Such a deal!

[GaryR]

On 2/21/2019 at 12:35 PM, Casey said:

$.05 and $.50, according to this '66 Trophy Series Kit parts price list: http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/thread/1141/1966-trophy-series-parts-price

Huh? I guess I overpaid! Or......my memory is shot!

Seems so cheap, but minimum wage was $1.40 an hour, average income was $7,300.00 etc.

And I made 50 cents an hour mowing lawns! Those were wonderful days!

The excitement when the Auto World package came!

[Tom Geiger]

Yes! That was a lot of money to us kids back then!   We mowed a lot of lawns and washed a lot of cars to earn those AutoWorld orders!

Back in those days I was a US military dependent in Germany.  AutoWorld was my connection to the USA and model cars!   It took a lot longer for me to get my orders, as they went SAM ... Space Available Mail, via ship!   I never could figure when the orders would arrive.   

[GaryR]

Really, Auto World was the ONLY source for many things.

It's true AMT annuals and Revell, MPC  kits were sold in many outlets. But JoHan kits were rarely on the shelves. Many AMY kits were never available. Lot's of drag kits were only at the local hobby shop 
Milwaukie (Oregon ) Hobby Shop R.I.P.!

It was mostly airplanes and AC stuff though, ships railroads etc. Cars were a minority.

Since I was years too young to drive, the trip to Vic's Hobby Shop in Portland was rare! They had exotic stuff like.....brass tubing, acetate. Even sheet plastic was only available through AW!

A Newberry's store across town was one of the few that had Pactra sprays, most stores just had the Testors Ed Roth display.

Auto World was the most exotic thing there was!