I always appreciate when a toy maker bothers to give a truck real dualie tires. It's a nice touch, and shows a respect for realism.
A big fat
hells yeah to that, mistah!!!
Duallies with realistic width tires are a sight for sore eyes what few times I've seen the over the decades. Such a sin to overlook such a detail!
So 1972 is when this came out?
It allways suprizes me when JL collectors say that the early Playing Mantits era of Johnny Lightnings were ahead of there time for being so accurate when MANY casting such as this and countless '60s Lesneys hade perfect proportions. While those old JLs might have had some great tampos and wheels like never before, the many inaccuracies in the body of the cars was just heinous. While the wheels could arguably be a week point, this one is far above those cars mentioned, and for what the wheels might lack in detail, the more than make up for in accuracy in dimentions.
This casting holds up to todays standards in allmost every way. In fact it surpasses