>>10781559>I will say though I haven't been a big fan of Erikenstein Rod for some reason or another. Might by the fact that it's a pegwarmer in my local area or that I just think it hasn't gotten a good enough livery in the past yearNTA, but I get what you mean. Erikenstein Rod didn't seem like something that would jive with me, but I ended up buying it because it was part of this slate blue and gold race team series, and it really won me over. Here, lemme blogpost about it:
Obviously, based on the name, the whole truck has kind of a subtle Frankenstein/monster theme without just literally being a monster on wheels like the more goofy fantasy cars. The front has mismatched headlights, one looking half-lidded, and the missing grille gives it a kind of missing nose zombie skullface vibe. The whole back of the truck is neat with its steel pipe framework containing barely-visible components like a huge secondary cooling fan and radiator, and some big nitro tanks or possibly a fire suppression system, again giving the feel of something being "Frankensteined" together, needing extra life support to even run without exploding. Also the shape of the entire thing is just great and satisfying, between the hulking front end with skirted tires that feels like a giant fist attached to the narrower back end with massive open wheels.
Oh, and a bonus detail is that if you look down through the sunroof, you can see a rat on the bench seat going after an open box of pizza. Stuff like this always makes me giddy, and it kinda gives me the headcanon that this used to be a junkyard tow truck that suffered a horrible accident and died, and was resurrected by a mad mechanic who turned it into the beast it's become. Literally a Frankenstein's monster on wheels without really leaning on a single Frankenstein cliche or outright being a character car.
Just 10/10 execution and an absolute joy to hold in your hand. Anyone who loves trucks should have this in their collection.
