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{{casting
  
{{casting
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|name = Grass Hopper
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|name = Grass Hopper
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|series = [[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|series = [[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|years = 1971, 1974, 1975, 2010 (as Mountian Goat)
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|number = 6461
  
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|years = 1971, 1974-1975, 2010 (as Mountian Goat)
  
 
|designer = [[Larry Wood]]
  
|designer = [[Larry Wood]]
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|number = 6461
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|image = Grasshopper.jpg
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|image = Grasshopper.jpg
 
}}
  
}}
   
 
==Description==
  
==Description==
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The '''Grass Hopper''' was a jeep in the 1971 Hot Wheels series. Based on the tried & true Willys MB US Army jeep. This one had that hot rod Hot Wheels twist with not just one blown engine, but two! Still the speed produced was just under the speed of light so they threw in a nice sun shade canopy. Miners tools were cast into the body: pick, shovel, canteen, gas can and tool box along with a metal base and a Black interior. Made in the USA only. Capped style red lines only.
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The '''Grass Hopper''' is a Hot Wheels casting designed by [[Larry Wood]] which debuted in the [[List of 1971 Hot Wheels|1971 Hot Wheels]] range of vehicles. It is based on the tried & true Willys MB US Army Jeep. It is a modified 'hot-rodded' version with not one, but two blown V8 engines. One in the front and one in the rear bed. It features a removable white plastic roof and an assortment of tools cast into the side of the vehicle: pick, shovel, canteen, gas can, tool box etc.
   
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Its initial release was only manufactured at the USA production facility and all came with a black interior and a light-gray tinted glass. It came packaged with a metal or plastic 'collectors button'. 
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==Versions==
  
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It was painted in a variety of [[Spectraflame]] colors. Due to shade differences in the Spectraflame painting process, the existence of Spectraflame Olive and Spectraflame Brown versions receive skepticism by collectors. It is unknown whether they are separate colors rather than darker shades of Spectraflame Yellow and Spectraflame Red.
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In 1974, the '''Grass Hopper''' was re-tooled without the second rear engine and removable roof, and in 1975 it was re-tooled again without any engines. Both the 1974 and 1975 versions also had the tools removed. <span>The 1975 version was released in Italy by Mebetoys in a small cardboard box.</span>
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In 1975, a modified version was released called the [[Gun Slinger]]. This vehicle was modeled after the 1975 version with no blown motors, except this time it had an enormous machine gun mounted in the rear.
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The '''Grass Hopper''' was re-tooled and re-released in 2010 for the [[HotWheelsCollectors.com Series 9#Neo Classics|HotWheelsCollectors.com Series 9 Neo Classics]]. It was modeled after the 1974 version with only one motor and renamed ''''Mountain Goat''''.
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  ⚫
==1971 Versions==
 
The '''Grass Hopper''' has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
  
The '''Grass Hopper''' has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
   
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|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
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|Spectraflame Yellow
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|Spectraflame Light Blue
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
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|6461
  
|6461
 
|USA
  
|USA
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|Hard to Find
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|[[File:Grasshopper.jpg|75px]]
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|[[File:Image_not_available.jpg|75px]]
 
|-
  
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|1971
  
|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|Spectraflame Green
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|Spectraflame Blue
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
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|Spectraflame Blue
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|Spectraflame Green
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
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|Spectraflame Light Green
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|Spectraflame Light 'Apple' Green
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
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|Spectraflame Magenta
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|Spectraflame Olive
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|
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|Unpainted / Metal
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|Tinted (Black)
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|Black
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|[[RL]]
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|6461
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|USA
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|Speculative
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|[[File:Image_not_available.jpg|75px]]
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|-
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|1971
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|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|Spectraflame Yellow
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|Spectraflame Hot Pink
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|Spectraflame Red
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
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|Spectraflame Purple
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|Spectraflame Rose
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|Spectraflame Salmon
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|Spectraflame Pink
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
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|Spectraflame Red
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|Spectraflame Salmon
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|1971
 
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|Spectraflame Rose
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|Spectraflame Purple
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
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|USA
 
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|[[File:GrasHoperRedLF - Copy.JPG|75px]]
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|[[File:Image_not_available.jpg|75px]]
 
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|1971
  
|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|Spectraflame Olive
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|Spectraflame Magenta
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|USA
 
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|[[File:GrasshopperMagenta.JPG|75px]]
 
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|1971
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|USA
  
|USA
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|[[File:Image_not_available.jpg|75px]]
  
|[[File:Image_not_available.jpg|75px]]
 
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|1971
  
|1971
 
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
|[[1971 Hot Wheels]]
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|Spectraflame Light Blue
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|Spectraflame Yellow
 
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|Unpainted / Metal
  
|Unpainted / Metal
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|USA
 
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|[[File:Grasshopper.jpg|75px]]
 
