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Actually, it's not a toy because it's an exact scale replica of one of the most memorable cars of my childhood.

It's the Ford 'Super Falcon' raced by Ian 'Pete' Geoghegan in the early 1970s.

The original raced towards the end of a golden era in the Australian touring car championship, running up against Allan Moffat's Coca-Cola Mustang, Norm Beechey's Monaro and Bob Jane's brutal Chevrolet Camaro.

I have 1:18th scale replicas of those cars as part of my car collection.

The difference in the Super Falcon is the amount of detail in the latest product from Classic Carlectables which, together with Biante, is tapping a rich vein of Australian motoring history. Both brands do a lot of work on current V8 Supercars, but more and more people are turning to everything from Classic's replica of Allan Moffat's 1978 Bathurst Falcon to the 1971 Valiant Charger.

The cars look great, and more as I remember them than the way they look in 2009, and the detail work is incredible on everything from dashboards and seats to engines and suspensions. They are way, way, way down the road from anything in the Hot Wheels lineup.

A model from Classic Carlectables is not cheap, and you have to go to their website or a specialist shop, but they are well worth the investment.