Keep them coming, I love them.  They look excellent on my HO layout. 

I think you should make the Blues Brothers, Dodge Monaco Police Car.

Trainman

I also love the 1/87 scale vehicles and vote for the movie Bullitt, both the Charger and Mustang.

Brian

the HO market is expanding fast. love to see the muscle cars from late 60's and early 70's in this scale

It is great to finally find some HO scale vehicles that are not just expensive sports cars, and at an affordable price. I hope Malibu International Makes a Posting area for their products too; it would be nice to be able to give them some input on future vehicles. What is great about Reel Rides is that there have been a lot of awesome vehicles in the movies and on TV over the years so the potential for some great HO scale vehicles is large, but I want to see a lot of HO scale cars and trucks produced based off of vehicles that I actually see on the road everyday in the real world. Reel Rides has done well so far (so has the regular Malibu International) at not only offering sports cars and exotics. I think it would be exciting to find HO scale models of: Toyota FJ Cursers and Camry’s, Honda Elements and civics, Dodge Chargers (classic and new), Nitro’s, Calibers, Chrysler 300s, Volvo Station Wagons, Pickup trucks from any manufacturer, and many more…     

I second the idea ...  1) 1969 NOVA COUPE   2) Chevy Truck  1965   CHEVY is beloved in Argentina

ponyman           i think THESE  ARE A GREAT FIRST RUN. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 2ND RUN. ALSO AFTER TALKING TO SOURCE @ MALIBU I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT AS THE MODELS ARE RETIRED FROM THE REELRIDES RUN THAT SOME WILL END UP IN BLACKBOX SERIES IN DIFFERENT COLORS. ALSO GLAD TO SEE THIS IS BACKED BY THE LASTEST ARTICLE IN MODEL RAILROAD NEWS. I HOPE THAT MALIBU WILL PRODUCE SOME SUBURBANS, EXPEDITIONS, AND NAVIGATORS USED AS SECRET SERVICE VEHICLES IN SO MANY MOVIES AND TV SHOWS. WE COULD ALSO USE THE CHEVY CREWCAB DUALLY THAT MEL GIBSON DROVE IN THE LETHAL WEAPON MOVIES. AGAIN KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. CUDOS.     BRYAN                                                                                                                                                                                    

Has anyone found the "malibu" 1/87 scale cars available  in Canada?  I've found them in Walmart stores when visiting the States but nothing up here in the "Cold White North"!  

I realy like these reel ride cars!  A few models that I'ld like to see, go ahead and laugh!

1978 Mustang Cobra II from Charlie's Angels,The Monkey's GTO station wagon,Darrin Steven's (bewitched)  72 Mustand conv. & corvette conv. Stalone's 50 Merc from cobra,68 GT mustang "Elenore" gone in 60 secs.and from Nash Bridges that yellow /white conv.  70 cuda! other than that , you know what else? Just some every day no B.S. cars from my youth that I didnt appreciate when we had them. cougars 1967-1970, chevy  Bel-airs 1963-1968 , El Caminos1968-1976  cars that made you want one!!!

Here's a few ides. Lets look at some of the "late" models. I  Iike what hobbies62 suggested about getting some newer cars The Vovlos the Chevy Impala SS and the Monte Carlo SS, the Dodge Neon, the Pontiac G6, the Chevy Trailblazer, even some minivans, like the Caravan, and the Uplander. Now for the older cars I suggest... Of coarse the AMC Hornet, Matador Coupe, and Sadan Police car from The Man With the Golden Gun, The AMC Gremlin from The Wedding Singer, and last but NOT LEAST.... THE MERTH MOBILE!!!!!!!!! Come on! You know all layouts HAVE to have an AMC Pacer. For the NON AMC's, I think there should be an "Elanore" from Gone in 60 Seconds, the car from Cobra, and all of the cars from the movie The Gumball Rally. I know it's not a very popular movie, but the cars are. Go rent the movie today and see for yourself!!!

Say what you want about Wal-Mart and China, but thanks to them and the importers of 1:87 scale model die cast motor vehicles (four or five that I know of, most notably Malibu International Toys), I have saved at least $1,200 in making my HO gage model railroad layout look busy with cars, SUVs, vans, and pick 'em up trucks (pickups). Before I discovered these vehicles, my layout looked like a Sunday afternoon when most of the businesses are closed and most residents are out (off of my layout) for a Sunday drive. All I could afford was a few of the $8 to $15 vehicles from the hobby shops and mail order houses. And, from what I have seen, these much more affordable vehicles are better than those high price models.

At last count, I have 160 of these very nice, inexpensive vehicles and am looking for more different models, and especially pickup trucks. Of course, I don't have 160 different models. There are over 50, and in different colors. By spreading them around my layout, visitors don't notice that I have as many as 4 or 5 of some models.

I don't understand why the manufacturers are so stingy with pickups while they overdo it with convertibles??? If someone offered a whole assortment of pickups in different models and colors at these reasonable prices, I would snap it up.

I have a feeling that Malibu International produces a good many more of the 1:87 scale vehicles than Wal-Mart stocks. I have seen some of the models that I have offered by Walthers from Model Power. Model Power's website shows a bunch of 1:87 vehicles that I believe are by Malibu. Of course, their prices are higher and there are shipping charges.

I believe model railroaders are buying more of the 1:87 scale vehicles from Wal-Mart than the kids are. Recently, I saw what appears to be N gage scale vehicles by Malibu at a local Wal-Mart.

Has anyone found a website for Malibu like their Reel Rides site that shows all of their 1:87 scale line including the 18 wheeler tractors? 

Here are a couple of more ideas for cars to do. I hope you'll consider them: The cars from the TV series Adam 12.

They were:

1967 Plymouth Belvedere seen on the first episode (ID# 80789); a 1968 Plymouth Belvedere  (ID# 80817); a 1969 Plymouth Belvedere (ID# 80817); a 1971 Plymouth Satellite (ID# 83012); and a 1972 AMC Matador (ID# 85012).

Just an idea.

Dave Owens

It's awful quiet in here. Did Malibu International go on vacation??? They got us all excited with the first issue of Reel Rides, then did little to keep us there by offering up more 1:87 scale models.

Their news letter and this site show three new models, but I've heard the Back To The Future car is not available in 1:87. I'm wondering about the Cadillac too. So far, I've been able to find only the Mini Cooper.

In regards to 1:87 scale vehicles, I don't understand their's and Wal-Mart's marketing methods. I believe M. I. has confused America with Europe. The majority of their 1:87 offerings are European models, even trucks and caravans that you never see in the USA. I guess Europeans don't drive pickup trucks, or M.I. doesn't know how popular they are with Americans. When the Reel Rides first came out in the 9 Wal-Mart stores in my area, all the pickups disappeared fast, then the Smoky and the Bandit car next. The others are still available in some of the stores. If M.I. would offer the Reel Rides in different colors in their "Black Box" series, I wouldn't hesitate to buy several of the same model for my model railroad layout.

As for Wal-Mart, I believe if they had a million 1:87 scale M.I. cars in stock. they would put all of them out on the store shelves at the same time. There are only so many different models in the single car and 5 car pack Black Box assortments, yet they put dozens of the same thing on their shelves all at once. But, they seem to be getting a little wiser, as all the stores in my area have reduced the price of all the cars. Hopefully they will clear out so new models -and maybe some pickup trucks- can be put on the shelves -if M.I. will get back to work!!!