A number of the most sought-after Hot Wheels die-cast models on the market are valued at eye-watering sums, and this Volkswagen ‘Seaside Bomb’ prototype is one in all them.

A real tiny unicorn on 4 wheels, the 1:64 scale mannequin represents the primary collaboration between VW and Hot Wheels. The mock-ups have been constructed with slim our bodies and surfboards hanging out the rear window, so that they couldn’t keep upright when rolled.

Scorching Wheels finally redesigned it by shifting the surfboards to the perimeters and including extra weight, however the prototypes have been by no means provided on the market formally and solely Scorching Wheels workers had entry to them. Unofficially, although, they did change palms, and two of the rarest, completed in pink, ended up within the possession of Bruce Pascal. The collector purchased each of them and bought one to a pal. The opposite is the centerpiece of his assortment, which incorporates over 4,000 Scorching Wheels fashions and round 3,000 memorabilia gadgets.

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“I already had heard about [the Beach Bomb] in purple, inexperienced, crimson, mild blue and gold. I even had heard about an unpainted mannequin. However pink was extraordinarily exhausting to search out”, Pascal stated. “Most Scorching Wheels fashions have been marketed to younger boys, who the model assumed didn’t need to play with pink. They created just some pink [Beach Bomb] fashions to market their feminine viewers.”

Each time it’s not on mortgage to different automotive museums for show, the pink Seaside Bomb sits in his private museum in Maryland, in a darkish Plexiglas case that forestalls solar injury.

So, how a lot is it price? “I gained’t say how a lot I bought it for, however it’s price an estimated $150,000 at this time”, Pascal stated. “This model was an enormous win for my assortment.”