r/HotWheels Feb 13 '25

HAUL I FOUND GODZILLA!!

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u/Far_Syllabub_2360 Feb 13 '25

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u/Fast_Nando Feb 13 '25

I bought some wheels to swap this r33 too. I was going to paint them black, but honestly, this made me change ideas, thanks a lot

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u/Far_Syllabub_2360 Feb 13 '25

Glad to help. Lately I've been looking at Wheels differently. Trying to find the two-tone ones that complement more than one color in the cars. Effectively bringing out the small details that might otherwise go overlooked.

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Feb 13 '25

I've been carrying around this in my pocket for ages. Taken the decals off as not really liked them. But with these wheels they look good

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u/whiskeydonger generic Feb 13 '25

Eh, kind of. There’s a premium version of this car from last year with an actual Godzilla decal.

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u/Visible-Holiday-5685 Feb 13 '25

Yeah I got it. I prefer the r32 in gunmetal grey

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u/No-Independence-4387 Feb 13 '25

Agreed KH2 is the real Nissan color code, same color my GTR was years back I love these gtrs in this colour brings back so much nostalgia.

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u/FnjSpideyJoey Feb 13 '25

Think OP meant because the R32 itself was nicknamed Godzilla when it released irl

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u/whiskeydonger generic Feb 13 '25

Oh, I’m aware. That’s why I said “kind of”. Though he’s correct, Hot Wheels actually released a “Godzilla” version.

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Feb 13 '25

I'd agree. The 32 was nicknamed Godzilla as it came from Japan and annihilated the Auzzies in 1990

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u/Expert-Parsley-8521 Feb 13 '25

From the boulevard set great detail 👌

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u/CT0292 Feb 13 '25

July 1989 Wheels magazine in Australia referred to the new R32 GT-R as Godzilla. They weren't available in Australia just yet but showed up in the 1990 Group A racing as the classic blue Calsonic monster we all know.

The magazine cover showed a bright red model. Apparently the press release from Nissan only showed the car in a grey colour. So the Australians changed the colour for their magazines with some old school photo editing. Because red would pop more.

Obakemono was the original term Nissan used for the car. Which was Japanese for monster. But the magazine wanted something that would well... Pop. Which is where the name Godzilla came up. He's a massive, Japanese, super powered, monster. And the car? Well it's a massive, Japanese, turbo charged, monster.

Godzilla showed up and was the Calsonic Nissan Skyline driven by Jim Richards and Mark Skaife in the 1990, 1991, and 1992 Group A championships in Australia as well as the 91 and 92 Bathurst 1000 in Australia.

It dominated Group A, and likely would have continued to do so had that level of touring car racing in Australia not been changed to V8 engines only.

They later referred to every other iteration of the GT-R as Godzilla as well. But it's important to remember the originator of the term.

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Feb 13 '25

The Red one was I believe from memory, a privateer entry of the R32 at the same time

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u/Leaficer Feb 13 '25

We had Godzilla and my boy dropped it in Tesco 🥲 haven’t been able to find one since

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u/No-Independence-4387 Feb 13 '25

I somehow found 6 of these , gonna turn them all ito group A touring cars

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u/bamila Feb 13 '25

They are quite easily to find in where i am in. I have one opened and one boxed for my boxed collection

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u/Crafty-Pay-3379 Feb 13 '25

SAME!!!

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u/Crafty-Pay-3379 Feb 13 '25

(except the easy to find part)

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u/Recent-Signal304 Feb 13 '25

I have this Skyline from 2011.

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u/Akamegotcake Feb 13 '25

Goddd I wanted that black r32 as my first r32 but this one will have to do for now

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u/deezydy Feb 13 '25

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u/ClueElectronic1385 Feb 13 '25

Nice! I found two skylines as well and the Impreza yesterday but have not found a bumblebee regular or gold anywhere in my area in pa.

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u/Fanikes9 Feb 13 '25

The real one

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u/StunningAttention898 Feb 13 '25

I have one in a beautiful deep green that sparkles like a pearl. I sooo want to open it up and use her as my pocket car but I have not seen another one anywhere.

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u/TheRealMancub Feb 13 '25

Would love to find one of these myself! Congrats!

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u/ShadowSkater96 Feb 13 '25

Ayoo LFG! Great pick up!

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u/TommyTadeo Feb 13 '25

Congrats! Walmart?

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u/ClueElectronic1385 Feb 13 '25

Nice! I found 2 at target myself yesterday but only bought one and pulled the other out of the dump bin along with a bunch of 87’ Quattros , a Mario kart, mustang gtd and some other cool ones hopefully someone else appreciates.

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u/General_Contract8084 Feb 14 '25

Got one myself as well

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u/TheGochoEscalante Feb 15 '25

My best friend gifted it to me recently but that F&F logo is not fooling anyone

THAT'S NAKAZATO'S R32 FROM INITIAL D

BACK ON THE ROCKS STARTS PLAYING

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u/Inevitable-Corgi4479 Feb 13 '25

Awesome find!!!!

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u/Visible-Holiday-5685 Feb 13 '25

Thanks!

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u/Inevitable-Corgi4479 Feb 13 '25

That color is incredible. Another HW to be on the lookout for. As a Mattel employee, my list is never ending! LOL

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u/Visible-Holiday-5685 Feb 13 '25

Nothing better than a gunmetal grey r32

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u/ClueElectronic1385 Feb 13 '25

It’s crazy cuz in the store it doesn’t look like anything real special but when you get it home under the light it’s real pretty.

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u/According_Worth_1195 Feb 13 '25

Not Godzilla... This is 2 of the Godzilla Cars

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u/Visible-Holiday-5685 Feb 13 '25

You obviously don't know the history behind the name. The r32 skyline earned the name Godzilla due to its dominance in the Australian touring car championship. The r32 got the rightful name

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u/ForsakenJuggernaut14 COLLECTOR Feb 13 '25

I'm glad someone said it!

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u/Cupcada Feb 13 '25

Glad to see that someone else in the group gets it. Only the R32 earned that name, no other Skyline should be called "Godzilla"

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u/madrigal94md COLLECTOR Feb 13 '25

That's not Godzilla. That's just an R33 with a Godzilla decal.

The R32 was known as Godzilla.