INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, USA (February 27, 2022) – GreenLight Collectibles has signed a new licensing agreement with VP Racing Fuels, a world leader in performance fuels, lubricants and additives. This licensing partnership will allow GreenLight to produce new vehicles, gas pumps and more under the VP Racing brand.
“GreenLight couldn’t be more excited to partner with the world leader in fuel technology, VP Racing. VP has been fueling and lubricating champions in both the professional and grassroots motorsport worlds since the mid-1970s; the brand is a perfect fit for GreenLight’s vast portfolio of gasoline and oil partners. We can’t wait to showcase our VP-branded product line,” said Cale Hotton, Director of Licensing and Product Development at GreenLight.
VP Racing has expanded globally to become the preferred source of fuel and other products for racers across the motorsports spectrum. VP Racing is made up primarily of employees who have been racers in one form or another and have been driven by passion and dedication to racing since its inception.
“VP Racing is eager to expand our reach and build the brand with GreenLight Collectibles,” said Bob Merz, VP’s director of brand and licensing management. “GreenLight’s reputation for world-class products mirrors that of VP, making us a perfect fit for each other. We look forward to many years of success together.”
To kick off this new partnership, GreenLight has just launched the following products:
- 14130-A Vintage Gas Pumps 1:18 Series 13 – 1948 Wayne 100-A Gas Pump VP Racing Fuels
- 30385 1:64 Kenworth T2000 – VP Racing Fuels ‘Makin’ Power!’ Transporter (Hobby Exclusive)
- 32270-C 1:64 Hitch & Tow Series 27 – 2018 Ram 2500 VP Racing Fuels’ Makin’ Power!” and VP Racing Fuels Merchandise Trailer
- GMP-18936 1:18 GMP – 1:18 GMP Shop Tool Set no. 1 – VP Racing Fuels
Additionally, GreenLight is working on 57103 1:64 Mechanic’s Corner Series 10 – Weekend Workshop – VP Racing Fuels Garage for a Q3 2023 release
ABOUT VP RACING FUELS
For over 40 years, VP Racing Fuels has been a leader in racing fuel technology, with a catalog of over 70 proprietary fuel blends. VP Racing Fuels specializes in the production of racing fuel, specialty lubricants, performance chemicals, traction compounds and motorcycle wash for a variety of vehicles, fueling racers in virtually every form of motorsport in land, sea and air. VP Racing Fuels was founded by racer and self-taught chemist and physicist Steve Burns in 1975 on the principles of innovation, excellence and the spirit of racing. The company has grown from a single location with 2 employees to over 200 employees with five company-owned and operated racing fuel distribution locations in Texas, Indiana, Georgia, Delaware and Tennessee, as well as a regional office in southern California. VP’s distribution network of more than 2000 distributors worldwide extends to Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim. Visit vpracingfuels.com for more information
Daniel Pickett
AFi founder and editor-in-chief Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett has been around toys his whole life. The first line he collected was Mego’s World’s Greatest Superheroes line in the 1970s. Since then, he has been surrounded by collections. In 1999 he was confused by the lack of information and news about some of his favorite toy lines he was collecting. Since he could not find the information, he decided to look for it himself, thinking that other people might also be interested in the same news. He began writing a weekly column about the toy and action figure industry for a toy news site and within a few years tripled the sites daily traffic with his product updates, reviews and features. He established relationships with all the major toy manufacturers and many sculptors, painters and mold makers. He grew his hobby into a worldwide experience that the industry has embraced. In 2004 he teamed up with his toy friend Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and they created their own website www.ActionFigureInsider.com. Daniel has been quoted in both industry and mass media. Over the years, Daniel and AFi have been sought after as experts in the field. Daniel appeared regularly on “Attack of the Show” on the G4 Network as a main contributor to their “Mint On Card” segment, and our homepage has been linked twice from USA’s “Pop Candy” blog Today. Daniel’s content has also been featured on Bloomberg News, MSNBC.com, Time.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, CNN.com, AssociatedPress.com Wired.com, Fark.com, Boing-Boing, Gizmodo.com, Ain’t It Cool News, the official Star Wars blog, Geekologie, G4, CNet, and Toy Fare magazine, among many others. He has consulted on toy lines, books, documentaries and television shows. But all this really sounds arrogant and “tooting their own horn”; the long and short of it is that Daniel loves toys and LOVES to talk about them.
