Unusual 360 Challenge Stradale-HW non Elite

They didn't make one without a stripe... at least not that I've ever seen or heard of. The stripe on mine appears to be nothing more than a sticker/decal... was yours new and sealed in the box? It's possible it was a factory error, if so. If not, it was possibly removed by the previous owner...

 

Sounds like a factory error, normally they have a warranty in the box.
If you want them to replace it, I would avoid trying to get one right from the factory, they may just send you something of the same value. Try to return it from the place you purchased it, or you could just remove the marks that are on it...

 

Post pics of it.

If it is an error, I would keep it.

 

This is normal.

My car has a decal, but it's very badly applied. And now the edges are starting to curl up and you can see some kind of outline underneath it.

 

I doubt its an error, it was probally removed by the previous owner. I ended up removing the strip on my 360 Stradale also. It's only a sticker, it peeled off quite easily.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/Exotic118/My%20Ferraris/360%20Modena/360%20CS/Ferrari_360_CS-02.jpg

 

what kind of flowers are those giant red flowers in the background? they look really RED, compared to the Ferrari.. !

~shahedc
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those are giant Amazon Hibiscus!!

 

I would not be to eager to not call it an error though, I have had plenty of 1:18 errors from Hot Wheels. Missing decals, wheels, one the casting was bad and the car body was busted in half.

 

It the rare giant Geranium.

 

Of course, anything's possible.

 

Totally normal. This is what the model looks like if someone peels off the stickers. Since Mattel are not willing enough to make a dissent product like a form conforming decal they print a little white stripe on the edge of the "tail" because they are still smart (and cheap) enough to know that the sticker will lift on that edge.
Whoever sold you the model probably took the stripe off of it for another project or whatever..... Either way it would not make the model more valuable in any way, even if it was accidentally send by Mattel without the sticker, simply because it could be achieved by anyone. If you like it without stripe, then remove the guide line and keep it. If you don't just get rid of it. By the way, beside the nice wheels and tires this model is highly inaccurate in every area you can imagine.

 

NO, there isn't one done right, yet. By the way, aside from the grilles the front bumper is pretty good.

 

Are the stickers applied by hand or machine.

If they're applied by machine it looks like it may have messed up or ran out of sticker.