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The Happy Toyz (Green Goblin) Truck is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Bubba Hendershot) of Stephen King's 1986 film Maximum Overdrive.
The Green Goblin Truck is a black-colored White Western Star 4800 truck with a large grinning Green Goblin mask adorning the front. The eyes of the mask sometimes glow. It hauls a black trailer that says "HAPPY TOYZ Here comes another load of joy!". The rear of the trailer features a creepy image of a clown as well. There is a hidden Green Goblin Jack-in-the-box toy behind red curtains in the back of the cab. The truck is powered by a Detroit 8V-71 Diesel Engine, which gave it, it's iconic growl.
Biography[]
The Green Goblin Truck first appears when it enters the Dixie Boy truck stop in North Carolina, with a driver named Handy. When Camp Loman argues with Brett Graham, the truck revs and accelerates out of the fueling station while still fueled, and nearly hit the two. The truck went static until when it goes reverse and slams Loman into a ditch while attempting to avenge his car against another truck. After the survivors in the Dixie Boy failed to find rescue assistance, the truck begins to circle around the truck stop along with other fellow trucks, preventing anyone from entering/exiting the truck stop.
All of the circling trucks including the Green Goblin truck stop moving during one day. On the same day, after the assault done by a bulldozer and the M274 Mule, the mule requests through Morse code that the human survivors should fuel all vehicles in the Dixie Boy. After exhaustion, the humans uncover that they are enslaved by the vehicles, therefore motivating the protagonist Bill Robinson to eliminate the Mule and perform an escape for the survivors out of the Dixie Boy. During the escape, the trucks tackle and rampage the abandoned truck stop into total destruction.
The Green Goblin Truck appears again at the end in the dock area when it detects survivor member Brad, who carelessly got distracted by a diamond ring from a dead woman. The truck accelerates fast to fatally ram into Brad, and continues to move until Bill launches a rocket to destroy the Green Goblin truck. The survivors rejoice its destruction, feeling safe at last from the deadly inanimate objects and vehicles while sailing out of the coast.
Gallery[]
Green Goblin's glowing red eyes.
Green Goblin flashing its red eyes at Bill Robinson.
Replica in 2021.
Trivia[]
The film crew had permission from Marvel to use the Green Goblin's appearance for the mask. The mask survives under private ownership after the filming, restored to its original look from the movie in 2013.
The engine powering the truck is a Detroit 8V-71, which is known for producing a signature growl. The Detroit growl was used to make the Green Goblin sound more sinister.
In 2021, a replica of the Green Goblin Truck was built by fan Nate Lawrence who spent 14 weeks converting a 1977 White Western Star into a full working replica. The replica truck would debut in Joplin, Missouri for the Guilty By Association Truck Show.
