Promotional Model

Part of the 2004 Johnny Lightning Polar Bear Series of six vehicles promoting Coca Cola, this white van comes with a nice image on both sides of smaller polar bears dumping snow on a larger polar bed in a scene similar to that human families do on beaches with sand and toy buckets. The red circular Coca Cola symbol is on both front doors as is the Coca Cola word logo on the bonnet (hood) and rear doors. The right rear door also has a Coca Cola symbol. The right side also has a side door engraved through the polar bears image (it does not open). Nothing at all is on the giant white space on the roof although it has raised long rectangles representing roof racks or something. They do make it easier to push I guess but it's a missed opportunity for a nice image. The two side front door windows have no plastic in them so you can attach the plastic clips that come with Coca Cola Christmas ornaments vehicles to hang it from the Xmas tree through them if you want. For some reason the front wheels are slightly smaller than the rear ones, not sure if the real 1976 Chevy cans had this. --James N Sympson  Buy it now

This is a brilliant vehicle and one of the best of either Coca Cola or Christmas themed die-cast vehicles. Well it's not really Christmas themed, except that it comes in a blister pack with Santa on the cardboard and clip that turns it into an automent (ornament) to hang on your Christmas tree. With nice red and white sides, front and back panels and a red roof with blue rectangle and grooves that I guess are roof racks but add to the friction on your finger when pushing it around, this van would have looked great without the cartoon imagery. The cartoon imagery of an adult and two younger polar bears pushing a head sized snowball around with their heads is a nice one (see my customer image). The circular Coca Cola symbol is also on the side front doors. The tyres are those nice rubber ones, that you could pull off if for some reason you wanted to (although I doubt they'd go back on).


The seats an interior are white, including the steering wheel. This combi van is part of the 2004 Johnny Lightning released Coca Cola range of automents (vehicles marketed to be hung as ornaments on Christmas trees). There were more automents released the following year but they were nowhere near as good. (Reviewed by James N Sympson)  Buy it now

This 1940 Ford Pickup has been used in many different Johnny Lightning Releases. With the original holiday automents release in 2004, the 1940 Ford Ute came with a great image on the doors of a large polar bear with its cubs hanging a star on their snow covered Christmas tree (well actually it looks like its just a tree growing in the wild). You can see it in my customer image. This must have been a popular image as it would be used later that year as the image on all the cardboard backing part of the 2004 Polar Bear series. The colours of the vehicle are white on the wheel and headlight guards and a light purple (which is pretty much the same shade as Milka Chocolate packaging) used on the rest of the car. Like all vehicles in this series these come with great wheels which include rubber tyres. The bonnet (hood) opens up to a purple engine, it's pretty fragile and doesn't really sit snugly when down. You've got to reposition it after closing. If a child was going to play with this it could easily break off in the hand or mouth. Likewise if you do use this as a Christmas tree automent (ornament) and it falls, the bonnet could easily break off. However the clip that comes with this can attach to any other Johnny Lightning vehicle with open side windows to use as a Christmas automent instead. That clip is a brilliant idea, I would love to see more vehicles released with it.

There's no images on either the roof or in the cargo tray. A missed opportunity in my opinion.

You can also get the exact same car with the exception of the purple being a slightly darker shade, in a later collection called Polar Bears Series in the second release. Obviously it has a different blister card image to this one and doesn't come with the clip to turn it into a Christmas tree automent. (Reviewed by James N Simpson)  Shop here

This is 1/18 Scale Diecast Ertl Johnny Lightning 51002B 1957 Chevy Cameo Coca-Cola Red with Cream and Silver Details Detailed Engine and Interior Opening Hood and Doors . Shop here

There is much collecting interest surrounding anything associated with the world-famous drink brand. As a result, many models have been produced with the Coca-Cola theme, most of which, while not authentic, nevertheless have a colourful appeal.