Hot Wheels 1:64 Datsun 510 "Bluebird"

I've always been a huge vintage Japs coupe so when Hot Wheels decided to add the "Bluebird" to their line in 2009, I was ecstatic. The first edition (HW Premiere) consist of 3 variants the blue, the brown and the black.

A few days ago I was blessed to finally saw this rare sight. An almost perfect condition of  Datsun 510 "Bluebird" coupe in Jakarta, the seems to have been abandoned for some times. It was left on the roadside under a tree on Block S area.

The car actually smaller than I thought, the 4 seater coupe only able to carry 4 adults max. There are very small space between the driver and the co-driver seat. And the length is probably around 3 to 4 meters.

Now back to the diecast. The diecast it self was designed by Jun Imai,  the details are close to 80% accurate but the diecast version is the competition version where they are using rounded over fender and using front bumper lips on the lower front bumper. Also the diecast version missing some detail on the mask-rear corner hole (22) thats why the rear view passenger window is wider than the real one after careful observation the hot wheels version also include this mask-rear corner hole detail on its rear pillar

Personally I prefer the 2009 design over the white 2010 (hate the blue rim) or the yellow 2011, the 2009 look much more "vintage road race car" rather the competition themed 2010/2011. Nevertheless it was a great to be able to collect them, but I'm still missing the 2009 black  to complete the 2009 HW Premiere lineup. To see the complete details about this car please visit this page