# If you could have a working life-size model of any toy car, what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878 "2021-08-22T01:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/1 "2021-08-22T01:26:38Z")
I’ve been watching the Netflix series _Car Masters: Rust to Riches_, and in one episode, they make a working life-size car modeled after the Hot Wheels _Splittin’ Image_. > **["Car Masters: Rust to Riches" Life-Size (TV Episode 2018) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8911538/?ref_=tt_mv_close)** > > Life-Size: With Constance Nunes, Shawn Pilot, Michael 'Caveman' Pyle, Tony Quinones. The team aims to bring some Hot wheels dreams to life to trade up for a rare Lincoln Futura replica. According to what they said on the episode, many of the cars made by Hot Wheels and Matchbox, including the _Splittin’ Image_, were concept car designs from the former Big Three that never got made. **If you could have a life-size working model of any toy car, what would it be?** For me, it would be the newest Batmobile, but not the movie version; I like the Hot Wheels version better than the publicity pictures they’re putting out for the upcoming Batman movie. I have to admit this Netflix show is making me want a muscle car in a way I never have before. ![2021NM33_(Large).JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/4/043ecdda6fc3be2b005d530957cde648cf930562.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/2 "2021-08-22T01:29:59Z")
That batmobile looks a whole lot like a chopped up Chevy Nova. In case you decide to build one and need a starting point 😁 ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/3 "2021-08-22T01:32:22Z")
According to what I’ve been reading, it’s a hybrid between cars like the recent Camaro, Challenger, and Mustang. To me, it looks a lot like a custom Mustang. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/4 "2021-08-22T01:38:35Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/5/65bc4cd0f91ce45955e8b2e37b224a1af1f649d9.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/e/0ea64310dd66912c315dcfc748836eb1d255661e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/5 "2021-08-22T01:45:34Z")
How does anyone see out of the windshield of that first one? ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/6 "2021-08-22T01:49:35Z")
It turns out the Petersen Automotive Museum already has a life-size version of Speed Racer’s _Mach 5_, coincidentally also made by Mark Towle, owner of Gotham Garage. ![maxresdefault](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/7/a7a01d5ee36f618215219195adf498816d95becb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/7 "2021-08-22T02:22:37Z")
Doc Hudson for me. ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/8 "2021-08-22T02:28:50Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > Doc Hudson for me. Nice car. Stock or hotrod? It would make a good sleeper car. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/9 "2021-08-22T02:33:19Z")
Nascar spec., or a Panamerica spec Chrysler Saratoga that beat everything in the unlimited class except 2 of the many Ferarris. ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/10 "2021-08-22T10:39:47Z")
Self driving version. ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/11 "2021-08-22T18:31:25Z")
As a matter of fact, on the Hot Wheels _Splittin’ Image_, I can’t find a steering wheel. Perhaps it was designed to be a self-driving car. ![IMG_0456](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/7/37e25cc1037ced24ababccba4345b36ca631b5eb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/12 "2021-08-22T19:10:56Z")
The MASK Buzzard toy: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/e/eeb01d9f636813232080550321db7dabd8daa6f7.jpeg) Race car splits into 2 motorcycles and a jet airplane. With weapons. 😉 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/c/6cf610c9009e5e09482b456f5200985f99f7f5b4.jpeg) Dorky little kid me thought this was the best idea for a vehicle _ever._ ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/13 "2021-08-22T19:57:07Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > Race car splits into 2 motorcycles and a jet airplane. With weapons. 😉 > > ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/c/6cf610c9009e5e09482b456f5200985f99f7f5b4.jpeg) Is that so Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman could work together ? ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/14 "2021-08-22T20:37:36Z")
I wonder if that might be the inspiration for the Dark Knight Batmobile that sprung a motorcycle from its wreckage. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/15 "2021-08-23T07:49:23Z")
Don’t believe they figured that a steering wheel was needed in that design, this one has a similar idea for the “glass” but opens up and it’s more fighter jet inspired inside. I have one in my collection. ![Speed_Speeker_Red.JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/7/3779db15fdf1e565b14ccd3ffed492e12e4105ea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/16 "2021-08-23T15:44:40Z")
Voice control?? Hello Alexa, steer right no harder, no les… 🚑 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/17 "2021-08-23T16:38:47Z")
I already do. The “toy” version: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/f/1f2662a94bcb59d3395fb6d7a8316786dfa02763.jpeg) The “real” version: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/9/29e9707e3fc731151276da81cbe7ab10e95ddd2e.jpeg) The toy though has full time center differential four wheel drive with wider tires in the rear. The real on is two wheel drive, same size tire on all four corners. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/18 "2021-08-23T16:44:39Z")
Nice! Is that the eco boost engine? I don’t see a “5.0” badge. The toy version looks very “real”, btw ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/19 "2021-08-23T16:45:36Z")
Yes, eco boost, would like a GT, but… Still plenty of power for me. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878/20 "2021-08-23T16:48:06Z")
I can’t buy a boosted engine. The temptation of adding a tuner and easy extra power would be too great lol. Very nice car. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-could-have-a-working-life-size-model-of-any-toy-car-what-would-it-be/178878.md?page=2)