Class of Bootleg	Class 2 - Duplicated and Modifed
Class Notes:	Could be a class three, but the logo is REALLY close.
Bootleg Source:	HotWheels packaging design and concepts
Bootleg Rating:	(Three out of five stars)
Sightings:	Canada
Vintage:	1998

There are always going to be people who want to make little die-cast cars who don't belong to the big company called "Mattel". And I doubt that Mattel has a copyright on making small toy cars. (But I bet they're working on it!)

So, I'm usually VERY hesitant to brand a small toy car a bootleg. There are too many ways to make it a "real" toy. In a way, all the die cast toy cars are Class Three bootlegs of each other. Best not to waste my (or your) time on a vast sea of could-be-bootlegs-but-probably-nots.

Turbo Trax, however, is one toy that I'm all to eager to slap a "bootleg" label on.

One look at the item at right should tell you why...it's a dead ringer for "real" HotWheels packaging. I'm not a Hotweels guru by any stretch of the imagination, so I can't put a year on the design that's being copied. For some reason I'm thinking late 1980's but I'm ready to be proven wrong.

It's also interesting to note that there is a price pre-printed on the card...$.99. This makes this car just as expensive (if not more so) than the "legit" competition. An odd move to be sure. This toy was located in Canada, so maybe the exchange rates made this a bargin at the time.

In any event, the logo for the Turbo Trax line is a dead ringer for the CURRENT HotWheels' logo. A larger detail is posted below.

Here's a detail of the car...

Finally, here's a scan of the back of the card....