Changes: Subaru Impreza WRX (Torpedoes)

Revision as of 01:44, 19 December 2014

Description

The Subaru Impreza WRX is an obviously 'tooned' version of the popular import and #6 of 10 vehicles in the Torpedoes series. The Torpedo style was a new cartoon style introduced in 2005 and depicts a car as a skinny Torpedo like shape with outboard wheels. These unique vehicles should perform well on track sets but the exposed wheels make them more susceptible to bending axles. They're probably better suited for gravity-driven tracks than Wall Tracks or tracks with a Booster. This series appears to be loosely based off of the 2003 Kawasaki ZXR-9 Concept. Re-releases of Torpedoes vehicles has been somewhat limited, if existent at all.

Versions

The Subaru WRX 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
46	2005	2005 First Editions - Torpedoes 46/100	Black / Gold, Silver & Yellow Tampos	ZAMAC	Yellow	Grey	Gold PR5	G6707	Malaysia
46	2005	2005 First Editions - Torpedoes 46/100	Black / Gold, Silver & Yellow Tampos	ZAMAC	Yellow	Grey	FTE	G6707	Malaysia

Trivia

On the sides, one of the decals say "Imai". This is a reference to the creator of the model, Jun Imai.

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 ==Description==
-The Subaru Impreza WRX is an obviously 'tooned' version of the popular import and part of the Torpedoes series. The ''Torpedo'' style was a new cartoon style introduced in 2005 and depicts a car as a skinny ''Torpedo'' like shape with outboard wheels. These models should work well on track sets but the exposed wheels make them more susceptible to bending axles. They're probably better suited for gravity-driven tracks than Wall Tracks or tracks with a [[Booster]]. This series appears to be loosely based off of the 2003 Kawasaki ZXR-9 Concept.
+The '''Subaru Impreza WRX''' is an obviously 'tooned' version of the popular import and #6 of 10 vehicles in the Torpedoes series. The ''Torpedo'' style was a new cartoon style introduced in 2005 and depicts a car as a skinny ''Torpedo'' like shape with outboard wheels. These unique vehicles should perform well on track sets but the exposed wheels make them more susceptible to bending axles. They're probably better suited for gravity-driven tracks than Wall Tracks or tracks with a [[Booster]]. This series appears to be loosely based off of the 2003 Kawasaki ZXR-9 Concept. Re-releases of Torpedoes vehicles has been somewhat limited, if existent at all.
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 ==Trivia==
 *On the sides, one of the decals say "Imai". This is a reference to the creator of the model, Jun Imai.