Pink Slips 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat

       

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Made By:
Jada Toys
Scale:
1/24
MSRP:
US$24.99
Overview:
Packaging (Design):9/10
Packaging (Durability):8/10
Casting (Body):8/10
Casting (Interior):8/10
Casting (Chassis):7/10
Casting (Engine):7/10
Paint (Exterior):8/10
Paint (Interior):N/A
Paint (Trim/Graphics):9/10
Overall Panel Fit:8/10
Total Score:8.0/10

 
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Background

Entrepreneur, tennis player, and influencer Angelina Dimova has always been into cars. The car most famously associated with her is the Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye, the first of which she acquired in 2020. Painted TorRed, she gave it her own twist with a custom diagonal gradient wrap. The car was unwrapped and painted satin black in mid-2021, then replaced with a new F8 Green version in 2022. This one was wrapped in a similar style to her previous Hellcat, but now as a straight front-to-back pink/blue gradient. As part of Jada's first set of Pink Slips cars, they worked with Angelina to recreate that car in 1/24.

 

Packaging

Pink Slips uses Jada's 2020 box design, but the style is unique to the series with a slick looking black-to-pink fade and sharp graphics that really give it a "premium" feel. The car is printed under the main window, with the Pink Slips logo next to it and on each end flap. The back panel has images of the three cars released so far: this, a Lamborghini Aventador and a Ford GT. Inside is a pink gradient cityscape with the car secured via Jada's usual two screws through the chassis, plastic bands around the doors and hood, and a plastic tray capturing the rear end.

 

Casting/Paint

It looks like the central skeleton has been carried over from their Fast & Furious Challenger, but with all-new parts for the nose, hood, trunk, and tail. The new parts fit well, though there's a small lift at the front right corner of the hood. Everything else looks great, with nice even gaps and a smooth finish to the panels. Plastic inserts are used for the front grilles and taillight panel, ensuring a nice sharp edge between the colors. Softer vinyl with chrome plastic inserts are used for the mirrors, and clear plastic is used for the headlights and glass.

Of course, the real star of the show is the paint job. Jada has beautifully captured the pink/blue fade with a clean transition that avoids any of the banding or pixelization you might expect. The door jambs are pink, suggesting that it was basecoated in that and the blue fade was applied once it was assembled. The upside to this is that it covers everything - door handles, joints, character lines - without risk of bubbles. Black is used for the splitter, hood vents, rockers, and rear spoiler; silver is used for the fuel fill; and orange and red are used for the corner markers. Aside from some slight ghosting where the splitter meets the body and a tiny chip at the trailing edge of the driver's door, the paint applications are near perfect. Printed badges adorn the grille, front fenders, spoiler, and taillight panel, and the lights themselves appear to be printed elements. Registration and coverage of all of these are spot-on.

The interior is primarily black, with a chrome shift lever and stickers applied to the dash for the instrument cluster and center screen. Detailing is good, with separate pedals, door panels with armrests and pockets, and appropriate seat texturing. Under the hood, the 6.2L V8 is represented by a tray with separate chrome supercharger. Details like the cold air intake and valve covers can be picked out easily, giving it a decent if simplified appearance. The trunk is a basic box, but nice and deep so it looks like an actual storage area. Underneath is the usual Jada chassis, with cast in details for the splitter, engine, exhaust, and rear end. The dual exhausts are capped off with a pair of chrome tailpipes. It rides on stock Hellcat split seven-spoke WH3 wheels with vinyl tires over Jada's usual cross-drilled disc brakes.

 

Features/Accessories

The doors, hood, and trunk all open and close on nice smooth hinges that hold easily and close tightly.

 

Accuracy

It's certainly unmistakable as the "Hellkitty," though there are a couple of nitpicks. The biggest of which is that her car is the Hellcat SRT Redeye with the additional fender flares and twin scoop hood. This release also has the hood, mirrors, roof, and trunk painted with the same gradient as the rest of the body, though the wave 2 version would fix most of this. While her car is riding on Heritage Sendai wheels as of early 2023, the split seven-spokes were on it before then. Scaling is good, coming in at a near-perfect 1/24.

 

Overall

The overall look and feel of the car are fantastic, with a unique design that makes it unmistakable (as much as I genuinely enjoy Jada's pop culture Mopars, it's a nice change of pace to get some more color on the shelf). It's one of those cars that has one axle in the real world and one in pop culture, and a great addition to any collection.

 

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