Max's Black Interceptor

Admin,

Is there anyway at all that you could tell me when & if you are going to be getting the licence for this car?

Your response is appreciated.

[7Litre]

Hopefully Admin has Barry out shopping for parts, a liddle bit ffromm here and a liddle bit from there. Just hope that Admin dosen't have Lavatoosh on their commitee.

Bring us back our Hero.

[loste_treasures]

did you know that dinkum has one already on the market......

not a biante, i know but its better than nothing

I had a chance to get one of these, but after actually seeing the model & then the price I thought no way.

$300 and it doesn't even look that good.

Also it is in 1/24 scale & would not fit in with the rest of the 1/18 I have already.

It is not good to see that admin haven't replied to this thread.
I know they are quite busy & it is just a simple reply that I am after.

[Nick Short]

I sincerely hope you meant to say "price".....

[Bathurst205]

Movie cars are great. But Biante would have to pay some movie studio big bucks for the licencing rights. With Mel getting 25 million US dollars to play Max again, they will probably look to squeeze as much out of merchandising etc as possible.

The latest James Bond movie cost $200,000,000 to make and it was paid for before ticket had been sold by product placement like mobile phones, Jag and Astin Martin cars.

[SWRT]

The 3 cars from the new Bond movie are all form Ford owned car companies.
The villians Jaguar XK8
The Bond girls Thunderbird or Ford 49
Bonds Aston Martin
Ford must have bought out the licence to supply the cars.
With Mad Max cars coming from Biante and BA falcons in the tooling process Biante will make the Mad Max 4 intercepter.
Hopefully it will be a hotted up Black XR8 of GT........sweet.

[ducksguts]

Madmax 4 might not even have an interceptor in the movie, and id be a little confused if they used anything newer than XC in the upcoming movie seeing as the latest model ford i spied in any of the trilogy was an XC. I reckon the best we can hope for is Camels or pigpoo buggies... unfortunate :(

[Nick Short]

If there's anything newer than an XB/XC, what are we suposed to think? That civilisation totally collapsed around the late '70s, then all picked up again nicely for a couple of decades, time enough for Ford to rebuild their factory and develop the XR8, just before civilisation collapsed again? That's what I call serious boom and bust!
No, I'd like to see the Interceptor again.....

[GRPIII]

with all the talk of sponsers for multi million dollar films, who knows what max will be driving, could be ford,holden or aston martin like bond james bond.

[Nick Short]

Bathurst205, it may well be that if the makers of the new Mad Max film want to produce a model Interceptor as a merchandising tie-in, they will look to see who is best qualified to build one. So Biante may not need to pay vast sums to make a model if the film makers go to them first.....

[v8coupe]

Thought I read on here ages ago, that Admin said he was waiting to hear from the movie people about the licence.
Whats the news so far? is what I am waiting to hear.

[Bathurst205]

I hope you're right Nick. But I think there is only one thing that makes movie studios happy, and thats lots of money.

I would like to see all the interseptors from the first movie done.

[admin]

We are still progressing thru the piles of paperwork and red tape, but it will happen.

[Graeme]

Does anyone know where the new instalment of MAD MAX ( aka The Road Warrior ) is to be made ?

I didn't get the same enjoyment out of the pseudo-Hollywood third instalment 'Beyond Thunderdome' and you know what Hollywood did to the Batmobile.

Perhaps we could see Mel driving from the left side this time around, and in something far removed from an Aussie V8.

[ZORAK]

Graeme,

It is suppesed to be filmed in Aus again.

What sort of car were you thinking? A Toyota Corolla with a big wing and a fart pipe? Oh and NOS!!

Z :)

[texan]

They should have stopped after the second one. Thunderdome was crap and I bet you the 4th one will be as well.

[ZORAK]

Well thanks for your mild but humble opinion texan.

Better to have #4 with a chance that it will be good than not to have it at all.

[ducksguts]

Madmax 1 and 2 were successful largely due to the road carnage action, and thats what we want to see, aussie muscle dueling it out on the highways. Heres hoping #4 finds a bit of spare fuel and a few old fords and holdens.

