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- Category
- Toy and collector watch
- Audience
- Hot Wheels collectors
- Format
- Collector brief
- Status
- Source checked
- Summary
- Designer Brendon Vetuskey reworked Larry Wood's 1970s Poison Pinto for the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks line in standard green and ZAMAC Treasure Hunt versions.
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The monster-truck adaptation kept the cues that make Poison Pinto recognizable: the blown engine, menacing roofline, period graphics, and light-blue glass. The body gained sharper lines, fender flares, door definition, and rivet details to fit the larger chassis. Its standard green release connected directly to the Flying Colors original designed by Larry Wood and sold from 1976 into the 1980s.
A second 2024 version used an unpainted ZAMAC-style finish as a Treasure Hunt, with redline tires echoing the Super Chromes era. That pairing made the project more than a novelty enlargement; it linked two different vintage Poison Pinto looks to the modern Monster Trucks assortment. Collectors should verify the finish, wheel treatment, and Treasure Hunt markings when identifying loose examples.
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Designer Brendon Vetuskey reworked Larry Wood's 1970s Poison Pinto for the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks line in standard green and ZAMAC Treasure Hunt versions.
- Source
- Orange Track Diecast
- Published
- Nov 28, 2023
- Last verified
- Aug 8, 2026
- Status
- Source checked
- Profile status
- Unclaimed
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Toys
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Poison Pinto
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