One-Year Olds
Finally— a car! Don't worry, we won't make it a habit!
To commemorate the first anniversary of the Blue Real Riders® Club, on April 1st we're releasing an ultra-cool 442!
But this is not your father's Oldsmobile! Since our members are not into redline-era castings, we're bringing you the more modern edition! This version of the early-80s GM "X-car" is specially-designed to complement the Series One Chevy Citation®, the BRR® Club's very first offering.
But our One-Year Olds is not for one-year-olds! Its Blue Pearl finish is due to copious amounts of lapis lazuli mixed into our exclusive lead-based PermaFrost® paint formula. It's also got the chewy tires that kids love to choke on! To appease more adult sensbilities, we've kept the deco to a minimum, with just a small Club logo "tramp stamp" on the car's rear end.
The Anniversary Olds will be a sure stand-out in your collection, as the only BRR® Club car that is not a Thing That's Not A Car we're offering this year.
Here are all the specs for this special release:
- PermaFrost® Blue Pearl finish
- Real Riders™ 5-spoke blackwall wheels
- Minimal tampos — no wild Real Riders™-themed graphics
- Hood, doors, and trunk cast closed
- Full-metal jacketed, unplated chassis
- Tinted windshield with <2% UV protection
Shipping in a Hot Wheels® Kar Keepers™ case, each One-Year Olds™ is priced at only $19.99 plus S&P (shipping & processing). And, remember: renewing BRR® Club members are automatically enrolled in our new Drag Bus Club™, and have the option of purchasing a leftover RLC™ Taxi Drag Bus instead!
There will be a purchase limit of one vehicle per BRR™ Club membership on the first week of availability. If quantities remain after the BRR™ Priority Week, it will become available to hobby stores, mass retailers, and Oldsmobile® dealerships. This item is available on a first-come, first-served basis only while supplies last.
No refunds. Exchanges may be made for BRR® Shop credit only.
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Posted 08-03-09 |
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Uh, the 442 is NOT an X-body or "X-car". The only relationship that car had with the Citation was that they were both made by GM. The '78 to '80 Cutlass hatchback was a G-Body. I wish they would bring the Flat Out 442 back to the mainline, or at least make it a Classics, or even a Larry's Garage car, since Larry Wood did design it. That would make a sweet T-Hunt! 
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Posted 08-03-09 |
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I got an orange one when I was 13. Loved it, still have it. Somehow I always liked that odd bodystyle too, though I usually don't dig hatches. If they brought it back I'd want it Spectraflame for the very first time. Oh, and Pokey's right, it's a G-Body. The X-Body was the Olds Omega, Chevy Citation, Buick Skylark, Pontiac Phoenix,
etc., replacing the Nova-type cars in 1980. The Flat Out I believe was based on a '78. |
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Posted 08-03-09 |
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Yes indeed! The X-cars were front wheel drive, transverse-engined, and had unit body construction. The 442/Cutlass was a rear wheel drive model with body-on-frame construction. The fastback bodystyle was not a hatchback; it had a conventional trunk. This was the "intermediate" chassis shared with the Malibu, LeMans, Regal, etc. Later, the X-cars were given longer front and rear overhangs and turned into cars like the Chevy Celebrity, Pontiac 6000, Olds Ciera, and Buick Century. I always liked the Flat-out 442 too. The period from about 1978 to 1984 produced some really great Hot Wheels. |
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Posted 08-03-09 |
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As with the HWC Red Line Club, the BRR Club policy is to not respond to issues raised by its members. I will, however, point out that we hold our sales ad copy to the same high hotwheelscollectors.com standards of accuracy. 
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