NEW YORK --Hess Corp. has announced the newest addition to its line of toy trucks--the 2014 Hess Toy Truck & Space Cruiser with Scout, the official 50th anniversary truck.
The three-in-one Hess Toy Truck can be pre-ordered now at www.hesstoytruck.com for $29.99 with free shipping. It comes with six Energizer batteries. The toy goes on sale November 14 at participating Hess, Hess Express and WilcoHess retail stores and online.
The 2014 Hess Toy Truck is a space cruiser, with retractable landing gear, flashing lights and button-activated and motion-activated sound effects, riding on top of a flatbed truck. A cargo door on the space cruiser opens to reveal the scout that features folding wings and working lights. The flatbed truck doubles as a launch pad complete with a button-activated launch ramp with hydraulic lift, three realistic sound effects and 41 lights. Chrome detailing on the cab includes an embossed "50" to officially mark the Hess Toy Truck's 50th anniversary.
Hess is celebrating the 50th anniversary in a number of other ways. The first limited-edition, individually numbered Collector's Edition Hess Toy Truck is available exclusively online for $45.99 with Energizer batteries and free shipping.
The Collector's Edition features a green tanker truck with chrome detailing and yellow and red accents in a commemorative display box. The truck includes more than 100 working lights and a hinged back door that gives access to the 1964 replica.
The Hess Toy Truck is a finalist for the National Toy Hall of Fame, located at The Strong museum in Rochester, N.Y., where Hess launched a seven-week Hess Toy Truck Mobile Museum tour November 1, featuring the entire holiday toy truck collection.
New York City-based Hess is a leading independent gasoline convenience store marketer on the East Coast, with branded sites in 16 East Coast states from New Hampshire to Florida. Hess is the largest operator of convenience stores along the East Coast and the fifth largest in the United States by number of company-operated sites, with 1,256 stores located in 16 states.
On Sept. 30, 2014, Findlay, Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) subsidiary Speedway LLC closed its acquisition of Hess Corp.'s retail operations and related assets, a $2.82 billion transaction announced on May 22, 2014. The deal includes all of Hess' retail operations, transport operations and shipper history on various pipelines. Enon, Ohio-based Speedway will rebrand all Hess retail locations within three years.
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