- Hot Wheels has announced radio-controlled toy versions of Tesla’s electric sci-fi Cybertruck pickup; they come in 1:64 and 1:10 scale.
- You can pre-order now for delivery in December.
- Both will arrive at your home quicker than the actual Cybertruck.
Can’t wait for your Tesla Cybertruck to arrive? Well, Mattel has decided to fill the weird-looking sci-fi-truck gap in your life with two radio-controlled (RC) Cybertrucks available for pre-order right now, with delivery in December of this year. Sure, it’s a long time to wait for a toy. But it’ll be under the tree quicker than the actual Cybertruck (which starts production in late 2021) will be in anybody’s garage.
David Chickering/Mattel
The toy company is offering two variants. The $20 Hot Wheels version at 1:64 scale, built for driving on the iconic orange tracks, is tiny enough to sit next to the rest of your collection but doesn’t require a launcher to actually move.
The teeny-tiny truck will have Chill and Sport modes, with scale speeds of up to 500 miles per hour, and can handle loops up to nine inches tall. The pocket-size Tesla can be charged directly from the charger, and at $20 will probably be a hit.
David Chickering/Mattel
For the hard-core Tesla fanatic, the $400 1:10 scale RC Cybertruck will not only ship at the same time as the smaller Hot Wheels–size version, but it will also come with a reusable shattered-glass decal. You can relive the Tesla launch event in your own home without trying to figure out where to buy a softball-sized piece of metal. It ships with a 9.9-volt, 3300-mAh rechargeable battery. That’s much less than the full-size pickup, so we’re not counting on 250-plus miles of range from the toy. But the bed of the truck (a.k.a. Vault) has a working tonneau cover, tailgate, and loading ramp.
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Maybe you can find an RC Yamaha Raptor ATV and add some silver panels to it to re-create the CyberQuad (which, reportedly, is actually a Yamaha Raptor) to park in the back of the truck.
The larger RC also ships with Chill and Sport modes but can cruise at 25 mph in all-wheel-drive mode. That scales up to 250 miles per hour, which is much faster than anyone in the full-size world should drive a truck that looks like a stealth fighter. What’s cool is that the plastic body (not cold-rolled steel like the real Cybertruck) is removable with a detailed interior. If you’ve modified a G.I. Joe or Star Wars figure to look like Elon Musk, it now has a proper vehicle to sit in and hit up scale models of L.A. clubs.
Sadly, none of the toys are bulletproof or have a $7000 option for future self-driving.
All of this (including the cracked window decal) was design by Mattel in partnership with Tesla. While the design of the Cybertruck is polarizing, it’s definitely different from anything else headed to showrooms, and the toys are a nice entrée into something distinct without throwing down $40,000. Plus, if you already have Model S, the Model X, and Model 3 Hot Wheels, you might as well complete the set with the Cybertruck. No word on if Boring Company sleds will be available next year to help your tiny cars avoid traffic.
Source: Motor - aranddriver.com
