Thursday, February 27, 2020

Top Gun 2 hint in Matchbox playset

The follow-on “Top Gun: Maverick” movie is set to be released this year, and there will be a new hypersonic stealth aircraft. All trailers of the film show test pilot "Capt. Pete Mitchell" flying the experimental aircraft while wearing an all-black high-altitude pressure suit like those worn by ‘recon’ pilots from the U-2 and SR-71. It appears to have been inspired by the Lockheed SR-72. A hint to the mystery may be in a Matchbox “Top Gun: Maverick” die-cast playset line, owned by Mattel, that will be available on June 1, according to CNN. Matchbox will also release a series of die-cast models featured in both Top Gun movies, including the F-14 Tomcat (both the original and the 2020 version one), F/A-18E Super Hornet, fifth-generation F-35C, P-51 Mustang, and an adversary jet in the general shape of a Russian Sukhoi Su-57F. The new Matchbox playset also comes with an aircraft carrier. The new die-cast models must have been officially licensed, so it’s safe to assume the hypersonic jets will appear in the movie. (Source: The Aviationist 02/24/20) https://theaviationist.com/2020/02/24/new-matchbox-top-gun-maverick-themed-line-reveals-shape-of-movies-mysterious-hypersonic-aircraft/

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