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Old 12-04-2013, 02:41 AM
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It seems my car has made it to the die cast molds, but this was 5 years ago. I recall a submittal for Your Car is the Star, but they never told me I was selected. Anyone see this on the pegs back in the day?
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Re: Johnny Lightning 85 TA

That's absolutely freakin awesome!!!!!

I remember how excited I was when my 92 GTA and my 91 Firehawk made it into the book "
Pontiac Firebird: The Autobiography Pontiac Firebird: The Autobiography
", I was totally stoked! I got an autographed hard-back copy from the author too.

Major congrats even if you did have to find out on your own! I would freakin KILL for that for my 92 GTA!!!!

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Thanks Alex! Looks like I did this way back in 05, now its coming back to me:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...-gen-your.html
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Re: Johnny Lightning 85 TA

I seen the picture of the card in your post and immediately recognized it was your car before reading. That's a pretty neat deal for you and your nice Recaro.

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It seems my car has made it to the die cast molds, but this was 5 years ago. I recall a submittal for Your Car is the Star, but they never told me I was selected. Anyone see this on the pegs back in the day?
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Thanks, it seems I'm out of luck with getting any reply from Johnny L. From some web digging, the deal was they would supply me a case of 12 castings of the car. They never delivered, and it was over 5 years ago. Anyone know a good lawyer? lol
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Well that's a little upsetting to hear that. They should of at least gave you some diecasts for reinbursement. Being that they made a diecast of your vehicle without your permission? But it's still pretty sweet for your car to be a star! Also, it would pretty awesome if they made a Johnny Lighting Firehawk diecast! either in 1:64 or 1:24. Would also love to see a Jamica Yellow formula as well.
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