Royal Flash
The "Royal Flash" is a discontinued Hot Wheels casting released in the 1979 Hot Wheels Lineup. Like other castings from the same era, such as the P-911, P-928 and so on, this casting is directly modelled after a real-life car, but not actually named as such on the base. Hot Wheels debuted versions in 1979 and 1983 with tampos that acknowledged the casting as a Lotus model. This casting is an early representation of a Lotus Esprit S2, the successor to the Lotus Esprit S1 which was featured in the 1977 James Bond fi…
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Royal Flash is listed with Super Streeters as its first catalog lane. The production window shown here is 1979 - 1987. Known designer credit: Larry Wood. Use the Description, Versions, Leo Hot Wheels notes to confirm the casting before you price it.
- Lotus Cars
- British Cars
- Licensed Hot Wheels
- Special Liveries
- Discontinued Vehicles
- Esprit Cars
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- Match the title to Royal Flash before reading price claims.
- Use 1979 - 1987 as the production-window check.
- Cross-check Description, Versions before calling the variation exact.
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