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Description[]

The Poison Pinto is a Hot Wheels casting based on the Ford Pinto Van. It was released In 1979, in the The Heroes line under the name of The Thing.

Versions[]

The Poison Pinto has come out in the following versions:

Col # Year Series Color Tampo Base Color
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Type
Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes
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Variations
Photo
1976 Flying Colors Light Green Yellow, Black, & White "Poison Pinto", skull & crossbones on sides Black Tinted (Blue) Chrome RL 9240 Hong Kong 1976-PoisPin-GrnRL (Large)
1977 BW PoisonPinto bw
1976 Super Chromes 6-Pack Chrome Yellow, Black, & White "Poison Pinto", skull & crossbones Black
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Plastic
Tinted (Blue) Chrome RL 9508 Hong Kong Only available in 6-pack PPinto - Chrome 76
1977 BW Poisonpinto chromeBW
52 1978 Drag Strippers Light Green Yellow, Black, & White "Poison Pinto", skull & crossbones Black
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Plastic
Tinted (Blue) Chrome BW 9240 Hong Kong PoisonPinto bw
1979 The Heroes Dark Blue Black, White & Orange image of "The Thing" Black
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Metal
Tinted (Blue) Chrome BW 2882 Hong Kong Named The Thing Thething
1983 Speed Machines Red Yellow, Black, & White"Poison Pinto", skull & crossbones Black
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Metal
Tinted (Blue) Gray BW 4227 Hong Kong Malaysia Speed pinto sleepercivic
1984 France Release Light Green Yellow & Black"Poison Pinto", skull & crossbones Black
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Plastic
Tinted (Blue) Chrome BW 9240 France Poison france sleepercivic
1985 France Release Teal No Tampos Black
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Plastic
Clear Chrome BW 9240 France Pinto france clear sleepercivic
1985 France Release Teal No Tampos Black
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Metal
Tinted (Blue) Chrome BW 9240 France Pinto france blue sleepercivic

Retooled Versions[]

The Poison Pinto has come out in the following versions:

Year Series Color Tampo Base Color
/
Type
Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes
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Variations
Photo
2003 HWC.com 2: Neo-Classics
3/4
Spectraflame Red "Poison Pinto" with skull & crosswrenches surrounded by red flames on sides, painted headlights Chrome
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Metal
Tinted (Smoke) Black NCRL B2194 China 12,500 produced PPinto - Red HWC Series 2
2006 RLC sELECTIONs
3/4
Spectraflame Green "Poison Pinto" with skull & crosswrenches surrounded by green flames on sides, painted headlights Chrome
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Metal
Tinted (Smoke) Black NCRL K3824 China 7,553 produced 2006rlcpoisonpintoselections
2007 RLC Party Spectraflame Pink "Poison Pinto" with skull & crosswrenches surrounded by pink flames on sides, painted headlights Chrome
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Metal
Tinted (Smoke) Black NCRL L2105 China Poison Pinto - RLC Party
2010 RLC Rewards
4/4
Spectraflame Gold Gold & brown stripes & RLC logo on sides; "RWRDS-2" on rear California license plate Chrome
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Metal
Tinted (Blue) Brown NCRL R8410 Thailand 2,976 produced
Base code(s): D07
PoisonPinto 10Rewards

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