Would be tragic if it ended up like "The Postman"

[SWRT]

Hopefully Mad Max car in Mad Max 4 will be a hotted up BA XR8 of GT.
To make sense of this Max finds a destroyed city(etc Melbourne) and finds a new car hidden a warehouse.

[texan]

Sorry Zorak, but I disagree. There is nothing sadder than a movie franchise trying to keep something alive just for the sake of a dollar. MM1 was a classic, MM2 was good but highly Americanised for the US Market and Thunderdome, well.......
You have to realise also, that a great deal of the success of the first two were due to the Black Interceptor.
I hope I am wrong, and MM4 is a return to the classic Mad Max, but because it will be made primarily to be a hit in the States, don't hold your breath.

I dont think that alot of people like the first 2 movies JUST because of the Interceptor.

The opening scene of the first movie is excellent without the interceptor,
The Interceptor dosen't come into the movie until near the end of the film & in the second one the car gets destroyed half way through.
So really all the best parts do not have the Interceptor in it.

The movies were made along time before 3D special effects and the other crap we have to watch these days.

Just like the Mustang in Gone In 60 Seconds flying over everbody
on the bridge & not popping all the tyres when landing.
It looked like a scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Anyway, I am looking forward to Mad Max 4 - Fury Road and will be in the cinemas as soon as it is release. Unless I can get it on VCD before hand.

[Bathurst205]

MM, have you seen the original Gone In 60 Seconds from about 1974. The movie is pretty bad acting wise, very much like a bad porno. But the 40 minute chase at the end is awesome, and its all real. Most video stores carry a copy. The cars from that era are classic, and that includes the police cars, most of which get pranged up.

[ducksguts]

I have seen the original from 74, and also the sequel to it which was made in 79 if im correct "gone in 60 seconds prt2..the junkman" the first one from 74 .. yeah i thought i was watchin a dodgy porno to begin with, but the 45 minute carchase at the end with the yellow mustang fastback is far superior any of the chase scenes in Nicholas Cages flick.

The scene in 74 where the mustang takes out the powerpole and spins out wasnt staged.. that was a genuine accident, it looked so spectacular they kept it in there.

[BATHURSTFAN]

speaking of old car movies, has anyone seen 'EAT MY DUST', I saw it at the pictures in the late 70s - I think.

Is it out on DVD/Video ?

[SWRT]

Mad Max finds the XB intercepter near the end of 1,midway of 2 it's near destroyed and Max get's(or fixes) it into a XC(John Goss sports sedan looking).
Is there any car chase in Beyond Thunderdome?or what makes it the worst out of the 3....more talk,less action?
Mad Max 4:fury road will have to bring back some magic like it did from the first 2.

[xa351gt]

I think all you have to do is look at the title for the new movie to know they are getting back to what made max so popular. High Speed car chases.Has anyone entertained the idea that maybe they'd slot the action between MM1 and MM2 ? Show what happens to Max after taking out Toecutters gang and just before being assaulted by Wez and Company.It give a chance to see the Interceptor again in it's glory without screwing the story to bad. I agree with most opinions of BTD it was awful after te battle dome sequence and I'm sorry ,but chasing a train ,not very thrilling ,after all yo know where it''s going.

[SWEETMATE]

I haven't bothered seeing Mad Max III purely because the interceptor was destroyed in the second one.

[zeitgeist]

Originally posted by Nick Short
If there's anything newer than an XB/XC, what are we suposed to think? That civilisation totally collapsed around the late '70s, then all picked up again nicely for a couple of decades, time enough for Ford to rebuild their factory and develop the XR8, just before civilisation collapsed again?

Some would say that's the result of the XR8!

Seriously, though, Nick is absolutely right. How many MM purists will overlook that leap of logic?

'Beyond Thunderdome' sucked because it had too many anklebiters and not enough Aussie musclecars. Well, that and Tina Turner.

