Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Rip Clutchgoneski - rare and... ugly

Ok, don´t get upset now, all you people from the Republic of New Rearendia - but I do consider Rip Clutchgoneski the least good looking car by all the World Grand Prix Race Cars.

By far.


All the other 10 cars come from real countries and, with the exception of Lightning McQueen, they are based on real cars. But Rip is a total made up character.


And it´s not that I don´t think Pixar should use their imagination to the fullest. And it´s not that I think a movie like Cars or Cars 2 need to be "realistic" - I know that would be impossible - AND bad.


 It´s just that... He´s so darn... UGLY!


 The colors... The forms. The name. Even the joke-made-up-country is bad...

And as a diecast - it´s not very well done either. The Rims are a lot bigger on the model than in the movie and that makes him look kind of clumsy.

According to the Cars: Character Encyclopedia book, Rip was actually meant to die during the first World Grand Prix race, hence his name Rip (Rest In Peace). This did not happen. I´m very glad, because I can´t see how they should have pulled that of in a nice way in a movie like Cars 2.

Action/feelgood for kids WITH SOME MURDERS! Now worries, no real cars were harmed during the recordings...

Now. Having these complains said... I am very happy to have Rip aboard! Now my Race Car collecion from Cars 2 finally is complete!

And a good thing with the not so good looking cars is - all the other cars now looks twice as good!
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4 comments:

  1. Bumper SaveMarch 6, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    If you don't like him feel free to send him my way....:)

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  2. UnknownMarch 7, 2013 at 5:45 AM

    Agreed. They could have done better. I can't find a link now, but some race car builder in New Zealand sued Disney alleging Rip was a copy of some race car they build.
    I am glad they didn't go with the death scene, but now knowing that is why he is called RIP is a little disturbing. There are about 14 countries that have these colors for their flags. Maybe Rip is Lithunaian?

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  3. Todd P TruckMarch 7, 2013 at 11:27 PM

    According to http://pixar.wikia.com/Rip_Clutchgoneski the car manufacturer is New-Zealand super-car Hulme CanAm "of which he bears characteristics elements like its distinctive air dams, wheel covers and boat shaped central body. Hulme's developers reportedly saw this in an unfavorable light and found Rip so similar to their car they considered making a legal action against Disney.[2] However, Rip does differ from the Hulme CanAm by several design elements (F1-like cockpit, different rear end, side vents), and some Caparo T1-derived elements can be spotted. Rip has the Hulme's characteristic orange color (although the Caparo too is frequently presented in orange), and furthermore, concept art reveals he was first designed with black wheel covers, exactly like the Hulme car."

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  4. UnknownMarch 8, 2013 at 6:48 AM

    Maybe Chrysler should sue Hulme. The Plymouth Prowler was orange, had a boat-shaped body and had open front wheels with fenders in 1997.
    http://cars.oodle.com/detail/used-2001-plymouth-prowler-for-sale/3305623377-oak-harbor-wa/

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