Junkman

Those are "Power Grabs". We do get them in Europe occasionally, but only in discount retail chains that do their purchasing directly in Asia and handle imports themselves. Power Grabs come in a colourful carton containing eight individually boxed models. These cartons have a perforated section to be torn off, so they can be used as a display on a retail shelf next to the checkout. I have never seen any HW equivalents, which makes me believe this is an MB only packaging practice.

That is correct. The European retailers demand the short cards to save retail space and packaging waste. It enables them to display about 30% more units per allocated space. Besides, there are two types of long cards, one for the US market only, and an international one. Short cards are always international. If you look at the flip sides of your cards, you will notice that the text on the short cards is multilingual, whereas on the USA long card, it's only in English and Spanish. The logos of the various standardisation organisations the toys must comply with will also differ. If short, or international long cards, surface in the USA, it's mainly due to the retailer being a global business with a purchasing office in Europe, or Asia. The opposite applies to the occasional USA long cards showing up in Europe, which then have a large sticker on the back, containing all the mandatory information in all official languages necessary to make them legal for sale in the EU. Mostly we will get international long cards over here, which we rarely do. Oh, and the same is true for Hot Wheels, btw.

It's not. I have/know of a few that aren't on the list.

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Or a block of Balsa wood, like in ye goode olde dayse, when men were men and smelled like horses.

You should return it and have it exchanged for an undamaged one. After all, you paid for a flawless example.

41 pieces? That's way too much work for me.

For the ones wanting a Group B rally version, Heller themselves make it since the 1980s. Whether it's any good I know not.

You won. I've never even started one. I just find them too depressing.

Yes, but they won't do a Bluesmobile.

1/24 scale, so it counts despite it's one scale off. The model, made by IXO, was supposed to be part of a partwork series launched by Salvat in Mexico. Once that series was called short, Whitebox of Germany commissioned IXO to produce the model for their portfolio. The last two pictures were taken once I had reversed the tyres, because I considered the whitewall tyres too naff.

Yes, I know, nobody knows what I'm talking about, but hear me out. The model was made by IXO for a Salvat partwork series in Mexico, and it is 1/24 scale, the only scale close to 1/25, which is the standard of all things. It depicts the Mexican version of what is known as a '64 Plymouth Valiant Signet in the English speaking part of the world.

That's a good one. A very good one. I shall use that didactic in future, like 'the launch of the 1940 DKW F9 was delayed until 1949, for some odd reason'.

I appreciate your train of thought, but alas. I guarantee you, the closest thing to our dreams we will ever see is this fake box art I did years ago, and it's not even the same year. There will never be a kit of a full size Mopar from the Fuselage era.

I was actually waiting for a reissue of the PL Beetle, since it's one of the better renditions of the real thing. I built the old non Herbie issue, painted ruby red, gave it away and regret it. There is no better early 60s Beetle out there, unless you go diecast, and they all are 1/24. Since the PL originated as the Herbie, it depicts an 'Export' spec 1200, which I consider an extra bonus. IIRC, you can leave the Webasto away, all you need to do is fill four holes in the roof. If you really want to go to town in regard of open wheels, use the surplus set out of a Fujimi Porsche 356 kit. They all had early and late wheels on the sprue, thus you only need one of the two sets to build your Porsche and the other one can be used for other things, such like this.

Give those guys some slack, they just returned from the two biggest shows in the industry. They hired a new guy for the kit department last month.

Thank you, this is the answer to my question.

Yes, six kits. Haulin Henry - 1934 Ford Pick Up Lemon Peeler - 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop Short Hauler - 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Street Sleeper - 1965 Pontiac GTO Convertible Victorian - 1932 Ford Victoria Wonder Bird - 1957 Ford Thunderbird Re. decal sheet - I think each included a very small decal sheet with merely 2x its name on it. Please note that I might be wrong, but I've seen the odd buildup with decals applied.

That's a 'yes' from me.

When was the last time these headers were included? Are they back in the new issue?

My Doyusha Kujira Crown.

I think this is pretty rare. I've never seen another one, so I built it. It's a 1/43 scale Peugeot 403 'Tole' (Sedan Delivery) made in France by/for chocolate manufacturer Pupier.

I found a superb alternative to tube glue, since I'm not willing to spend several £££s on a tiny little tube of something that used to cost mere Pennies. It's solvent cement sold for plumbing purposes and it works with ABS, PVC and Styrene plastics. In the UK, I was able to buy this 250ml (8.45 US fl oz) bottle for £7.00 at Screwfix, a vast saving over £7.00 for an 18ml tube of Humbrol Cement at Hobbycraft. The same product is sold around the world from countless manufacturers, in the USA, for example, it's made by Weld-On, and many others. Just look for "plastic solvent cement" in your language and you should be able to find it in the plumbing section of your DIY, or online. Don't be put off if it only mentions ABS and/or PVC on the bottle, it will work a treat with kit styrene as well.

Guys, guys, guys! Let's form an orderly queue.

Yeah, but, you know.