Mattel Malaysia has revealed the highly-anticipated Scorching Wheels Proton Saga diecast mannequin is now out there for buy at main departmental, toy specialty and comfort shops within the nation. The 1:64 scale of Proton’s first mannequin – the 1985 Saga – was first introduced final December along with the corporate’s fortieth anniversary.

At the moment, the corporate additionally stated it might increase its Penang manufacturing unit, which produces Scorching Wheels automobiles for international markets. This has since been accomplished as of January this 12 months, and can enable the corporate to extend its manufacturing capability by an anticipated 20% by 2025 from the present common of 9 million models per week – Mattel Malaysia runs the world’s largest Scorching Wheels manufacturing plant.

The Proton Saga diecast isn’t a limited-edition mannequin however is being offered as a Scorching Wheels Primary Automotive (or mainline mannequin) that shall be included within the Sprint/Case B group for 2024. The corporate says it would maintain stay unboxing classes of the Sprint B at Pavilion Bukit Jalil, with occasions scheduled to happen at October 8 and 15 at 10am in addition to on October 14 at 5pm.

Except for the mainline Proton Saga with a regular card, there can even be a model with a particular blister card that includes the design of 9-year-old Noticed Jane Harn from Penang. Her design received the Scorching Wheels x Proton Youngsters Design Competitors and was revealed at this 12 months’s Artwork of Velocity occasion in July. Not like the mainline model that’s offered now which can even be exported abroad, this model with the particular blister card will solely be marketed in Malaysia and is about to go on sale subsequent 12 months.

In case you’re fortunate sufficient to discover a unit on the peg, the Saga diecast retails for RM9.90. We are saying fortunate as a result of it seems there are already people shopping for and reselling the mannequin by way of on-line platforms for as a lot as RM250!

GALLERY: Scorching Wheels x Proton Youngsters Design Competitors at Artwork of Velocity 2023

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