So, I was wondering what I was going to blog about next, and how soon or late the event would happen. Turns out it wasn’t that late at all.

ThinkGeek have just announced a new product: The Back to the Future Die-Cast DeLorean model.

To quote ThinkGeek:

Have you been hunting for old DeLorean’s on eBay and telling everyone to call you McFly? Well then we have a tasty little nugget to satiate the 80’s lovin’ Back to the Future fanboy in you. This 1:18 scale Back to the Future Die-Cast DeLorean is like a sci-fi obsessed geek’s wet dream. Nope, it doesn’t travel through time… but it does feature a real brushed metal body and intricate details from the movie.

Look inside by raising one of the gullwing doors and you’ll see all the time-travel controls from the movie including a tiny flux capacitor. There’s even a Mr. Fusion on the back to avoid the hassle of stealing plutonium from terrorists. A lever on the bottom makes the wheels fold up for when you run out of road trying to hit 88.

Product Features

• Detailed die-cast DeLorean model perfectly re-creates the time travel vehicle from Back to the Future
• Real brushed metal body
• Intricate detail including a detailed cockpit with flux capacitor
• Mr. Fusion and exhaust jets on the back
• Lever on bottom allows wheels to fold up
• Fully assembled and painted
• Comes with display base
• 1:18 scale – 9.5″ in length