The De Lorean from BTTF I

OK, so I finaly relented and got this..... this huge toy. The huge 1/15th scale De Lorean from Back to the Future I made by Diamond Select Toys. When I say it huge, I really mean it is almost 13½ inch huge. Now, despite what you read from the Internet, please bear in mind that this is a toy and not some Studio Scale Model. In other words, it looks like it but its not accurate. But still, after waiting and deliberating, despite its cons being more than its pros, I still went ahead.

Do not be fooled with the title "Back to the Future II"
Its to circumvent some copyright issues and not some
technicality. I can't be bothered to explain his but you
can find more information on the Internet. Then again,
its a toy. Who cares?

Lets begin by unveiling the toy. I tried to recreate
the same scene where we all saw the time machine
for the very first time, which is coming out from a
trailer. Since I do not have a smoke machine and
proper lighting, this will have to do. The toy actually
sits on a clear moulded plastic packaging. And when
it is closed, the upper set of clear mirrored plastic
will keep the toy still. This does a way with those
irritating wires you see in a lot of toys. Kudos to the
person who designed this packaging.

This is the shot with normal car setting. Well, OK,
I set the switch to 'Play' where at this setting, the
De Lorean's headlights would come on.

There are some marks on the car which I am not
too happy since it would mean having to repaint
them. You can see such example on the bonnet,
near the headlights where there are two smudges
Then again, I would need to, anyway, if I wanted
to make it as accurate as the one in the movie.

The Time Circuit activator is a big disappointment
as not is it sloppily glued but its just a sticker over
a shape. In actual prop, it is clear. Maybe I should
locate and get my 1/18 Sunstar model out for some
comparison.

As you can see, the dash area is quite accurate
but still there is a lot of work to be done as well

Becareful when you open the battery compartment
because the nut holding the screw will come off. It
did in mine anyway. Next to the batteries , on the
right, is the switch setting, giving you 'ON' for demo
in the box, 'PLAY' for, well, all the sounds as printed
on the box. 'OFF' is for you to roll the car across the
carpet silently until you hit the cat/dog/wall.

See the round thing? Its the nuclear reactor which uses
stolen plutonium to generate 1.21Jigawatts to the Flux
Capacitor. Here, it is used as speaker output.

Only in the 'PLAY' mode can you have the headlights
and the Flux capactor light up, among other things.....

....such as the rear lights and even the vents....

...the dashboard and time circuits too.

So, all in all, at this moment, this is the best toy
of the lot and yes, there will be a lot of work to
do before I can accept and display it. Heh.

OK, this is the top view of the DeLorean.

And this is the bottom view. I am waiting for the BTTF II
version. But here, they have done the groundwork for it.
Just look at the four circles and the pair of five rectangular
shapes. These are for the Flying DeLorean. How they make
the wheels rotate, is a good question, unless they're doing
the same thing as what Aoshima did with their 1/24 model.

So, at this point in time, I got the car and the more I think about it, the more I am worried because of the things that needs to be done, which one of them involves making clear resin parts and clear transparencies. My original idea was to put in a radio remote control system in there but after seeing the switch near the batteries, this is not going to be a simple cut and solder job. This is going to be a very long project and I need to learn how to do casting. But, in the meantime,........

Bwahahahaahahahahah!