Speed Racer Movie

[TomoHawk]

Did you forget the off-shore powerboat collection?

[KenshinX]

Wow, SBlake wow my Mc Donalds and Hot Wheel collection combined is like a shoe box of toys compared to your setup.

[sblake01]

Did you forget the off-shore powerboat collection?

I'm not much into boats, just old cars and trucks and an ocaisonal motorcycle.

[Virto]

And the rest:

Why, is that an XJ220 I see up there?

[sblake01]

Why, is that an XJ220 I see up there?

Yep! I actually paid $3 for that one at a yard sale. It's missing a passenger (left) side mirror.

[zbane]

I didn't mean to hijack the post, again.

Everyone, you know there is a section on this site for toys? I saw some nice Zs sitting atop a computer that should be shot and posted. Nice collections everyone.

[sblake01]

We've been on the hyjack trail for at least 15 posts now. I, at least, find it more interesting than the original topic. Apparently, so does the original thread starter.

[CoastGuardZ]

...but back to the Speed Racer bit... There was a guy a few years back turning C5 Vettes into Mach 5's, a bit pricey for me but the mach 5 was my dream car as a young fella. The website used to be mymach5.com but it is apparently a thing of the past, this is all I could find http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/news/columns/cars/carreviews/speedracer.html

Anyway I'm a dork and will take the day off work to be first in line if they actually make the movie.

-Nate

[TomoHawk]

We've been on the hyjack trail for at least 15 posts now. I, at least, find it more interesting than the original topic. Apparently, so does the original thread starter.

I thought this was my topic.

[sblake01]

I thought this was my topic.

Yes, it is. All I meant is that somewhere around post 25-26 it changed from movies to models.

[texasz]

I had heard about the movie a while back and nothing since...interested in seeing it when/if it comes out though! I have the complete 52-episode Speed Racer collection on a collectors edition DVD set that was available a few years back.

As for the question about the car, the base would be a Corvette. It's already been done! I wish I had all of my bookmarks with me (I'm in a hotel not at home where my bookmarks are). You guys just need to do a little Google searching. Here are a couple links I found:

http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/news/columns/cars/carreviews/speedracer.html

http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?DocId=1813&CarID=258

http://favoritetoons.com/speed-racer.php

http://www.speedracer.com

[TomoHawk]

The word is that United Artists gave the go-ahead for the filming to resume. No idea about the release date tho. The movie isn't supposed to be about high-speed car action, but more about the characters. But I don't see how you can make a movie about racecar driver & family without some racing.