Can anyone identify this? Year it came out, value, what it was actually call'd or anythin' like that? As far as it's shape, it's in really good shape, I jus' need to get all the dust offa it. The best I can tell is it's missin' one 'o the side tampo's, shown in pic, but other than that it look's really good. I've 'ad it since I was a kid, play'd with it an carry'd car's in it.
All I could find for markin' was...

Topper Corp. Cat. # 4025 made in Elizabeth New Jersey
The car top 'as the #'s 4025 - A407 1 - A - 1
The car bottom 'as the #'s 4025 - 400 1 - A - 1
The seat section 'as the #'s 4025 - B410 1 - B - 1

Anythin' I could find out would be groovy.
Tank's

have seen a few on e_bay in the past several years going for about 20.00-40.00 depending on the condition....from the pics, i'd say you will probably get about 35.00....just my observations, hope this helps....

Robdog could tell you better for an exact price... you are also missing the stickers on the top - pretty nice though!! :thumbsup:

ya the Trophy cases are cool. Mint ones are where the $$ at.
here is a pic of 2 in orig boxes :)http://moparmarc.com/jl/images/jktoppers/100_1668.jpg

http://moparmarc.com/jl/images/jktoppers/100_1668.jpg

If you get 35 for it, you did pretty good.
Yours would be a cool case to carry around at shows with loose cars to sell or trade.

Hey tank's guy's. Any idea 'o the year it was made? At least now I know what it was call'd an who made it.

since i can see a twin blaster in the picture, i would hazard a guess at 1971....

Hey tank's.
This goes as a nice addition to mine daughter's on goin' Hot Wheel's collection an a few various car's as well as the not to beat up loose Hot Wheel's I 'ad as a kid.

The #2 Trophy case was 1970. The #1 version (more rare) was 1971.

If you want a list of all Topper Johnny Lightning items and year produced you can go to this link on my webpage. It makes a good checklist for your Topper items so you know what to look for, and what is out there......

http://www.hyak.net/johnny/collection.html

How do you tell between #1 an #2?

The sticker is the only difference that I am aware of. There may be something else, maybe I should compare mine a little closer to see if there are possible stamping differences in the plastic.

Right on, it would be kinda neat to know which year the one I've got is.

Very cool case!

Right on, it would be kinda neat to know which year the one I've got is.

That is easy. Yours has the #2 on the side so it is the 1970 release.

Nice Check list JL, I want to also do that on one of my sites in the future but Have many Pictures for each.

Tank's. 'ell, it's older than I am then. :)

Hey jlightning, I think this was made in 1971...

Hey now that I look at it, Dude, check out the bottom of that set box... it has your Al Unser case on it...

--rick

That's pretty cool. I can jus' imagine that it didn't cost all that much when I got it as a kid.

Hey jlightning, I think this was made in 1971...

Al Unser drove the #2 Johnny Lightning Special in 1970 and the #1 Johnny Lightning Special in 1971. The cases were made to match the cars that were raced that year..... I'm not sure if you were implying that the #2 was made in 1971, but I'm sure there were #2 Johnny's in the store early '71 (leftover from the previous year). Just a guess since I sure don't remember specifics when I was just 8 or 9 years old at that time.:thumbsup:

I'm really glad I found this forum. I get so many question's answer'd in all the diff section's 'round 'ere.

Al Unser drove the #2 Johnny Lightning Special in 1970 and the #1 Johnny Lightning Special in 1971. The cases were made to match the cars that were raced that year..... I'm not sure if you were implying that the #2 was made in 1971, but I'm sure there were #2 Johnny's in the store early '71 (leftover from the previous year). Just a guess since I sure don't remember specifics when I was just 8 or 9 years old at that time.:thumbsup:

Nah, I just thought I remembered seeing on a toy web site somewhere that the Big Switch sets were made in 1971 just before Topper tanked. I actually just barely know who Al Unser is... had no idea what number cars he drove till I learned it here. :D

Edit... hey check THIS out... (Google is my friend)

http://www.jlightning.8k.com/catalog.html

--rick

Nah, I just thought I remembered seeing on a toy web site somewhere that the Big Switch sets were made in 1971 just before Topper tanked. I actually just barely know who Al Unser is... had no idea what number cars he drove till I learned it here. :D

Edit... hey check THIS out... (Google is my friend)

http://www.jlightning.8k.com/catalog.html

--rick

Hey, that is my website!

Heh heh heh. Duh, I never put that together.... your screen name and the site address. I was actually googling for another site that listed the tracks Topper did by year... according to this site, there were several in 1971, including 2 or 3 Big Switch sets.

--rick

"ya the Trophy cases are cool. Mint ones are where the $$ at.

If you get 35 for it, you did pretty good.
Yours would be a cool case to carry around at shows with loose cars to sell or trade."

Hi all, I'm new to the forums. I'm helping my mom sell a bunch of things and I have two of these, both mint, new in box (with all stickers). The ones I have are both #1. In the post above you note that the one the OP has are worth about $35; what would a NIB #1 sell for on eBay? I can't find any recent sales and don't know what to target this one for.

Thanks!