Happy Easter 2012, Everyone!

"philipilihp" (philiphilip) 04/06/2014 at 22:59 • Filed to: HWEP, Hot Wheels, Diecastlopnik

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This is the culmination of my Hot Wheels-ing this weekend: A Volkswagen SP2 from the 2012 Easter Eggsclusives line. Randomly went into the Five Below store to check if they even sold hot wheels, and lo and behold, by the register was a bin full of 2012 easter hot wheels! The rest were the "normal" American cars, but I had never even heard of this VW, so had to pick it up. Apparently it was only made for the Brazilian market from 1972 to 1976 and had the same ubiquitous 1700cc air cooled engine that made VW famous and was built on the VW type 3 platform. Interesting!

Frosted > philipilihp 04/06/2014 at 23:03

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Awesome.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > philipilihp 04/06/2014 at 23:21

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Yup, the SP2. SP stood for São Paulo, but the general public soon nicknamed it "sem potência" (No power) because the engine didn't offer the performance promised by the styling.

hethoughtofcars > philipilihp 04/06/2014 at 23:37

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I have an one in a yellow-orange-ish color. The easter paint scheme is pretty cool!

Stef Schrader > philipilihp 04/06/2014 at 23:52

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LOVE!

I need to find a Type 3 for my desk.

Walfisch > philipilihp 04/07/2014 at 00:41

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Hmm there's a Five Below store here in my location, I might have to check that out.

philipilihp > Stef Schrader 04/07/2014 at 00:47

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I can see if they have another one of these for you if you like!

Stef Schrader > philipilihp 04/07/2014 at 01:08

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Heh, part of the fun is finding these myself.

philipilihp > Stef Schrader 04/07/2014 at 06:53

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True! Good luck and happy hunting! :)

STREPITUS > philipilihp 04/08/2014 at 08:25

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Nice! I just bought myself a 1:43 SP2. Cool find!

philipilihp > STREPITUS 04/08/2014 at 08:41

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I see the pic! Looks awesome! I had never even heard of this car before I found this!