Talk:Emergency Squad

Licensed Or Unlicensed?
I notice it doesn't say if this vehicle is licensed or unlicensed. It was always my understanding that it was based on the truck used in the "Emergency!" tv show and Mattel changed it just enough so they couldn't be sued. Here is a picture of mine: The Hot Wheels vehicle is called "Emergency Squad" and has a number "51" painted on it (at least mine does); while the show is called "Emergency!" and features a similar truck with a number "51" painted on it for "Squad 51." Notice any similarities? To me, this just epitomizes Mattel and how they play fast and loose with their designs and how they come up with them. They have been sued several times for copying other vehicles, so there is a basis in fact to show they stoop to illegal means to come up with their designs. And in addition to that, explain this vehicle to me: It is painted up and marketed as the rescue truck used in the "Emergency!" tv show. However it is the same exact "generic" design they released in 1975 that was changed just enough from the one in the tv show so as not to allow Mattel to be sued. What chutzpah! Would that make this then a "licensed" "unlicensed" vehicle? Think about that. Sometimes the criminal behavior of Mattel makes me sick. Kenny HaarFager (talk) 20:30, September 2, 2017 (UTC)