Description
The Flame Stopper II, originally designed by Corgi, debuted in the Europe-exclusive Auto City line. After it’s first couple of appearances, it was then included in various mainline series. It’s original name (given to the tooling by Corgi) was the ERF Simon Snorkel. This tooling is loosely based on an ERF SS fire truck.
This casting has roots in an old Mettoy Husky line, borrowing the boom tooling from a casting that went under the name of the Simon Snorkel Fire Engine. The tooling for the boom on the truck is possibly older than the Hot Wheels brand itself, as the Simon Snorkel Fire Engine Husky Model made it’s debut in the mid-late 1960s.
The base of the casting reads Fire Engine.
Versions
The Flame Stopper II has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
| Col # | Year | Series | Color | Tampo | Base Color / Type |
Window Color | Interior Color | Wheel Type | Toy # | Country | Notes / Variations |
Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Auto City Emergency Services Multipack | Red | Black 'Fire Dept.' & '07' on roof, 'Simon Snorkel' on boom | Yellow / Plastic |
Blue | None | Corgi | 93182 | China | Can have Corgi or HW logo on base; came in single and multipacks | 
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| 1994 | Auto City Refuse Multipack | Orange | Green and White Recycling emblems, “S-24” on roof and sides | Green / Plastic |
Blue | None | Corgi | 93200, 39416 | China | Can have Corgi or HW logo on base | 
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| 1994 | Auto City Refuse Multipack | Orange | Green and White Recycling emblems, “S-24” on roof and sides | White / Plastic |
Blue | None | Corgi | 93182, 39416 |
China | Can have Corgi or HW logo on base |
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| 1994 | Auto City Airport Multipack | Red | Yellow stripes on body, red stripes on boom, airplane on sides | Yellow / Plastic |
Tinted Blue | None | Corgi | 93415 | China | Can have Corgi or Hot Wheels logo on base | 
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| 617 | 1997 | Mainline | Red | White and black tampos with 'Emergency' on sides | Grey | Smoke | None | 5SP | 95506 | China | 
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| 1997 | Fire Fighting Action Pack | Red | Smoke | None | 5SP | 16148 | China | 
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