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Description[]

This casting is a representation of a funny car with a second-generation Pontiac Firebird body.

This casting was named Side-Splitter for its 1995 release, a name which would also be used for its successor for some releases. This release is also notable for having a highly valuable misprinted card (271 instead of 277) of which around only 12 examples are known to exist.

Versions[]

The Firebird Funny Car has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Col # Year Series Color Tampo Base Color
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Type
Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes Photo
1982 Mainline Magenta Yellow, Orange & Black birds on sides & hood, White headlights ZAMAC Blue tint ZAMAC BW 3250 Hong Kong or Malaysia
Yellow, Orange & Black birds on sides & hood, Yellow headlights
1982 Mainline White Red & orange flames, "Fireball" on sides ZAMAC Blue Tint ZAMAC BW 3955 Malaysia Appears in the Loop & Chute set
1983 Mainline Metalflake Dark Red Yellow, Orange & Black birds on sides & hood, white headlights ZAMAC Blue tint ZAMAC BW 3250 Hong Kong or Malaysia
1986 Kellogg's Mail-in Black Red, Orange & Purple birds on sides & hood ZAMAC Blue tint ZAMAC BW 3003 Malaysia Available only through mail-in offer,also found at Mattel's Toy Club Store
1987 Speed Fleet Metalflake Blue Red & White Stipes, "The Speed Monster" ZAMAC Blue Tint ZAMAC BW 1483 Malaysia
1988 20th Anniversary 3-Pack Chrome None ZAMAC Blue Tint ZAMAC BW 4590 Malaysia
1988 20th Anniversary 3-Pack Gold Chrome None ZAMAC Blue Tint ZAMAC BW 4591 Malaysia
1988 Speed Fleet Yellow Blue, Orange & Black Trim ZAMAC Smoke Tint ZAMAC BW 5121 Malaysia
1989 Reverse trim, Orange on outside
1990 Blue, Orange & Burgundy Trim
1990 Funny Car Gift Pack Yellow Pennzoil Logo on hood and sides ZAMAC Smoke Tint ZAMAC BW 7456 Malaysia With body prop
Chrome Pink
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Metal
271 1994 Mainline Metalflake Light Blue Hot Wheels Race Team Deco Unpainted
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Metal
Clear metal BW 12795 Malaysia #271 Is only Rare considered CARDED its the CARD # that makes this COLLECTIBLE
1995 Spawn Limited Edition White & Black Yellow, Orange, Black, Green, Blue & Red "Spawn" on sides & bats on the hood ZAMAC Clear ZAMAC BW 11390 Malaysia Came packaged with a Spawn comic book (Left Side)
Known as "Spawnmobile" for this release
5,000 produced
Yellow, Orange, Black, Green, Blue & Red "Spawn" on sides & NO bats on the hood Harder to Find
277 1995 Race Team
3/4
Metalflake Light Blue Hot Wheels Race Team Deco ZAMAC Clear ZAMAC BW 12795 Malaysia Known as Side-Splitter for this release
277 1995 Race Team
3/4
Metalflake Blue Hot Wheels Race Team Deco ZAMAC Clear ZAMAC BW 12795 Malaysia Known as Side-Splitter for this release
5SP
1995 Race Team Series 2-Pack
3/4
Metalflake Blue Hot Wheels Race Team Deco Zamac Clear Zamac BW 13746 Malaysia Same as #277
1997 Race Team II 5-Pack Light Blue Hot Wheels Race Team Deco ZAMAC Clear ZAMAC BW 13506 Malaysia Known as Side-Splitter for this release
1997 Funny Car Racing Team 4-Pack Metalflake Blue Hot Wheels Race Team Deco ZAMAC Clear ZAMAC 5SP 17274 Malaysia Kmart exclusive
Same as Race Team Series release?
1998 Hot Wheels 30th Anniversary Metalflake Maroon Yellow, Orange & Black birds on sides & hood, detailed headlights, 30th Anniversary logo in window box ZAMAC Clear ZAMAC BW 18871 Malaysia Came in a Blue Box
043 2001 Fossil Fuel
3/4
Metalflake Silver White, Red & Black Bones ZAMAC Orange Tint ZAMAC 5SP 50086 Malaysia
2002 Final Run
6/12
Metalflake Orange White, Cyan & Black graphics, 2002 Final Run Logo ZAMAC Tinted ZAMAC DDRRGY 55816 Thailand

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