Maybe they should take a page out of the 'Highlander' movies when they released a steaming pile of a sequel; pretend 'Beyond Thunderdome' never happened. That's one leap I'd be willing to overlook.

BC

[ducksguts]

Its funny how the gang of bumless leather pants wearing marauders in madmax 2 were desperate for fuel, yet they seemed to spend their days doin donuts etc with the throttle wide open.. Lets face it if most of the worlds fuel production stopped today then we would all be empty and getting around on pushbikes within a week.

But i guess it wouldnt have been to entertaining to see madmax on a malvern star with the dog on the carryrack with Wez and his boyfriend in hot pursuit on a bmx. :)

[ferrari fan]

The alternative would be an good old Lantz Bulldog or simmilar !
Runs on anything carbonus (E.G. Cookingfat ,sumpoil etc) provides a sensational sound, and more grunt than ever possible out of a petrol engine ,plus plenty of room on the wagons one can tow:D
For the ultimate crusher a FOWLER VF crawler to just crunch over the top of anything that is in the way ,on cookingoil:p

[Highlander]

You never know the fourth movie might be all a dream,hows that for a plot.

Wonder if we will get Running on Empty 2 ? Perhaps Admin can Model the GTH351 with Nitrous.

[chocman36]

Back to the model ! If you are desperate for a 1/18 version of the interceptor.The licence went to N2TOYS along with the figures.
Unfortunately this version is made in plastic and not very good.
As the licence seem to be for the US only! you will have to get one from there.

[SWRT]

Mad Max 4:Fury road production has been postponed till Spring 2004 because of Iraq war fears.
Shooting was to be done in South West African nation NAMBIA.
Kenny Miller has also needed more time to prepare for the films production.
Maybe Kenny Miller in reconsidering filming in Australia and I hope the car will be a black FPV GT intercepter,if not one of the old falcons.

[FOMOCO]

Originally posted by admin
We are still progressing thru the piles of paperwork and red tape, but it will happen.

Hows the piles of Paperwork going on this one Admin ????

[chet]

Some of the previous posts are getting close to the ideal about how the next Mad Max film should go:- call it MadMax 1.5 (one point five)! Its the only way the film could make sense while keeping us revheads entertained (unless you really do like pigpoo cars). Trying to do a Mad Max 2.5 would also be nice but unlikely as it would mean some old post-apocalyptic panel beater doing one hell good repair job on the interceptor!:D

[Nick Short]

...and we'd be getting dangerously close to Tina Turner, grubby kids and bad wigs....

[Bangkok Bob]

As well as being too close to seeing Angry Anderson act again (actually he wasn't so bad in Mad Max 3)
:eek:

[zeitgeist]

Originally posted by chet
Trying to do a Mad Max 2.5 would also be nice but unlikely as it would mean some old post-apocalyptic panel beater doing one hell good repair job on the interceptor!:D

Hey chet -

You find the panel beater who can set right a car that essentially blew up, you let me know. I've got a scratch on my Maxima that I just cannot buff out!

Grubby kids .... * shudder *. The introduction of moppets spells the end of ANYTHING.

BC

[Nick Short]

As an aside, I've been given an address for the Cars of the Stars museum here in the UK, which features the Interceptor. It's http://members.aol.com/cotsmm/cotsidx.htm

[Damian]

Found this link for Moviehole where it look's like it back to basics for the new Mad Max Movie FURY ROAD as they're hiring Australian Bikers for the movie

http://www.moviehole.net/news.php?newsid=1137

Regards
Damian

[fordfan5]

just a thought maybe they might do like star wars and make a movie based before the origanal one and hav the story of the darkone in it any what ever it is i just hope the plenty of cars & bike in it just like the first one.

[biante1247]

From the few bits of info I have heard about the movie there will most probably be another interceptor in it. That would either make it mad max .5 or mad max 1.5 Between 1 and 2 sounds the most plausable. How did Max get those tanks in the back of the car? He and the car were both looking a bit beat up by the time the second film came around so I guess there would be another movie there. It does sadden me a bit to think the movie producers might kill some more classic aussie cars in the making of the film.:( As for making the thing in Africa, that just sounds like a stupid idea when we have so much room plus an excellent film industry right here in Aus.

