You may or may not be aware of the relatively new diecast manufacturer, GreenLight Collectibles. They are quickly making their presence known in the diecast collecting world with their premium diecast lines. GreenLight also produces Green Machines, a rare chase car similar to a Super Treasure Hunt or Johnny Lightning White Lighting. Green Machines make up 2% of the production run for any particular model, making them 50 times harder to find than the regular version of that model. You can spot a Green Machine by looking for one of these features to differentiate between a Green Machine or regular production run:
1) GreenLight Green body (brilliant emerald green metallic paint)
2) Green chassis
3) Green rims
4) Green interior
5) Green tires
Here is a GreenLight Green Machine 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T that I found while shopping at Toys R Us.
Notice the green rims and metallic green strip on the collector’s card.
GreenLight has not yet made their way into Wal-Mart, but you can find them at Toys R Us, Target, and Meijer stores. You can also find a large selection of GreenLight collectables, including .
HG:
Recently, I purchased a Greenlight 1969 Buick GS350, packaged as a ‘Green Machine”. Here’s how it matches up to your Green Machine checklist; Green body (NO), chassis (YES), rims (YES), interior (NO), tires (NO). I’m still looking for what makes it a GREEN MACHINE versus a garden variety plain) model. The prices are higher for the Green Machines as well.
Hope someone out here can help.
ES
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Elliot, a green machine will have at least 2 of the tale tale green parts. I have seen them with green chassis, wheels and painted green. Also have seen with just green chassis and wheels.
It seems Greenlight likes to make runs of about 4000 cars for each series, with Green Machines making up 2% thats like 80 cars. That makes the price go up… Also they have “naked” cars that are super rare and expensive. They will have at least one of the green machine traits with no paint on the vehicle. There are 8 to 10 in a production run of 4000, if that many.
I have a few green machines but trying to figure out what makes it a super chase vehicle. I recently bought a vehicle that says super chase on the sticker and can’t figure out the difference. May have been tricked, but love greenlight and didn’t pay an outrageous amount for it. Thanks in advance for any information.
Just bought the 1977 Smokey and Bandit trans am. The complaints I have is that the wheels are not gold. (Grey).
The box is not where you can see the car, without open it up.
I’m new to the greenlight collectible scene. I did find a weird one on the shelves though…”running on empty” series…the ford f-150….while every other one on the hooks had a chrome chassis and chrome rims….this one has a blue chassis with blue rims….I have looked everywhere to try and figure this one out…short of contacting green light themselves…anyone heard of this? Please help.
Green Machines will also have different colored tires other than black. Once saw a Bandit T/A, with blue tires. Usually 1/64th cars have bare metal bottoms, so if you find a painted one, best to grab it up just in case.
blue machine collectible