[Closed] DM/ACME Challenger first impressions

My take its just nice to have a Challenger with the Bumble-Bee stripe on the back end of the car. Al ways hoped someone would make one. No way I'm sending mine back. Now have both the Yellow and Blue cars. Very happy to have them in my collection.

Agree on the price point. I can overlook that oversize antenna. Yep, the

Highway 61 models just don't have the heft of the DM and FM models.

I would imagine that ACME has to re-coup costs of acquiring that tooling plus a lower issue rate to boot. Add in that ACME is supplying the model to Danbury, there are costs involved there, too. Everyone has to have their piece of the pie. At the end of the day, we pay for that. You either bite the bullet and buy it or stand your ground and not pay the price.

Some will (including me). Others won't. We should all be good with that.

Agree with you Tom, I'll pass.

I agree Tom, overpriced, quality is not there, over spray on the under carriage and the spare tire is a joke, the whole size of the spare isn't as big as the regular wheels, my hood will not set flush, I could go on but all in all, Cheap cheap cheap!!!

The "over spray" is deliberate.

That over spray reproduces what the 1:1 cars had from the factory. Highway 61 did this on all the scales and versions of the Challenger they sold.

These Challengers aren't to the same standards as what DM sold before. Those of us familiar with them knew that. DM should have managed the expectations better on this release, but didn't. So, the reactions I'm reading don't come as any surprise to me.

Diecast Promotions is still in business. They've discontinued the Highway 61 brand. Acme acquired the rights to the tooling in conjunction with Greenlight Collectibles.

Quality on mine is perfect...

aside from details not matching up to real DM...what is there is fashioned perfectly.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the spare is not supposed to be full size.

I guess what I look at is how does it display in the case next to similar models from either DM or FM. I have to say it displays and looks the same as offerings from the original mints.

And, if you think about it, look where the pricing of the tail end of DM and FM was headed? In that scheme of things, $149 is probably par for a lesser detailed car that they might have released had they stayed in the diecast business.

Who's to say.

Correct about the spare.

Challengers and Barracudas with 15 inch wheels got a compact, "collapsible" spare tire which is what's represented in the Challengers trunk.

Ted is correct. Some of the factories for the ebody Cuda's and Challengers painted the bodies while on fixtures that when sides were painted the over spray was left underneath on the chassis. if the car did not get any undercoating, you could see the paint over spray. other factories dipped the bodies in paint, and they had full color on underside. And Yes, Ted is correct again, these cars had small trunks, and could not fit a full sized spare, so they were equipped with collapsible spare tires, and inflation bottles to inflate them when used.

If you don't like it, don't buy it. Simple as that. But I'm hoping it leads to more from DM.

Where do you put the Flat after changing to it? Hope you are not going somewhere important?

Could we get excited for a 57 Olds 98 Coupe or a 61 Pontiac Bonneville Hardtop & some 53-54 Fords &

Mercurys. I would be happy till they did the Grand Prix 1962 thru 1967. Then some early 60's would be nice!

I had a '70 cuda, and did get a flat on one of my rally wheels.

when the tire is flat, it fits.
they called the collapsible tires the "Space saver spare". you could still fit a full size tire, there just wasn't any more room. and since a flat is flat, it would stuff in there.

I hope it leads to more too, George. My concern is the high price will limit sales and DM will decide it's not worth the effort. We'll see.