Paul

[chet]

Originally posted by zeitgeist


Hey chet -

You find the panel beater who can set right a car that essentially blew up, you let me know. I've got a scratch on my Maxima that I just cannot buff out!

Grubby kids .... * shudder *. The introduction of moppets spells the end of ANYTHING.

BC

Funny you should mention finding a good panel beater: I've read somewhere that the MM2 Interceptor wreck still exists in an outback town and actually had to be moved out of public view recently. It seems too many people were trying to "acquire" it, meaning at least some of them were entertaining the notion of restoring it back to its former glory! And no, I can't find a panel beater who can even beat an egg properly let alone bring the Interceptor back to life! :)

[tbgatos]

Hey Chet, try this on for size, wets the appetite...

Peter Barton's homage to the Road Warrior. www.madmaxmovies.com

You are spot on about the MM2 Interceptor, one of the fuel tanks grew legs, so the car is garaged with some other relics.

I think they are based near Silverton, where the movie was shot...

[jager]

Just saw earlier today that the Mad Max Interceptor will be available in 1/25 scale in a limited edition plastic kit within a few months. The expected price is around A$ 80.

I can't remember the name of the kit manufacturer, but they have done other 1/25 limited edition kits of Aussie cars (Hey Nick, they've also done a Cobra !).

[Nick Short]

Thanks Jager! Although casting my mind back to models I made when I was a kid, it'll have sticky finger marks from glue, opaque smears all over the windscreen, parts that don't quite fit, and paint applied with a house painting brush....

[GRPIII]

great site tbgatos
plenty of stuff including how to build an interceptor.
what ever happened to the replica at planet hollywood?
and why does a pommy museum hold the orginal interceptor?

[GRPIII]

to have a look at some of these models of the interceptor
at the sight tbgatos informed us of go down the merchandise section & have a look under models cars, some very intersting stuff.

[SWRT]

What Mad Max cars would we be seeing?
The nightrider black falcon,MFP yellow cop cars,Sandman and black intercepter.
Any good cars from Mad Max 2 and 3 someone else could add.
With the filming of Mad Max 4 postponed till 2004,Biante has somemore time to make the cars that will feature in it.

[SWRT]

What Mad Max cars will be made Admin?
Definatly the intercepter but the nightrider one from the opening scene as well?

[tbgatos]

Originally posted by GRPIII
great site tbgatos
plenty of stuff including how to build an interceptor.
what ever happened to the replica at planet hollywood?
and why does a pommy museum hold the orginal interceptor?

Yeh its a great site, full credit to Peter Barton...the Cars of the Stars museum must be bigger than Texas, maybe the Black Interceptor was too big for em...he he he!
The Yanks took there time in recognising the first Mad Max movie...not until this year did they make available on DVD the original undubbed version (looking outside the square).

[tbgatos]

Originally posted by tbgatos


Yeh its a great site, full credit to Peter Barton...the Cars of the Stars museum must be bigger than Texas, maybe the Black Interceptor was too big for em...he he he!
The Yanks took there time in recognising the first Mad Max movie...not until this year did they make available on DVD the original undubbed version (looking outside the square).
SORRY...SHOULD HAVE 2002, can't keep up with the years going bye!:D

[gk1]

Does anyone know if Biante is going to produce the Yellow Highway Patrol Police Car that Mel Gibson drove??

[FOMOCO]

Just wondering where Admin got up to with these models ??? Are we going to be seeing them soon ???

[SWRT]

The Mad Max cars I'd expect to see would be the Max's XB intercepter,yellow cop car,Nightrider Kingswood/GTS Monaro V8,Sandman and maybe some of the Falcons from MM2?
The intercepter in 1/18 would be spectacular-hopefully all Mad Max cars would be done in all scales.

