Bandai Chogokin Speed Racer Mach 5

[sh9000]

[jvmacross]

This should be good...

I remember coming home from school when I was in pre-school or kindergarten and looking forward to watching the latest episodes of Speed Racer...one of my earliest memories...dang I'm old!

 

[Big s]

Is it supposed to be purple at the bottom half, I always thought it was all white and occasionally got a little shading there?

[Tking22]

Yeah I'm in, for me, this is one of the most iconic pop culture cars out there, I really liked the live action movie too!

[sh9000]

Prototype pics.

[JB0]

That sure is the Mach 5...

[TangledThorns]

Last year when I was looking at new Jaguar F-Types  their white paint with red leather interior combo gave my Mach 5 vibes., especially in convertible.  More so than a Corvette or other 2 seat sports car imho.

Ended up going with Carpathian Grey paint with black leather coupe which gets compared to the Batmobile, lol.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 17 by TangledThorns

[sh9000]

New pics.

Edited February 25 by sh9000

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

I hope Bandai puts a trunk monkey in there in secret as a hidden bonus.

[sh9000]

More pics.

[Steady]

Looks great except for the lower half of the car being blue.  Why did they do that?? 

[Big s]

26 minutes ago, Steady said:

Looks great except for the lower half of the car being blue.  Why did they do that?? 

I was kinda wondering that, but then I watched the classic intro and it made me question whether it’s just shading or was intentionally that color to begin with. I’m not a speed racer expert, but it does appear all white in the show. Either Bandai did that weird thing they do and picked a scene where the color is different or they know something most of us don’t.

there oddly appears to be a dividing line as well, but either way Bandai did their blue too dark.

Still I’m not totally convinced that this isn’t just shading 

[Steady]

3 minutes ago, Big s said:

I was kinda wondering that, but then I watched the classic intro and it made me question whether it’s just shading or was intentionally that color to begin with. I’m not a speed racer expert, but it does appear all white in the show. Either Bandai did that weird thing they do and picked a scene where the color is different or they know something most of us don’t.

there oddly appears to be a dividing line as well, but either way Bandai did their blue too dark.

Still I’m not totally convinced that this isn’t just shading 

To me, it looks like shading because in the in the image you posted, its a gradual change from white to blue--and its a light blue.  On the new Bandai toy, its a solid color.  I always interpreted the "dividing line" you're talking about as a way to illustrate the sharp crease in the sheet metal of the car's body.

I always thought of the car as all white.

Its a cool model otherwise.  

 

[jvmacross]

1 hour ago, Steady said:

Looks great except for the lower half of the car being blue.  Why did they do that?? 

To milk the mold at least one more time with a "no shading" edition! 

[kanedaestes]

I had to look it up and the Mach 5 is actually two colors. Not just shading. You can see it in the episodes. It’s just all subsequent materials and products after the show  make it all white this Bandai is actually correct. 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, kanedaestes said:

I had to look it up and the Mach 5 is actually two colors. Not just shading. You can see it in the episodes. It’s just all subsequent materials and products after the show  make it all white this Bandai is actually correct. 

That’s pretty wild. I’ve never seen a toy or model or even a replica car this color until now. And now that I’ve seen it, every scene has it that way, but my brain still wants to say it’s just shading.

[anime52k8]

watch the show in HD and it actually is that dark. And the grey is there in literally every scene,

[Big s]

3 hours ago, anime52k8 said:

watch the show in HD and it actually is that dark. And the grey is there in literally every scene,

I don’t think it’s quite as dark as the toy, but it’s there even when it’s airborne facing upwards. I’ve started believing that it actually was supposed to be two main colors. Now it sort of makes sense why some of the sequel shows had more blue colors 

Maybe it would be easier to check on an episode where it’s completely upside down.