My Ferrari 250 GTO

I finally completed my collection of Shell Ferrari toy cars! This further expands my growing loot of Shell-Ferrari collectibles, starting with the 6 Ferrari car models from two years ago, and then last year's Die-cast iron key chain collection. These items are still in mint condition: still in the box and unopened!

For 2009, Shell decided to offer seven new 1:38 scale model Gran Turismo Ferraris: Ferrari FXX, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari F430 Challenge, Ferrari 250 GTO, Ferrari F40, Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale, and the Ferrari 575 GTC.

I managed to complete my collection after my weekly fuel runs to the Shell Station in T. Morato Ave. in Quezon City. For every load of up P500 worth of V-Power, you get to purchase one of these babies for only P50!

Now that my collection is complete, I can get some more as "service units" that I can play with...hehe! First "extra" unit I got is this lovely baby pictured here! This particular model actually came in first in class at the 1963 24-Hours of Le Mans! A truly speedy sportscar that still makes heads turn. The 250 GTO is reportedly the most valuable Ferrari ever, costing up to US$15-million! Only 36 units were built by Ferrari.

And I have a mini-version of it! Sweet!

Cheers!