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Johnny Lightning is a brand of diecast model cars launched in 1969 by Topper Corporation (owner of the "Topper Toys" brand), similar to the hugely successful Mattel's Hot Wheels cars. Their claim to fame at that time was that they were extremely fast compared to other brands of die-cast cars. Their most important technology was to mold in a small hook under the front axle so that they could be propelled by a lever-driven catapult, far faster than could be obtained by either gravity, or battery powered "supercharger" devices.

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  • Johnny Lightning é uma marca fabricante de miniaturas de carros de brinquedo colecionáveis americana produzida em modelos fundidos da categoria die-cast. Ficou conhecida por suas miniaturas serem extremamente mais rápidas do que as miniaturas de outras marcas como a Hot Wheels. Atualmente, a Johnny Lightning pertence a Round 2 LLC. (pt)
  • Johnny Lightning is a brand of diecast model cars launched in 1969 by Topper Corporation (owner of the "Topper Toys" brand), similar to the hugely successful Mattel's Hot Wheels cars. Their claim to fame at that time was that they were extremely fast compared to other brands of die-cast cars. Their most important technology was to mold in a small hook under the front axle so that they could be propelled by a lever-driven catapult, far faster than could be obtained by either gravity, or battery powered "supercharger" devices. (en)
  • Johnny Lightning is een Amerikaanse fabrikant van modelauto's, voornamelijk in de schaal 1:64. De firma was tot recent in handen van de firma , maar tegenwoordig onderdeel van RC2, bekend van . Het merk werd al in de jaren 60 opgericht, maar kende slechts relatief weinig succes. In 1970 en 1971 besloot men raceauto's te sponsoren en de verkopen stegen enorm. Men verkocht de modellen als "snelste speelgoedauto's ter wereld". In 1971 werd de directeur van fraude beschuldigd, maar later werd deze beschuldiging ingetrokken. Op dat moment was de firma echter al failliet. In 1994 werd de merknaam gekocht en begon men weer modelauto's onder de merknaam te verkopen, aanvankelijk met weinig succes. Tegenwoordig zijn de modellen geliefd, zeker in de VS waar er verzamelclubs zijn. Ook in Europa kent (nl)
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  • Four models from the Playing Mantis era, fltr : 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, 1968 Chevrolet Nova; : 1978 Smokey and the Bandit Pontiac Trans Am, 1975 Starsky & HutchFord Gran Torino (en)
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