Carrera YELLO Cobra

[Cincyslots]

Not for everyone but kind of cool!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Is there some kind of story that goes with this thing?

[Cincyslots]

I think they are/were and English band. It too looks better in person.

Bruce

[WB2]

Google says it's a Swiss electronic band.
I noticed the Swiss flag on the door. Name behind it is one of the two band members.

[goosenapper]

[MrAdept]

Their claim to fame is the song "The Race"


They also did "Oh Yeah" to name another.


Mark

[goosenapper]

I'd never heard of The Race before this edition came out. I ran it past the guy who turned me on to them a few years back. He was stationed in Germany around the time they were well known in Europe. (mid 80's) He didn't remember it either- but later found that it was on one of his albums. It's not a stand-out song in my opinion, but then again their stuff isn't really for everyone.

[BRP32]

Of all the great racing paint schemes that car could be done in and that is what they come up with?

And these manufacturers wonder why certain cars don't sell?

I say good luck with that one.

I will not be purchasing it.

And people are knocking scalextric for the K&K Insurance superbird?

Yeah, I know it looks bad too but not as much as a joke as the above cobra.

I guess when they clearance them out they can always be bought cheaply and repainted......

Just my opinion though....

Wayne (Bolton's Speed Shop)

[BRP32]

I can't wait to see the next one to celebrate Lady GAGA.....

Maybe they will have a figure of her driving it.

Maybe a Myley Cyrus one too with twerking action figure included.

Will be the talk of the media for months.

A great way to get slot cars back into the main stream media! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[goosenapper]

I thought I wasn't nuts- about this at least. When the car was announced, Dieter was supposed to be holding a microphone, which is a more apt than an over-sized wrench. Also, the preproduction color scheme is more appealing- to me at least.

pic from then:

[goosenapper]

The time stamp would show that Jeremy and I were thinking the same thing at the same time. Scary!

[BRP32]

The pre production one looks like he is flipping everyone the bird!

Very classy! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Cincyslots]

Bib

It's in stores now

Bruce

[ourwayband]

Man,that is one for the record books..I guess when your #1 in your field you can make any thing you want?? :roll:

Rusty

[HomeRacingWorld]

Pretty much.

I think it is a lot different than the Scalextric Dodge. This was done as a collectible as Jeremy stated. Just a special run of this car, nothing to lose sleep over. There are several race versions of the Cobra already. In fact, 4 total (including hardtop) since they released the car almost a year ago. 4 race cars from the same mold in one year is a lot more than we see from other brands.

I think it's a hoot. I likely will not buy one, but I am sure collectors will swallow them up rather quickly. I have all the race versions and if the folks at Carrera want to have a little fun with a car or two, hey...I'm not complaining. :)

The Scalextric on the other hand is much more offensive to me. A clearly botched effort of a American classic.