“July 12, 1915 – Arrived this afternoon (3:20 PM.) five beings from Vega XXI.
I have said they glowed and I think by that I mean they glowed in spirit. It seemed that they were accompanied, somehow, by a sparkling golden haze that made happy everything it touched-almost as if they moved in some special world that no one else had found.”
Way Station, Clifford D. Simak
The X-34 landspeeder first appeared in Star Wars IV, A New Hope and was purported to have been manufactured by the SoroSuub Corporatio. Specific information about the X-34 can be found here.
The Hot Wheels Star Wars X-34 Landspeeder is one of Hot Wheel HW Screen Time line of play vehicles. This line of vehicles is inspired by popular culture in its movies, TV shows, and video games.
“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.” Raoul Duke
Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas was required reading way back at the University. Although I haven't ever gotten that ripped, It is one view of the drug cultur films that spurred a lot of us on.
“History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.”
“Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.”
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Tomorrow never dies, James Bond.
They have used a triangulation technique to hone in on your location, 007.
"The core data began to emerge, exposed and vulnerable... "
Text from Burning Chrome, William Gibson, 1986; screenshot from Tomorrow never Dies.
This is my second Hot Wheels Street Wiener and my seventh Fast Foodie model. Although they all are related to food and all but one are part of the Hot Wheels Fast Foodie line. One of the Street Wieners is labeled Hot Wheels Lets Race. This die cast model is identical to the Fast Foodie variety. It includes a featured open grill on the rear and spatula like device that acts like a front end spoiler.
My first Street Wiener is lathered in mustard and ketchup, has green wheels, black grill, and silver spoiler, the my second has red wheels, silver grill, and a black spoiler. However it does include two distinct features. The miniature includes several jalapeno slices and a red emblem of a dog with the text spicy dog.
Specialty: Let's be frank, when it comes performance the Street Wiener will have you saying: hot diggety! A feast for the eyes and a beast on the track, this speedy weenie never fails to make it to the wiener circle."
From the back of the 2017 card. As found on the Street Wiener Fandom page.
I am sure Hot Wheels will be adding a few more to this mini series before the years out. Fast Foodie Mini Collection (2025)
"Welcome to Terranox – a mesmerizing, steampunk-inspired alien planet where time itself is an enigma."
