Who can give me info on the AMT "Key To Kit City?"

[Deano]

Does anyone remember these?

[Billy Kingsley]

It's the Katt!!

First I've heard of it Dean, I've never even seen it in an old comic book ad...Which is kinda surprising!

[Mark]

Never heard of this one! My guess is that it was a handout item at one of the World's Fairs in the Sixties. One year (I believe it was '62) the handout was (or included) some unique decals. I've got a couple sets of the decals, but I've never heard of, or seen, the key.

I couldn't guess at the time frame, but if I had to, I'd say it was done after Budd Anderson left AMT in mid-'64. After his departure AMT did run some comic book ads with a cartoon "Kat from AMT" that resembled the key. But there were little figures included in AMT kits that resembled the "kat" before that, so who knows. Nice find!

[Tom Geiger]

Is that the key to the old tooling warehouse they've been looking for years? Now maybe they can get the door open and issue all our favorite old kits!

[Skydime]

Perhaps this will help.

http://artbaxter.com/esoterica-pages/amt_kat-index.html

(Scroll Down)

There is even a "contact me" link on that page as well.

PS I was fortunate enough to find the image on a Bing search. The image had the URL when hovered over. I copied the whole thing into the browser and there it was. Otherwise, i would have never found it. Took a few minutes to get it though.

Edited November 9, 2013 by Skydime

[chevyfever2009]

Is that the key to the old tooling warehouse they've been looking for years? Now maybe they can get the door open and issue all our favorite old kits!

We all wish it was

[Skydime]

LOL, if that's the only issue, gimme a grinder or some bolt cutters, I'll get them in!

Edited November 7, 2013 by Skydime

[ChrisBcritter]

Another image of the Kat: decal from the Craftsman Series '63 Nova wagon.

[slusher]

The key is neat. First l have seen one...