Photo Finish Casting Reference | Loose Hot Wheels
Photo Finish
Photo Finish or The Photo Finish Race Set is a trackset that came out in 1979. The track set consisted of two launchers to which the cars would speed through a straight track, both go through a loop, and at the end of the loop race to the end were they where capture in a "photo finish". The device on the end had a mechanism that dropped the clear plastic piece once a car activated it, causing the car/s to get stuck in place like a photograph. This is extremely helpful between two cars to figure out who crossed the…
Identify the casting first. Check the value board last.
The current catalog tracks it across 1979?. Check Description, Car(s) included before trusting a vague seller title.
- Track Sets
- Playsets
Use these checks before you trust a seller title or a fast marketplace guess.
- Match the title to Photo Finish before reading price claims.
- Use 1979? as the production-window check.
- Cross-check Description, Car(s) included before calling the variation exact.
- Use the open page for reference. Use membership for sold comps and value ranges.
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