Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Dark Angel
It wouldn't be October without raising a little Hell, and here we have the latest addition to my ever expanding Devil Shelf collection with Mattel's Power 'n Friction Dark Angel van from 1976. If they had made the movie THE CAR ('77) into THE VAN instead, I imagine that it would've looked a bit like this. Great side graphics, and the gold windows, gold grill, and golden rims are a super nice golden touch of contrast to the evil blackness as well. Unfortunately, I have no clue how the Power 'n Friction aka Power 'n Speed switch on the back works, it's possibly out of commission and / or in need of repair.
Great ride for ol Scratch himself. Gives a new meaning to Hell on Wheels.
ReplyDeleteI think it worked like the old Mighty Mo trucks did when the switch was on Power, then flipping it to Speed let all the torque built up go in one burst.
ReplyDeleteThere also seems to be nothing out there about this line.
I too was searching around online before constructing this post and found nothing... really weird as this is one of the cooler 70’s toy cars I’ve ever seen.
ReplyDeleteLol @ JMR’s comment
Sweet ride. I'll bet it's got a gold deep-pile shag interior. I have literally never seen this toy before in my life, by the way. Great score. I would have also snatched this one up, I think.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t even think twice. Saw it on the shelf and grabbed it. $20 lighter in the wallet, but so worth it
ReplyDeleteOmg you are hilarious
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