Good God, I used to go nuts for HESS Trucks when I was a kid. Just seeing them on display in the gas station was enough to get me jumping up and down.
Well, Holiday Prime is live, so I went ahead and ordered me one. It'll have to be part of our Christmas Village this year, replacing Grapple from a couple of years ago:
EeeeEEEeebbeeenneeezzzerrrr Screws!
You will be visited tonight by three Sparks!
You will be visited tonight by three Sparks!
What's a "HESS truck"? A quick search yielded lots of different types of lorries in white and green livery.
I'm surprised that Hasbro didn't paint the inside of the trailer or even offer a few accessories, like a Christmas tree with a 5mm peg to attach to the ports on the "ground" of the trailer interior sides, or some white showmen, etc. It would really be an ideal "workshop" to make toys. There needs to be done Christmas themed "Notbots" to double as his elves/toys. He also needs a hat and beard. I'll have to visit a bargain shop to get some tat with which to "customise" it all.
Also, with the added red paint, I cannot unsee the "puppy with a lipstick stick on display" from the undercarriage...
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Regarding the beard, from some earlier, lower-resolution pictures, I thought his mouthplate was painted white (to be a Santa beard), but I don't think that that's the case now that I can see it clearer.
Looks white to me, but regardless, I want the full "Marvel Comics" look the designers based it on.
In the states, HESS was (is?) a chain of gas stations. When I was a kid, they used to sell a toy truck around the holidays (and possibly other times of the year), and I always got excited when the new one would come out. I think that all of the white on this Prime kind of pings the HESS nostalgia feels for me.
Regarding another point in your post, I am not surprised that they didn't throw a little more stank on him in the form of a stocking cap, tree, reindeer, star - anything that would further drive home the "holiday" theme. If we lived in less economically turbulent times, I would be surprised, but not now. As it is, they took the existing Prime trailer, blasted it with white, threw a few red stripes on it, and called it good. Kinda boring, IMO, but I am glad for those that like it.
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Just means Toyhax gets to go all out on it. Becuase if I get this, I am sure as hell getting whatever sticker set they have to make the trailer interior at all interesting.
I'm typically not a fan of Toyhax's "embellishment" sets (I very much appreciate the sets that either replace lost stickers, or in the case of newer toys, replicate the look of the classic versions), but I do agree that the trailer needs something, and I'd definitely consider a Christmas-specific variation in this case.
Amazingly, HESS is still around making toy trucks for Christmas. Here's last year's HESS truck toy commercial:
Though, it wasn't a truck.
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Soundwave could make them from his chest.
Rumble: Hey... uh, megatron? I think there's something wrong with soundwave...
*soundwave ejecting presents as fast possible and being torn apart by ravenous children*
Megatron: ... You know what? I'm not touching this. I've done a lot of stupid jive, and I know better than to touch this. Someone try to get the corpse so we can weld up a memorial later.
Soundwave: WHY IS THERE PAIN? AM I NOT PERFORMING THE REQUIRED FUNCTION?!?
*soundwave ejecting presents as fast possible and being torn apart by ravenous children*
Megatron: ... You know what? I'm not touching this. I've done a lot of stupid jive, and I know better than to touch this. Someone try to get the corpse so we can weld up a memorial later.
Soundwave: WHY IS THERE PAIN? AM I NOT PERFORMING THE REQUIRED FUNCTION?!?
This years HESS truck:
Zacwilliam, I liked the Starship a few years back. You can see a gallery of the entire history of the line back to 1964 Here:
hesstoytruck.com
Zacwilliam, I liked the Starship a few years back. You can see a gallery of the entire history of the line back to 1964 Here:
Holiday Toys - Hess Toy Truck
hesstoytruck.com
I'm kinda love/hate with Toyhax, as I've mentioned in the past. Some sets I feel are worth it, even if you don't use everything; and others feel like they had to pad out the set to get to price that wouold likelt cover whatever production costs they have, while others feel a bit too... try hard. (Like the set to make Nemy's trailer into a trailer for SG Prime with edgelord-y versions of Prime's stickers). I've not cared much to get the stickers for Optimus, or Nemesis's Trailers, making them look more like command centers and giving more G1ish stickers is a fine idea. However those trailers don't bother me as much as the all white does here, so its like yeah I already know they've got a sale when that set goes up. Even if I don't use everything, its gonna be worth it to make trailer just look less... barren.
This years HESS truck:
Zacwilliam, I liked the Starship a few years back. You can see a gallery of the entire history of the line back to 1964 Here:
Holiday Toys - Hess Toy Truck
This brings back memories. I used to be friends with a diehard HESS collector.
"The HESS Truck's back and it's better than ever, for Christmas this year, the HESS Truck's here!"This years HESS truck:
Zacwilliam, I liked the Starship a few years back. You can see a gallery of the entire history of the line back to 1964 Here:
Holiday Toys - Hess Toy Truck
