Mutant Biotronic Kingdom Set

Mutant Biotronic Kingdom set

This set was made by Mattel in Bangkok, Thailand. Mattel Bangkok Limited (MBK) is located in Samutprakan province, about one hour from Bangkok City. In 2002, the MBK team was the recipient of the Mattel Worldwide Innovation Award.

Thailand - Mutant Biotronic Kingdom™ $19.99 (Thailand - Mutant Biotronic Kingdom™ - Dare to enter the Mutant Biotronic Kingdom™! All 20 Hot Wheels® cars in this ferocious set feature exclusive creature designs. The selection of cars includes such popular castings as the Maelstrom™ and the Deora®. )

Released in 2004 in a competition between Malaysia, China and Thailand factories to produe gift sets. Limited to 5,000 sets.

Pictured here at South Texas Diecast site

http://www.southtexasdiecast.com/hwguide/mbk.html

as described by HWC John (administrator)

Mattel Bangkok Limited (MBK) is a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. which is the worldwide leader in design, manufacturing and marketing of children’s toys around the world. MBK, a die-cast car manufacturing plant in Thailand, is located in Samutprakan Province, about one hour from Bangkok City.

Here are some of the MBK team’s achievements:

The first manufacturing facility in Mattel to have all three international certifications: · ISO9001:2000 (Quality) · ISO14001 (Environment) · OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety)

This certification is to respond to better customer requirements and commitment to environment, health and safety for all MBK employees.

The first plant to make the astonishing record of fast product development from turnover to production start within 14 days.

The first Mattel plant that was able to design and manufacture 5-car pack gift sets (Rescue Pack, Hot Rod Pack, and Asphalt Assault Pack) through the direction of the Hot Wheels Design group in El Segundo. MBK has very capable and innovative graphic design specialists.

The first Mattel plant to introduce Graphic Fusion decoration technology application to die-cast cars to achieve photo quality decorations.

MBK plant performs its social contribution to society by getting involved in community projects and making donations to groups like the Wat Khotharam public school project about one hour from the factory.

In 2002, MBK was the recipient of the Mattel Worldwide Innovation Award for the entire MBK team and also our Director of Engineering, Nithia Azlan, was the winner of the Individual Worldwide Innovation Award.

Continuing a concentrated effort of “MBK Can Do Team” has made these achievements possible, and MBK continuously strives to achieve the very best in die-cast car manufacturing under the leadership of Vice-President/General Manager, Arunagiri Manikam.

Other Factory Challenge sets
The Malaysia set Malaysia - 20-Car Gift Set $19.99 (Malaysia - 20-Car Gift Set - Along with 18 cars from the 2003 stable, the Dairy Delivery™ truck and the Fandango™ feature exclusive decorations available only in this collection! The 20-Car Gift Set of Hot Wheels® cars also features handsome, foldout packaging. )

Mattel Malaysia Sdn Bhd (MMSB) began operation in 1981 and has produced over 2 billion cars since then! It is located in the state of Penang, Malaysia (also known as the “Pearl of the Orient”).

Factory Challenge 20-Car Pack MDC Mattel Die-cast China (MDC) is located in Guanyao, in Guangdong province, south China. Operational as of 1999, this facility boasts the capacity to produce 130 million 1/64-scale cars per year. China - Hero City™ 20-Car Gift Set The China set was all Matchbox common cars