Post by Southern on Jun 6, 2011 18:10:49 GMT -5
It came in the mail today. Very nicely made. The box is very plain with only lettering. No cutout hole to view the toy, no additional info on the trailer. Once out of the box, they have the usual plastic shells around it to protect it.
The trailer itself is very nicely done. Similar to DCP quality. Paint is good and clean. The detailing is really up there. It puts my old Ertl cattle trailer to shame. Holes in the sides for air flow. Rivets all over it holding the sides together. Spoke type rims in good detailing. Back door rolls up like the Ertl. Front as a spare tire with cable hoist to let it down or up. You can almost work it with that kind of detailing. Jacks screw up and down like a DCP trailer.
However I did find a flaw. And a major one on top of that. I tried to hook it up to several of my DCP trucks. IF they was lucky to hitch up, you can't turn it with them. Even with the DCP old International Transtar II or White Freightliner that came out. I don't know what they intended to hook up to this trailer, but it looks like it will be for Top Shelf only trucks. Which is a huge let down, as most of my trucks are DCP. And Top Shelf is brand new. I would at least did my homework to allow it to hook up to all kinds of trucks on the toy market.
Over all is a great trailer. But don't tend to display this one unless your going to work on the frame. To allow it to hitch up. I will take a grinder to mine and get it to work. And touch up the paint. Another project added to the list.
Trailer
Ertl and Top Shelf for comparison
And the Major Flaw
The trailer itself is very nicely done. Similar to DCP quality. Paint is good and clean. The detailing is really up there. It puts my old Ertl cattle trailer to shame. Holes in the sides for air flow. Rivets all over it holding the sides together. Spoke type rims in good detailing. Back door rolls up like the Ertl. Front as a spare tire with cable hoist to let it down or up. You can almost work it with that kind of detailing. Jacks screw up and down like a DCP trailer.
However I did find a flaw. And a major one on top of that. I tried to hook it up to several of my DCP trucks. IF they was lucky to hitch up, you can't turn it with them. Even with the DCP old International Transtar II or White Freightliner that came out. I don't know what they intended to hook up to this trailer, but it looks like it will be for Top Shelf only trucks. Which is a huge let down, as most of my trucks are DCP. And Top Shelf is brand new. I would at least did my homework to allow it to hook up to all kinds of trucks on the toy market.
Over all is a great trailer. But don't tend to display this one unless your going to work on the frame. To allow it to hitch up. I will take a grinder to mine and get it to work. And touch up the paint. Another project added to the list.
Trailer
Ertl and Top Shelf for comparison
And the Major Flaw