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==Re-tooled Versions==
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==1974 Versions==
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The '''Grass Hopper''' has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
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The ''Grass Hopper'' was re-tooled for 2010 after the 1974 version with a single front exposed engine and smooth sides. It was also given a new name, '''Mountain Goat''':
  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" width="100%"
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Year'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Series'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Tampo'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Base Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Window Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Interior Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Wheel Type'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Toy #'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Country'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Notes / Variations'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Photo'''
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|-
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|1974
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|[[List of 1974 Hot Wheels|1974 Flying Colors]]
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|Enamel Light Green
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|Orange Stripe with 'Grass Hoppper' on side
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|Unpainted / Metal
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|Tinted (Blue)
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|Black
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|[[RL]]
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|7622
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|Hong Kong
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|
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|[[File:1974_grass_hopper_w-motor.jpg|75px]]
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|}
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==1975 Versions==
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The '''Grass Hopper''' has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" width="100%"
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Year'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Series'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Tampo'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Base Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Window Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Interior Color'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Wheel Type'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Toy #'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Country'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Notes / Variations'''
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! style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" |'''Photo'''
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|-
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|1975
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|[[List of 1975 Hot Wheels|1975 Flying Colors]]
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|Enamel Light Green
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|Orange Stripe with 'Grass Hoppper' on side
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|Black / Plastic
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|Tinted (Blue)
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|Black
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|[[RL]]
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|7622
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|Hong Kong
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|[[File:1975_GRass_Hopper_no_motor.jpg|75px]]
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|}
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==2010 Re-tooled 'Mountain Goat' Versions==
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The '''Mountain Goat''' has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
   
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" width="100%"
  
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" width="100%"
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|R8393
  
|R8393
 
|Thailand
  
|Thailand
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|5,000 Produced
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|[[File:GrassHopper_Mountaingoat.JPG|75px]]
  
|[[File:GrassHopper_Mountaingoat.JPG|75px]]
 
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* [[Gun Slinger|Gun Slinger (1975)]]
  
* [[Gun Slinger|Gun Slinger (1975)]]
   
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==Gallery==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grass Hopper}}
  
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<gallery>
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GrasHoperRedLF - Copy.JPG
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grasshopper1.jpg
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grasshopperr.jpg
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grasshopper2.jpg
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grasshopper3.jpg
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grasshopper4.jpg
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grasshopper5.jpg
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</gallery>
 
[[Category:1971 Hot Wheels]]
  
[[Category:1971 Hot Wheels]]
 
[[Category:Larry Wood Designs]]
  
[[Category:Larry Wood Designs]]
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[[Category:Unlicensed Hot Wheels]]
  
[[Category:Unlicensed Hot Wheels]]
 
[[Category:Hot Wheels Original Designs]]
  
[[Category:Hot Wheels Original Designs]]
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[[Category:Red Line Club]]
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[[Category:1974 Hot Wheels]]
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[[Category:1974 Flying Colors]]
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[[Category:1975 Hot Wheels]]
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[[Category:1975 Flying Colors]]
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[[Category:Off-Road Vehicles]]
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[[Category:Vehicles with Movable Parts]]
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[[Category:Cars with exposed Engines]]
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[[Category:1:64]]
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[[Category:Vehicles with Multiple Engines]]

Revision as of 23:27, 18 January 2020


Description

The Grass Hopper is a Hot Wheels casting designed by Larry Wood which debuted in the 1971 Hot Wheels range of vehicles. It is based on the tried & true Willys MB US Army Jeep. It is a modified 'hot-rodded' version with not one, but two blown V8 engines. One in the front and one in the rear bed. It features a removable white plastic roof and an assortment of tools cast into the side of the vehicle: pick, shovel, canteen, gas can, tool box etc.

Its initial release was only manufactured at the USA production facility and all came with a black interior and a light-gray tinted glass. It came packaged with a metal or plastic 'collectors button'. 

It was painted in a variety of Spectraflame colors. Due to shade differences in the Spectraflame painting process, the existence of Spectraflame Olive and Spectraflame Brown versions receive skepticism by collectors. It is unknown whether they are separate colors rather than darker shades of Spectraflame Yellow and Spectraflame Red.

In 1974, the Grass Hopper was re-tooled without the second rear engine and removable roof, and in 1975 it was re-tooled again without any engines. Both the 1974 and 1975 versions also had the tools removed. The 1975 version was released in Italy by Mebetoys in a small cardboard box.

In 1975, a modified version was released called the Gun Slinger. This vehicle was modeled after the 1975 version with no blown motors, except this time it had an enormous machine gun mounted in the rear.

The Grass Hopper was re-tooled and re-released in 2010 for the HotWheelsCollectors.com Series 9 Neo Classics. It was modeled after the 1974 version with only one motor and renamed 'Mountain Goat'.

1971 Versions

The Grass Hopper has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Year Series Color Stickers Base Color Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes / Variations Photo
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Light Blue Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Hard to Find Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Blue Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Aqua Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Green Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Light 'Apple' Green Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA GrasHoprGrnLF - Copy
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Olive Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Speculative Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Yellow Unpainted / Metal Smoke tint Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Red Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Rose Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Pink Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Salmon Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Purple Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Magenta Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA GrasshopperMagenta
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Brown Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Speculative Image not available
1971 1971 Hot Wheels Spectraflame Yellow Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Black) Black RL 6461 USA Grasshopper

1974 Versions

The Grass Hopper has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Year Series Color Tampo Base Color Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes / Variations Photo
1974 1974 Flying Colors Enamel Light Green Orange Stripe with 'Grass Hoppper' on side Unpainted / Metal Tinted (Blue) Black RL 7622 Hong Kong 1974 grass hopper w-motor

1975 Versions

The Grass Hopper has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Year Series Color Tampo Base Color Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes / Variations Photo
1975 1975 Flying Colors Enamel Light Green Orange Stripe with 'Grass Hoppper' on side Black / Plastic Tinted (Blue) Black RL 7622 Hong Kong 1975 GRass Hopper no motor

2010 Re-tooled 'Mountain Goat' Versions

The Mountain Goat has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Col # Year Series Color Tampo Base Color Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes / Variations Photo
2/6 2010 HWC Series 9 - Neo-Classics Spectraflame Anti-Freeze Green Green 'Mountain Goat' graphics on sides Chrome / Metal Tinted (Light Blue) Black NCRL R8393 Thailand 5,000 Produced GrassHopper Mountaingoat

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