Thursday, August 26, 2010

JL 32 Ford Delivery



We'll commemorate release 50 of the 1:24 scale Muscle cars line with this '32 Ford Sedan Delivery. The 24 scale line was launched in 2005 and I am excited to be able to introduce some castings that have traveled along with me in my career. I first worked on this '32 Ford casting in 1997 and introduced into the Racing Champions Hot Rod line later in the year. It has a full diecast body and chassis with detailed chrome engine, chrome exhaust and suspension. The hood is also removable and reveals a 289 V8.

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Monday, August 23, 2010

Johnny Lightning Blog '77 Monaco



This unmarked '77 Monaco in light metallic brown will join the two Beat the Heat releases in R11 of F64 I showed you a few days ago. I always say you can never have enough police cars in an asst so R11 will have three and R12 will also have three, along with a '57 Chevy ambulance.
R12 will have one BTH release, a '71 Chevelle owned by Jim Harris. Jim's Chevelle is black and white with a flaming pro stock scoop, red roof mounted lightbar and big rear slicks.

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Friday, August 20, 2010

Sprint for Johnny Lightning


The sprint will be on shortly for the next Walmart exclusive set, which hits stores in about 2 weeks. This new sidekick assortment includes 12 cars and each are packaged in a new black packaging with the JL logo. There are 36 cars in each sidekick and will be available at all Walmarts, including some that do not normally carry the regular JL Forever 64 line. Some of my favorites in the assortment are the the JL Sprint, yellow AMX, a bright orange '70 Chevelle and a '70 Cuda race car. White Lightnings have white tires and white rims. Good luck with the hunt!

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Johnny Lightning & Beat the Heat


Check out these two new Beat the Heat releases, the '71 Buick GS and the '81 Chevy Malibu. Both will make their debut in Forever 64 R11. The Buick is covered in metallic orange paint with black stripes, a pro stock scoop and clear lightbar. The Malibu is painted in classic black and white, a blue interior and blue lightbar.

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Friday, August 13, 2010

The Junkyard







Made a trip to the junkyard yesterday looking for some Project in Progress inspiration as well as look for some parts for my Camaro. The postal Jeep was a suprise and they wanted $1500. My favorite discovery had to be the '78 Dodge Trans-Van. Most of the interior was complete too! The red GTA was a suprise to see because it could of been saved so I couldn't leave behind the 16" wheels that were laying there next to the car so I picked them up for $25 bucks each. They need a good home, not a burial.

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Johnny Lightning on the Farm



Check out these two new sets. The JD set is only available now at JD dealerships and the Ford set can be found at New Holland dealerships. The '55 Ford Panel Delivery matches the paint on the Ford 640 tractor perfectly and the '59 El Camino has a two tone green and white paint scheme to match the JD 630.

Tom Zahorksy
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Friday, August 6, 2010

International Scout




Got a lot of comments on the release 10 Scout so I thought I would show you the White Lightning. Make plans to release all of the cars and trucks in the assortment from their plastic prisons because the White Lightning traits are white engines and a WL logo on the underside of the hood. The hoods are closed in the packaging too. Good luck with the hunt!

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Hummer H2


Working on a new Hummer H2 to replace the yellow release on our Collect N Play racks. This Hummer has a diecast body and chassis with flat army green paint and rubber tires. These racks can be found at TSC stores, Farm and Fleet and your local hobby stores. These have no packaging just a hangtag. Look for White Lightning too!

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Forever 64 R7


Several collectors and customers of ours have noticed that cases of R7 were resealed so I wanted to personally address this issue. The reason each carton of R7 was opened was an age grade and component number sticker had to be added to the corners of the packaging before the product shipped from China. No White Lightnings were removed or added so I hope you can be understanding when purchasing sealed cases from your local hobby distributor. This was just a little printing mix up and we apologize when you see these cases retaped. Thank you and we appreciate your support.

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Johnny Lightning Delivers



I showed you the Scout in release 10 and now this is the Goodyear Panel Delivery. Speaking of deliverys, make sure that you sign up for a JL subscription at 1stopdiecast.com to get your exclusive panel delivery. The truck is only 1 of 100 being produced for 1stopdiecast.

Tom Zahorsky
Senior Design Manager
Johnny Lightning