eBay Find of the Day: Lightning McQueen as Ecto-1

I ain't 'fraid of no ghost!

While browsing on eBay we’ve found the work of user redcarpetcustoms and it really caught our eye. Specialized into customizing die-cast toys from the Disney-Pixar blockbuster Cars he (or she) has come up with some very cool variations, referencing some of our favorite screen cars.

Above you can see McQueen as Ecto-1, but go check out Snot Rod as General Lee and Lightning McQueen and Sally sporting the 'Herbie' livery. It’s worth your time… and maybe your pocket money.

So if you see something strange in the neighborhood… who you gonna call?

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The Art of Cars at the Petersen Automotive Museum

If you’re a fan of Cars (2006), you’ll be happy to know that the world-renowned Petersen Automotive Museum, located in Los Angeles, will soon host an exhibition dedicated to the movie, notably with full-size renditions of McQueen and Mater.

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New TAG Heuer ad pitches Steve McQueen against Lewis Hamilton

McQueen and Hamilton : two legends duel at Le Mans

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its Monaco watch, TAG Heuer has gone down the fantasy road and imagined who would have won the race between Steve McQueen and Lewis Hamilton. They’ve used footage from McQueen’s Le Mans in which they’ve inserted Hamilton, a technique we remember getting great results in movies like Forrest Gump. It’s not as well done as the latter and the 3D cars could have used more work. Thinking about it, excerpts from Bullitt were used in a Ford ad in 1996 (!) for the Puma and, even though it’s much older, the transition between newer and original sequences seems much more seemless! Same for the 2004 Ford Mustang ad (also starring Steve). What happened TAG Heuer? All the money went to Hamilton and the McQueen family and you couldn’t afford a good producer? Anyway… it’s always nice to see old Steve. Considering he left us years ago, he’s been getting a lot of work in commercials lately.

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