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AMT and Revell both had XR-3 Escorts.

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I think the matchbox is the revell kit, but could be wrong. The AMT kit is a curbside with opening rear hatch - again, I could be wrong.

The revell kit saw a number of boxes and incarnations including an EXP and a Turbo version.

The Matchbox Escort shown above is the Revell kit. Revell-Germany used that black box art design for Matchbox kits sometime around 1990.

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I recently bought a sealed 1/12 Doyusha Porsche kit, and found this little brochure inside which shows all 14 1/12 scale kits that they offered. I'm sure there's many people here that have never seen any (minus perhaps the Lamborghini, Mercedes 450SL/SLC, and Stratos kits which appear occasionally in the large scale section). Currently, I have 5 of the kits in my collection (Stingray, Trans Am, Mach 1, 450SLC AMG, Porsche 911).

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I recently bought a sealed 1/12 Doyusha Porsche kit, and found this little brochure inside which shows all 14 1/12 scale kits that they offered. I'm sure there's many people here that have never seen any (minus perhaps the Lamborghini, Mercedes 450SL/SLC, and Stratos kits which appear occasionally in the large scale section). Currently, I have 5 of the kits in my collection (Stingray, Trans Am, Mach 1, 450SLC AMG, Porsche 911).

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I wonder if that large scale '70s Trans Am was the same kit that was once boxed as a Otaki...I saw one of these in a hobby shop in Florida as a kid around 1982.

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How about a car that's out of this world???

The first reissue of this Barris custom was called Space 1999 The Alien is being reissued by Round2 this fall. Although the TV show never used one like it I guess MPC had the model rights so they used them. It used a different body and only 4 wheels so is quite different then the one you have posted. I still have the first Moon Scope sitting on the shelf that I built when the kit first came out. I'm looking forward to adding the Space 1999 one when it comes out.

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I recently bought a sealed 1/12 Doyusha Porsche kit, and found this little brochure inside which shows all 14 1/12 scale kits that they offered. I'm sure there's many people here that have never seen any (minus perhaps the Lamborghini, Mercedes 450SL/SLC, and Stratos kits which appear occasionally in the large scale section). Currently, I have 5 of the kits in my collection (Stingray, Trans Am, Mach 1, 450SLC AMG, Porsche 911).

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I've looked through the instructions for the Lancia Stratos from that series. The level of detail on it was mind-boggling. I'd love to have one, but at about $300 I think I'll pass. :)

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I wonder if that large scale '70s Trans Am was the same kit that was once boxed as a Otaki...I saw one of these in a hobby shop in Florida as a kid around 1982.

Yeah it was, I think otaki kits were rebranded doyusha since the Mercedes amg I have is otaki brand.

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I recently bought a sealed 1/12 Doyusha Porsche kit, and found this little brochure inside which shows all 14 1/12 scale kits that they offered. I'm sure there's many people here that have never seen any (minus perhaps the Lamborghini, Mercedes 450SL/SLC, and Stratos kits which appear occasionally in the large scale section). Currently, I have 5 of the kits in my collection (Stingray, Trans Am, Mach 1, 450SLC AMG, Porsche 911).

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Oh wow how i would love to have that AMG SLC :wub: These old AMG Benz cars was and still are very pop in Japan. Trans Am is sweet too.

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Would be interesting to see if that German version is a rebox or copy of the Pyro kit.. maybe the scale is wrong on the box.

Can't say anything about the scale, but the kit is not a copy. The Pyro Table Top Series kits (the sixty cent ones, including the Texan) were molded in one color and didn't have rubber tires. Despite being designed and manufactured to sell at a low price (even for their day), the Pyro kits are interesting, and in some cases, a lot better than you'd think they would be. They also touched on a lot of unique subject matter (early Thirties Plymouths, for example).

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