unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Besides loving model kits growing up. I also loved comic books. My favorite models were made by AMT. My favorite comics, DC. Mainly Batman. Combine the two, and you get some great ads for AMT models inside DC comic books in the 1960's. Here is the first in a sample. Edited December 7, 2017 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) And here are a few more. "The Kat from AMT Jumps the Gun" I have a copy framed and hanging on my wall. Edited December 7, 2017 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Back to this ad. In the last couple of years Round 2 has release 3 kits in this series. I wonder when we can expect the other 5? Edited December 7, 2017 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Here is a cool Monogram ad thrown in for good measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Naturally I should not forget this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Amazing prices. They sure have gone up since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Note how the artist made 1/25 scale cars look like 1/12 scale. And how you'd build a channeled Deuce 5-window with an exposed engine from All-Star parts is beyond me, unless you had some Aurora and Pyro kits to borrow from... That said, hey Round2 - Scale Stars '32 and '40 Fords next, pleeeeeze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Okay we need some more Monogram. Mainly Tom Daniel's stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Been sniffin' the glue again, son? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Sorry to ignored Revell up to this point. But, they didn't seem to run a lot of ads for their models cars in the comic books. And sorry, even though they deal directly with car models. I do have to include a promotion that Revell ran in the late 60's to win a full size Gemini space capsule. That's the one contest that was done when I was a kid, that I really wanted to win. Sadly I never even got a chance to enter. ? Edited December 7, 2017 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 And two more from Monogram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1 model citizen Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Cool stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Interesting how similar these two ads are. I hadn't noticed it until I posted them above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I've never seen any of these before, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 This is a blast, thanks for posting Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 23 minutes ago, DumpyDan said: This is a blast, thanks for posting Scott same here Scott..thanks for the good memories. Very cool ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranma Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Found this ad on the web Edited December 7, 2017 by ranma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I read a lot of DC comics in the 1963-65 timeframe and I don't remember ever seeing any of these. Maybe I just wasn't into model cars yet and simply paid them no attention. I DO, however, remember the giant, full-page Revell ads in Boys Life, the Boy Scout magazine. These looked something like a newspaper, and had "news" of the latest 1/72 "Warbird" airplane releases (I remember when the Memphis Belle B-17 and the Blue Streak B-24 came out), as well as the latest wacky Ed Roth creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) 45 minutes ago, ranma said: Found this ad on the web The second ad I posted, is above one. Jim and Eddie are always welcome to my birthday party. Though in my case I want the '40 Willys Coupe and '32 Ford Sedan kit. Edited December 7, 2017 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 These were the only important ads in DC comics when I wasa kid. Free admission and rides are always swell. Those ride coupons were worth their weight in gold to kids going there on a summer day camp trip: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) I had no idea Beavis and Butthead were into model kits! Edited December 7, 2017 by Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 12 hours ago, unclescott58 said: Sorry to ignored Revell up to this point. But, they didn't seem to run a lot of ads for their models cars in the comic books. And sorry, even though they deal directly with car models. I do have to include a promotion that Revell ran in the late 60's to win a full size Gemini space capsule. That's the one contest that was done when I was a kid, that I really wanted to win. Sadly I never even got a chance to enter. ? Well, if you ever find yourself in Portland, Oregon.... http://aviationintel.com/fast-history-the-boy-that-won-a-gemini-capsule/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 From a time when I wasn't reading comic books. And from a TV series I never cared for. But, I know there are fans out there. So here you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 The Gemini capsule contest, and what happened to the capsule, is fascinating. Never heard of it before, thanks! That contest went a lot better than one by Ford in 1958, when they realized the Edsel was tanking and got desperate. According to Ford P.R. guy Gayle Warnock, Ford had a big meeting about selling more Edsels. The story is in Warnock's book "The Edsel Affair." This is from memory, but pretty close, I think: One crusty old Ford veteran was in the meeting, and he had a running joke he always used: "Let's give away a pony." A younger executive in the meeting didn't realize it was a joke, and thought that was a great idea. Such a great idea that Ford should give away several ponies. Pretty soon Ford was negotiating with the delighted owners of pony farms all over the country. It got pretty expensive, since the critters had to be fed, housed and cared for until the contest. And the contest went pretty much the way everything Edsel-related seemed to go. The first kid who won a pony lived in New York City. In an apartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 "The first kid who won a pony lived in New York City. In an apartment." So, what's the big deal about that? Par for the course here. There's the story of Ming the Tiger, living in a housing project apartment with an alligator and eight kids SAY HARLEM APT. WAS SHARED BY TIGER, ALLIGATOR & 8 KIDS Then, there was everybody's favorite homicidal maniac, "Crazy" Joe Gallo. Joe lived on President St., in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. He kept a pet lion in his basement, which he used to terrorize the living krap out of mooks who owed him money or were being uncooperative in other matters of greater or lesser import. Crazy Joe enjoyed a laugh or two. Mobster Joe Gallo's 1950s Headquarters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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