[Vanpyre57]

Ok guys ... I think we need to clarify a couple of things.

Firstly, the yellow 4 door was actually the official interceptor. The black 2 door was actually called the Pursuit Special but everyone referred to it as the interceptor and the name has stuck to this day.

Ok MadMaximus. Your original post was looking for a 1:18 scale model of the "Pursuit Special" if I recall. Here is a link to a picture of a version that I make myself. It is based on the Biante XC Falcon and can be done in both MM1 and MM2 versions.
1:18 Pursuit Special (http://vanpyremodels.servepics.com/images/pursuit %20special.jpg)

I have also converted a Biante XA Falcon into a similar version of the original 4 door interceptor. Here is a link of a progress pic.
Interceptor (http://vanpyremodels.servepics.com/images/interce ptor.jpg)

If you would like to see more pics or would like more information then go to our website ... www.vanpyremodels.com (http://www.vanpyremodels.com) .

[zeitgeist]

Originally posted by Vanpyre57
Ok guys ... I think we need to clarify a couple of things.

Firstly, the yellow 4 door was actually the official interceptor. The black 2 door was actually called the Pursuit Special but everyone referred to it as the interceptor and the name has stuck to this day.


That may be the case, but the mechanic in Mad Max 2 referred to it as the "last of the V8 Interceptors".

BC

[chocman36]

There are Kyosho remote control cars being produced of the black interceptor....how long until we see the model???

[drof]

Here is 3 pictures for all you Mad Max Nuts, from the latest Performance Ford Australia & New Zealand volume 3 edition 3 Magazine.

Regards

Dave from Kiwiland!!

[drof]

No 2

Dave from Kiwiland!!

[drof]

Last one

Dave from Kiwiland!!

[rippa72]

I gather from the lack of response from Admin that the answer to them making any Mad Max cars is a big fat NO!!! This is very dissappointing indeed as I feel that if they were to make them that would be absolutely brilliant.

Also, the reason the Pommie museum Car for the Stars has the original Mad Max Pursuit Special is because they were the only ones willing to pay the AU$70,000 price tag that was asked for it.

I guess I am going to have to send that Vanpyre bloke an email and see if he will convert my Option 97 Cobra for me. Not happy Jan.

[Vanpyre57]

HI guys

yes it would be nice to see Biante do the interceptor i believe they would do a great job on it as they have on all the other models they have produced

hey Rippa72 if you cant get one pm me and ill see what i can work out for you

i wish i had the chance to buy the original for that price it could have made me money by now

[BATHURSTFAN]

These Mad MAX models would sell like hotcakes and I'm sure Biante would like to make them, but obviously behind the scenes there are probably some deals going on, but i imagine the rights to the licence to make these models would not come cheap.

[biante1478]

Personally, I gave up on this a long time ago. Whoever holds the rights is obviously very short-sighted and has missed out on 27 years of potential income from diecast models so far.

Having given up on an official release model, I made my own a long time ago. Picture attached. Made from a Trax model. Not great, but better than nuthin !

[Vanpyre57]

hey biante1478 have you done any other builds as well? if so I would love to see some pics posted up in our gallery (http://gallery.vanpyremodels.com) !!!

Can't wait for Admin to approve the pic so we can at least have a look at it!!

[gk1]

The Mad Max cars would be great! Put me down for one!
Biante, is it difficult to do the Mad Max cars? licence etc?

[texan]

Hey Vanpyre,

Are the red and blue lights on your interceptor actually coloured plastic lenses, or are they just painted.

[Vanpyre57]

the lighing on both models are working static lights and the lens are both coloured plastics

i take out the original globes and replace them with coloured globes in the red and blue then hook them up to a battery pack with switch in the boot

[biante1478]

A sign of how much people want a model of the Interceptor -- check this out........

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3542228874&category=761

[Malik]

for all you mad max fanatics...

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/madmaxfaq.html

[ZORAK]

This is a better URL as you then get the navigation bar on the left!

http://www.madmaxmovies.com

Z ;)