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Description[]

The Seared Tuner was originally introduced in the 2000 First Editions line-up with the name Sho-Stopper. On the interior piece of this casting is a set of 4 speakers cast into the interior piece. This casting features a chopped roofline, widened bodywork, driver's side air intake on the bonnet, dual exhaust pipes (molded into the base) and heavily modified grille and bumper. From 2007, the casting was retooled with the plastic insert on the side removed.

This was Eric Tscherne's first design, created while he was interning at Hot Wheels in 1998. This casting is among the first widely released imported Tuner-type models. The car was also featured on Hot Wheels packaging from late 2000 to 2003. Tscherne says that the car was inspired by numerous tuner cars of the late '90s; not long after first drawing the car, he purchased a Mitsubishi Eclipse, with some lines from said car making it over to this model. The design is also said to be mostly inspired by a Wings West Aggressor-style bodykit. Intended to be "the top of the tuner foodchain", the Seared Tuner is fitted with an AWD drive system and a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4. The original design featured winglets to allow it to "do some fun tricks with certain track pieces".

The name was originally Sho-Stopper, but it was changed to Seared Tuner after legal challenges arose. Over a year after its First Editions release, another toy company producing a line of dolls called Show-Stoppers confronted Mattel, which had the trademark to the name. Mattel changed the name to Seared Tuner (a pun on "seared tuna") to prevent further legal issues; Tscherne called the name "disappointing", calling it "too punny and disrespectful of the culture at the time".

Versions[]

The Seared Tuner has come out in the following versions:

Col # Year Series Color Tampo Base Color/type Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes Photo
087 2000 2000 First Editions
27/36
Light Orange Pearl Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Red Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Tinted Black 3SP 24396 Malaysia Named Sho-Stopper Seared Tuner - 00FE 3SP
087 2000 2000 First Editions
27/36
Light Orange Pearl Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Red Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Tinted Black PR5 24139 Malaysia Named Sho-Stopper Seared Tuner - 00FE PR5
087 2000 2000 First Editions
27/36
Light Orange Pearl Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Red Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Tinted Black 5SP 24139 Malaysia Named Sho-Stopper Image0
2000 Avon Super Tuners Black Gold & White Tampos with sponsor logos Black Clear Gray 3SP 29871 Malaysia Seared Tuner - 00 Avon
2001 Washington Auto Show Gold Red to Yellow Flames outlines in Blue. Hot Wheels logo on hood Chrome Clear Black PR5 N/A Malaysia Came in Baggie. Limited to 2,500. Seared Tuner - 01 DC Gold
2001 Washington Auto Show Black Red to Yellow Flames outlines in Blue. Hot Wheels logo on hood Chrome Clear Black PR5 N/A Malaysia Came in Baggie. Limited to 7,500. Seared Tuner - 01 DC Black
119 2001 Mainline Red Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Yellow Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Clear Black PR5 50649 Malaysia Seared Tuner - 01 Open Vamp
119 2001 Mainline Red Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Yellow Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Clear Black PR5 50649 China Seared Tuner - 01 Open Vamp
119 2001 Mainline Red Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Yellow Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Clear Black PR5 50649 Malaysia "Seared Tuner" on base Seared Tuner - 01 Open Vamp
119 2001 Mainline Red Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Yellow Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Clear Black PR5 50649 China "Seared Tuner" on base Seared Tuner - 01 Open Vamp
2001 Power Launcher Red Mimicked Carbon Fiber Hood, Gray Stripe on Front Fender, HW Logo on rear window Gray Clear Black PR5 47074 Malaysia Seared Tuner - 01 Power Launcher
2001 Chuck E. Cheese White Various Chuck E. Cheese Tampos Black Red Tint Black Chrome PR5 52698 Thailand Seared Tuner - 01 ChuckECheese
2001 City Service 5-Pack Red Planet Hot Wheels Logo & "Messenger Madness" Black Clear Black 3SP 50078 Thailand Seared Tuner - 01 City Service 5-Pack
084 2002 Yu-Gi-Oh!
2/4
Red Time Wizard Tampo Black Yellow Tint Blue Gold 5DOT 54363 Malaysia Seared Tuner - 02 YuGiOh
084 2002 Yu-Gi-Oh!
2/4
Red Time Wizard Tampo Black Yellow Tint Blue CM5 54363 Malaysia 2002 084a
2002 Spinnin' Rim Silver Stars & Red, White, & Blue Tampos Gray Black Gray 3SP 52580 Malaysia 2002SpininRimSeardTuner
070 2003 Hot Wheels Anime
1/5
Primer Gray #2 with Various Anime Tampos Kanji Character "速!" Meaning 'Fast' in Japanese Chrome Green Tint Blue Red PR5 57207 China Seared Tuner - 03 Anime
2004 Volcano Blast Black Yellow to Red Flames outlined in Yellow. Sponsor logos. White square with "Volcano Blast 68" in it. Chrome Tinted Red 3SP B5663 Malaysia Seared Tuner - 04 Volcano Blast
2005 Spinnin' Rim Silver Stars & Red, White, & Blue Tampos Gray Black Gray 3SP 52580 Malaysia Seared Tuner - 02 Spinnin Rim
2007 Clover Cars Dark Green St. Patrick's Day & Four-Leaf Clover Tampos Chrome Clear Black 10SP L5733 Malaysia Updated tooling
Wal-Mart Exclusive
Seared Tuner - CloverCars
2008 Max Steel 5-Pack Metalflake Purple Gray, Pink & Black Graphics, Max Steel Logo Gray Light Blue Tint Gray 5DOT N2028 Malaysia Latin America Exclusive 2008-5P-Max Steel-Seared Tuner
2008 Max Steel 5-Pack Metalflake Purple Gray, Pink & Black Graphics, Max Steel Logo Gray Light Blue Tint Gray PR5 N2028 Malaysia Latin America Exclusive 2008SearedTunerMaxsteelpr5
2009 Jurassic Starter Set Metalflake Yellow Black, White, Gray & Red Tampos. Dinosaur head fossil, ripped flames Black Plastic Red Tint Gray Red Chrome Y5 N4730 Malaysia Base code(s): Seared Tuner - 09 Jurassic Starter Set

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