Back when Jimmie Johnson had his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship tied up, I put in my order for an RCCA Elite 1:24 scale diecast. This was way back at the end of 2010. Over this last weekend I finally received my championship diecast, adding to my collection.
Finally!!!
Now granted, this is the fifth NASCAR championship in a row. A huge achievement. This is then, also the fifth Jimmie Johnson diecast I’ve bought in five years and it was getting old to add blue and silver diecasts to my collection of NASCAR Champions.
But as you can see, this year, they mixed it up a bit. Last year they added ticker-tape confetti to the scheme to differentiate it from the year before. The first two championship diecasts were different because one was the old car design and the next one was the COT. But egads man, enough is enough!!!!
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I don’t know if you noticed but I’ve seen some talk about the new Captain America: The First Avenger movie and how it will be missing some era-relevant war symbols and such.
In this rendition of Captain America (starring Chris Evans), the bad guy, the Red Skull (played by Hugo Weaving) is no longer a Nazi or Communist as he was in much earlier, previous renditions but rather, a member of Hydra. It also looks like since we won’t be seeing the historical bad guys from that era of war, we’ll also be missing the markings of the swastikas.
Don’t worry, there’s a decent answer for this.
Marketing & social hurdles.
There are a lot of instances where a product can be produced as is and left alone to be marketed and sold in stores. But there are laws, rules and other guidelines that can affect the marketing of a product or merchandise from a product that impact how it’s sold or distributed.
For instance, in NASCAR, diecasts and apparel are huge. Everyone wants a piece of their favorite driver. But as a once-avid diecast collector, one of the first things you notice as you get into the industry is that there are “adult” diecasts and clothing lines for NASCAR. By that, I mean that the drivers that are sponsored by alcohol or tobacco companies have a noticeable challenge when selling merchandise.
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