Topper Johnny Lightning Double Trouble NICE

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Hello and thank you for looking at my Topper Johnny Lightning die cast auctions. I have been involved with the Johnny Lightning Hobby for over 20 years , and I know you will like the cars I am listing. They are good/ very good condition, and actually quite nice to put in your collection. Not overly priced "minty-mint" examples that one cannot touch with un gloved hands..but rather, nice cars to pick up and appreciate!Here is one of the first original cars produced by Topper Toys in Elizabeth NJ..( 1969-1971).in 1969, a year after Mattel introduced Hot Wheels, Henry Orenstein and Topper came out with the first Johnny Lightning metal cars, which could be rolled by gravity or propelled around a track by a catapult device called an actuator. In a smuch as the actuator is hand operated, Topper says Johnny Lightning races are won by skill. From the very first, Topper made the claim that Johnny Lightnings were faster than any Hot Wheels car. According to Topper the first Johnny Lightnings could achieve scale speeds of 400 MPH. The secret was their wheel construction. The wheels are made of Celcon and hung on straight axles. Topper refined the wheels even more and improved the actuator, boosting the scale speed to an asserted 1,500 MPH.The photos in the auction are of the actual (1) CAR you will receive.This is for the Topper Double Trouble! read more
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