Piranha Car

Piranha Terror car by Hot Wheels.

I am working on my own Batman 66 villain.

Surfing and Polynesian themes were common in the early 1960s.

So I am doing a villain I call The Tiki.

He is a jungle themed villain.

This will be his official vehicle.

I know that the piranha is a fish from the Amazon, but the motif looks very Polynesian to me.
 

Boom Car

Boom Car by Hot Wheels.

I have a small circus for my collection, there were even circuses in Germany during WWII.

This is a clown cannon.

Used to shoot a clown into a net some distance away.

James Bond in Diamonds are Forever visits the Las Vegas casino Circus Circus.  I have been there and it's very much like a real circus.

James Bond in Octopussy is all about the circus as Octopussy's International Circus is a front for diamond and atomic bomb smuggling.

In the James Bond movie Moonraker, villain Jaws fall from an airplane and survives by landing on a circus tent.

So WWII or James Bond, I needed a circus.

So this is one aspect of that.

It's a cute little vehicle.
 

Cars and Vans

Father and son perhaps?

Maybe the son is in the van?

The Riddler, the Puzzler and the Riddler?

Holy alphabets, Batman!
 

Riddle Me This

57 Chevrolet car from Hot Wheels.

It looks like a crossword puzzle.

The Batman 66 universe has the Riddler and the Puzzler.

The Riddler has two different actors playing the character and they are very different in both style and personality.  They are very different takes on the same villain and both are excellent.

I think they are intended to be two different people and so in my Batman 66 universe they are brothers.

They each take the mantle of the Riddler when the other is in jail with the older of them having seniority.

The Puzzler script was written as a Riddler script and so that connects them, the Puzzler is much older than either and more foppish.  In my Batman 66 universe he is the Father of the two brothers.

So certainly driving a car like this, that looks like a crossword puzzle would seem in character for at least one of them.

The model is a very nice car, well detailed and well painted.

It is interesting to look at the letters and try and find interesting meaning in them.

 Could be a clue....?

Godzilla and Monster and Car

Godzilla study group, and the military Godzilla response team vehicle.

And Godzilla too!

Mr. G looks them over.

Godzilla Car

Japanese police car and sort of Godzilla funny car.

Here is a Nissan car with actual Godzilla graphics.

My plan is to use this as a car for organizations that monitor and study Godzilla.

The red marking is Godzilla in Japanese.

It's a rather generic looking car other wise.

But I do like the Godzilla picture and the big claw marks too.

Hot Wheels were getting pretty shabby for a few years but now the graphics are improving with sides and rear on this car.

Top view.

Minimal underbody detail.

Funny car and Godzilla car.
 

Monster Funny Car

A Hot Wheels police car.

Since I am doing several national capitals, and Tokyo is one of them it seems like a good idea to have police cars for them.

Since having Godzilla models, having contemporary police seems a good idea.

This car is not specifically Godzilla themed but it does look a bit like him.

Under all that paint is it's a Mustang.

Some of the Godzilla movies have public or private organizations that study Godzilla.

Perhaps being able to drive 300 miles per hour could be an advantage if Godzilla were nearby.

It is an interesting paint scheme.

And the wheelie bar on the back is a nice touch.

Not sure what the V signifies.

The silver tires are interesting.