Insight Announces Back to the Future DeLorean: Doc Brown's Owner's Manual

One of the most iconic movie sagas of all time, the Back to the Future trilogy has left an indelible impact on popular culture. Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Doc Brown’s Owners’ Workshop Manual [Insight Editions; March 30, 2021] delves into the secrets of the unique vehicle that transported Marty McFly and Doc Brown through time, including both the original version of the car and the updated flying model. Together, Gale and Walser have given us an unprecedented insight into the DeLorean’s inner workings, from its unmistakable gull-wing doors to Doc’s cutting-edge modifications, including the Flux Capacitor and Mr. Fusion. The book also includes unique handwritten excerpts from Doc Brown's journals, which recount his life after World War II, how he came to build the Time Machine, his first trip to 2015, how he survived his accidental trip to 1885 and much, much more. Filled with exclusive illustrations and never-before-disclosed information, Back to the Future: Doc Brown’s DeLorean: Owners’ Workshop Manual is the perfect gift for the franchise’s legion of fans.

The Frame Up: Playmobil's Back to the Future Toy Sets

Toy collectors, especially those of us who remember the 80's-90's, are in the midst of an embarrassment of riches. Not only can we celebrate monthly drops of fantastically crafted action figures of our most iconic modern heroes, but every company out there seems chomping at the bit to perfect our childhood toy hordes and sell it all back to us. Playmobil was long known as a child-safe toy line allowing play in medieval castles, farmsteads, aquariums and the like. In the last few years, they've introduced licensed properties, most of which designed to set off your flashback spidey-senses. It's a rare moment when a company can take on a movie property and make toys that are accurate, well designed, kid-friendly and ridiculously fun. Count Playmobil's Back to the Future line among them!

LEGO Going Back to the Future!

So how many of you knew you could bang out the LEGO kit of your dreams, push it to their main office and then rally fans to vote for it?? Does this get your mind humming? No? Didn't think so..for we are geek..hear us... open a bag of cool ranch Doritos. Luckily, there are more adventurous among us who will dream the big dreams and allow us to cheer for their efforts. Speaking of which...Portal LEGOs, anyone??!!

And for those of you longing for Minecraft LEGOs... CLICK HERE!

SDCC: Drive 88 mph with Team Fox

Where are all the real DeLorean Time Machines that were used in the Back to the Future movies? Sadly, some of them no longer exist and others are in need of extensive work. Of the seven cars used over the three movies, only three original cars are thought to still exist. Presented by Profiles in History, the famed auction house that represented the Debbie Reynolds Collection this summer, one of those screen used DeLoreans will be at Comic-Con 2011 for public viewing in conjunction with Team Fox benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The main goal is to give fans the opportunity to see and be photographed in the car. For a $20 donation to the Foundation you can be photographed in the DeLorean with all proceeds going to Team Fox.

Profiles in History is proud to present the original DeLorean Time Machine driven by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future III. It will be presented at booth 1605, along with several original artifacts from all three Back to the Future movies with the hopes of creating a Back To The Future "museum" experience. Along with the Time Machine will be original costumes, the Tales From Space comic, Doc's burned toy Cadillac, Clock Tower cables, Gray's Almanac, the Doc Brown committed/commended newspapers, a full set of all five types of hoverbo, and other rarely seen pieces of cinematic history.

The Time Machine has been in private hands for the past 8 years, and was recently featured on the Hollywood Treasure television show hosted by Joe Maddalena. Joe and his staff will be at the booth in person to greet fans, and share these rare pieces of history. In conjunction with Team Fox, this is a rare opportunity to get your pictures taken with the original Time Machine.

The Time Machine will be available for viewing during advertised Comic-Con show hours, and will be in a future Profiles in History auction later this year, with a portion of the proceeds going to Team Fox benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Previously it could be seen at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

Diamond Select's Back to the Future II 1/15th Scale DeLorean

Exclusive to Entertainment Earth...forged in the secret labs at Diamond Select; we bring you a closer look at the Back to the Future 2 1/15th scale (14 inches long) DeLorean! This one is jam packed with lights and sounds including...










First time travel
Car trouble
Revving up and winding down
Opening door
Rev up and peel out
Engine start-up
Return from time travel
Return from time travel to a screeching halt
Time circuit engaged
Hover landing











A slider on the bottom flips the wheels out into flight mode for all 1.21 gigawatts of funnn. It's these little details that really sell the piece, and when you consider the inside instrument panel, flux capacitor and time circuit panel lights up along with the sounds, how can you say no? This is a fantastic piece of design work which would usually cost us an arm and a leg, but Diamond Select makes it obtainable to those of us who work hard for every dime. The bad news? This appears to be sold out at the source. That doesn't mean you still couldn't score this gem at a convention, comic shop or ebay. There's also the easy route which takes you to Toys R Us for the standard version of the classic 80's super-ride. Beggars can't be choosers, yea?

Click on the lit up McFly Lovemobile for the rest of the pics!