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Hot Wheels Flame Stopper II — Casting Info & Complete Collector’s Guide
Flame Stopper II is Corgi’s Simon Snorkel fire-appliance casting, later sold under Hot Wheels branding. The red fire-service versions and orange recycling versions share the same body but use different markings and base colors. Compare the boom, side graphics, base, wheels, and package together.
Identify the casting before the release
The long vehicle body, articulated snorkel/boom, fire equipment, and compact Corgi wheel design distinguish the Corgi-derived Flame Stopper II from the separate Fire-Eater II ERF tender. Corgi called the original vehicle Simon Snorkel; Hot Wheels used Flame Stopper II.
Across the documented releases, the 1994 red fire versions use Corgi Type 1 wheels and yellow plastic bases, the orange refuse versions carry recycling/S-24 graphics with white or green bases, and the 1997–1998 emergency versions use gray bases, smoke windows, and 5-spoke wheels.
Flame Stopper II release variation web
These pages separate changes in decoration and base color from changes in package context. The 1997 Action Pack uses the same truck as the #617 mainline release; the release record is different, while the casting configuration is not.
Condition and Value Research
Check the boom, pivot points, roof, base, and wheel pattern before comparing examples. Thin lettering on the boom and roof can be rubbed away; orange refuse versions are identified by the recycling emblems and S-24, while later Emergency versions use gray bases and 5-spoke wheels.
Match exact release and package condition. The same casting appears in loose cars, multipacks, a Fire Station set, and mainline releases, so similar-looking examples are not interchangeable sales comparisons.