KISS Kollectibles – Wanna See My PETER CRISS Johnny Lightning Die-Cast Race Car? It’s Really Cool…
KISS KOLLECTIBLES – That’s it at the top! That’s my KISS Peter Criss (Johnny Lightning) die-cast race car I bought many years ago. Each member of the Klassic KISS lineup was featured on a die-cast in this Johnny Lightning series. This series was featured as “Racing Dreams” and referred to by Johnny Lightning as “the greatest race cars that never were!”
Stone Notes: Yes, as any loyal visitor to Metal Odyssey knows, I keep most of my KISS Kollectibles sealed in their original packaging… unless they’re CD’s, magazines, comic books or books. Uh, you get the Metal point.
A (Johnny Lightning) KISS trading card was also a part of this package (see above photo). My Peter Criss car came with an Ace Frehley trading card; it is #20 of a 50 card set. Along with being card #20, “Ace… ready for a good time!” is the card designation within the set. I do own 1 die-cast of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley from this Johnny Lightning series as well.
I don’t own the complete trading card set from this line; maybe someday I’ll track the set down (for a reasonable price) and buy it. The year of issue for this really cool die-cast was 1997 (the date is found on the back of the packaging). Remembering which retail store I bought this KISS Peter Criss die-cast is fuzzy; Walmart or Kmart would be my best guesses for I’ve bought many die-cast cars at both locations, over the decades. Metal be thy name.
Depicted on the hood of this die-cast car is the Peter Criss solo album portrait:
KISS Peter Criss – Casablanca (1978)
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Here is what the back of the packaging looks like:
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LONG LIVE KISS.
LONG LIVE PETER CRISS.
Stone.
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October 14, 2012 at 3:27 am
I have all four of the cars in this series too!
October 14, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Excellent! 🙂 \m/\m/
October 14, 2012 at 6:57 am
I loved that photo session they used for the main photo on the packaging. Peter looked great chilling out in his lair!
I hope the Ace Frehley car is all bashed up! If it isn’t they missed a trick hahaha
October 14, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Wow, Johnny Lightning, that takes me back. JL were another toy company’s attempt to cash in on the Hot Wheels craze that was going on when I was 8 and 9. Still, the Peter Criss car looks cool.