1971 Hot Wheels
US - OLDS 442 (6467) - Rear Wing

Comparison of production wings to various reproductions

The shape and details of both prototype and production wings are identical. Only the material was changed from very hard to very soft.

• How to tell a genuine Mattel Rear Wing from a reproduction copy:
• All production Wings have crisp clear part numbers, some repros also have numbers, some have none.
• The earliest Production are super stiff, Regular production super soft. Repros are all in the middle/firm range.
• Production Wings are consistently semi-glossy. Repros are all Glossy.
• Repros are generally a bit rougher than the smooth production ones.
• Repros will sometimes have some extra flashing that is still attached.

Here we have the tops of the same 3 wings, the top is production, the others reproductions. Middle one has the part numbers (most do not). Check the "4" or the "1" ... fonts are different. Check the shape of each end... very squared off and a bit shorter. Check its shine... very smooth and glossy compared to the rough and satiny production. Bottom one has no numbers, only remnants of numbers due to trying ot use an orginal to copy. As it is a direct copy, at least the shape is correct from the bottom. Texture and sheen again far different than production.
Here we have the bottoms of 3 wings, the top is production, the others reproductions. For the middle one, check the shape... ends are squared off, and entire wing flat as opposed to rounded in production. Texture and sheen of both repros are far different than production.
Left is production, the others reproductions. For the middle one, the shape is wrong and still has the sloppy flashing hanging on the side. Right one is still off and pretty rough compared to the clean sharp edged cut of the orginal.
One more angle to see all the issues previously mentioned when comparing to the production wing on the left.






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