About this deal
reminds me of the true giants we’ve seen across the Character Car line: K-2SO, the Rancor, Groot, and Hulkbuster.
And in the case of Iron Golem and Creeper, there’s a secondary drop element represented in the bed – so the Iron Golem has the Iron Ingot in the bed and the Tulip on the chassis and the Creeper has the Gunpowder in the bed and the Disc on the chassis.
There’s a bit of inconsistency in the set but overall these are solid, distinct, and likable cars…probably even more so depending directly on your level of Minecraft fandom. I don’t hate the car but aside from the color scheme and some minor alterations in shape, there’s nothing remarkable or “character-like” about it. I thought it’d be perfect to make him a race car, like an open-wheeled race car, because that enabled me to create a really spindly shape and also a very fast vehicle. In news so burning hot it'll melt through the tarmac if we delay sharing it a second longer, we've teamed up with Mattel for a new range of Minecraft Hot Wheels cars! I say all this because it should be known that I don’t – or rather can’t – appreciate these vehicles on anything beyond an aesthetic level.
In the car industry you’re kind of working on one project at a time, you have a couple of years to complete that design, it’s a lot different pacing than we experience here. So the two work very well together, and it’s another feature within the line where you can play out some of the story in the vehicles. I’ve got nothing against it (though all those endless YouTube videos don’t help…) it’s just something that I think is a little outside of my age bracket.B: But really, it’s such a great brand that really allows the designer to let loose and be imaginative and creative and wild and crazy and that’s what really drew me into working on the brand and it hasn’t let me down. So yes, there’s been less running around, but there’s also been more method to my madness, which has definitely led to a smaller number of fruitless trips. I wish it was slightly more substantial or even rock-solid like K-2SO, but hey, as long as it doesn’t straight up break I’ll keep my complaints to a minimum. M: There’s got to be slightly different practical considerations between working on these and working with a real car!