if I'm wrong but weren't this years Ferraris a darker, more metallic red?
All in all hopeless. I had thought that as soon as Schu quit the Ferrari licence would come up for grabs but still the bosses at Maranello insist on using these stupid Americans. Please let someone else win the WC this year so I don't have to buy another one of these piles of pup for my collection.
Even by Mattel standards, what a piece of crap!
i.) The ariels down the nose are like tree trunks, I've already had to break them off. On the Schu cars they were pretty terrible but this year they've hit a new low.
ii.) The front wheels haven't got proper mounts they just sort of wobble around. I'm sure that if any kind of child played with them they would snap off in a second.
iii.) It doesn't sit straight on its wheels. Its like the chassis' warped.
iv.) Its the same colour as the Schu cars. Forgive me if I'm wrong but weren't this years Ferraris a darker, more metallic red?
All in all hopeless. I had thought that as soon as Schu quit the Ferrari licence would come up for grabs but still the bosses at Maranello insist on using these stupid Americans. Please let someone else win the WC this year so I don't have to buy another one of these piles of pup for my collection.
In their defence on the colour thing, they were the lighter colour for the first few races. I'm not surprised on the other things though, they've been going downhill for years, especially on the wheels which were much better when they first started. I'll probably still end up getting one though as there isn't a sensibly priced alternative. It's a shame someone else can't get a licence for making them.
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