Hot Wheels 2002 - Collector # 169/240 - Enforcer - Metallic Gold - Unpainted Base - USA 'Race & Win' Card

Hot Wheels 2002 - Collector # 169/240 - Enforcer - Metallic Gold - Unpainted Base - USA 'Race & Win' Card - MPN 55054

Wiki says: Enforcer is an armed buggy intended for military usage.

This casting was originally released as a tie-in with the poorly-received 1982 movie Megaforce, directed by Hal Needham; the casting portrayed the MegaDestroyer as featured in the movie, with two versions made to replicate MegaDestroyers 1 and 2 and named as such. The MegaDestroyer props used in the film were custom-built by Frederick's Inc. using assembly-line construction techniques; the chassis was sourced from the San Fernando Buggy Center, the engines were Volkswagen flat-4s sourced from Bernie Bergmann Inc. and the transaxle from Transaxle Engineering Inc. For armament the MegaDestroyers featured laser cannons and rocket launchers which actually fired working solid-fuel rockets; the laser cannons worked through spark plugs igniting a flammable mixture to create the illusion of them firing, with electronics used to move the gun barrels; the laser beams were added to the movie in post. Actors would enter the vehicle through a gullwing door on the left hand side of the vehicle. Ten were built for the film but only two survived the shooting.

Early prototypes of the Megadestroyer 1 and 2 used a Rock Buster chassis with what appears to either be resin or plasticine molded onto it to resemble the vehicle. After the initial two releases, the casting was released in the standard Hot Wheels lineup devoid of any references to Megaforce; it was subsequently renamed Super Cannon until 1995, when it was renamed Enforcer. The Enforcer name has been used for the vast majority of this casting's releases.

This casting features a pivoting rear laser blaster which has been removed for a number of releases. It was removed permanently around 2011 and reappeared in 2013, albeit cast into the body. In 2011 the casting gained a plastic base.