Model Kits You Touched, But Put Back On The LHS Shelf. For Years. For Decades.

[Rodent]

29 minutes ago, sfhess said:

For a long time I would pick up the 69 Cougar XR 7 Street Machine kit at the LHS and look at it, then put it back.  Then I got a full-sized 69 Cougar XR 7.  Guess what was gone the next time i visited the LHS?

Just paid fairly dumb money for one of those some time back. Appears to be the last release that has the XR-7 interior and emblems. I plan to (someday) combine it with the later 428CJ version to make (obviously) a 428CJ XR-7 like a family friend briefly drove when I was an impressionable 9 year-old.

Edit: I was a little surprised to see that the Street Machine doesn't have a clock but the CJ does. I have no idea what the XR-7 annual had for a dash. Seems odd that it wouldn't have a clock.

Edited February 22, 2022 by Rodent

[Rodent]

2 hours ago, keyser said:

That’s not addressing the why did I buy that kits. 

Maybe a new thread with this subject? I think the 1964 Cutlass convertible might be on that list for me. Jury is still out.

Edited February 22, 2022 by Rodent

[Rodent]

On 2/20/2022 at 9:23 AM, unclescott58 said:

You can put model kits back on the shelves at stores after you’ve looked at them? I didn’t know that!

It's not like Hometown Buffet (or whatever similar gross fooditorium you have in your town). You don't have to eat everything you touch. But I definitely understand the Shiny Kit Syndrome.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Tri-5 Chebbys and Camaros for some reason.

Not that I don't like 'em...I do...but I don't have much desire to model one after I pick the box up.

Very strange.

EDIT: Though I'm kinda getting a hankering to do gassers based on a '55 Nomad and a 210.

Edited February 23, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[unclescott58]

12 hours ago, Rodent said:

It's not like Hometown Buffet (or whatever similar gross fooditorium you have in your town). You don't have to eat everything you touch. But I definitely understand the Shiny Kit Syndrome.

Buffets are a problem for me too. That’s why I generally try to avoid them. I admit I have little to no discipline when it comes to food or model kits. But…. At the same time I was joking when I made the comment about not knowing that one could put model kits back on the shelve. 

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Most of them.... -RRR

[Rodent]

3 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

At the same time I was joking when I made the comment about not knowing that one could put model kits back on the shelve. 

I know you were. It made me laugh because we have all been there.

[64Comet404]

16 hours ago, sfhess said:

For a long time I would pick up the 69 Cougar XR 7 Street Machine kit at the LHS and look at it, then put it back.  Then I got a full-sized 69 Cougar XR 7.  Guess what was gone the next time i visited the LHS?

I just saw one of those kits come in to my LHS in a collection. PM me if you would like their contact info.

[Lunajammer]

Any released version of this....

[unclescott58]

36 minutes ago, Lunajammer said:

Any released version of this....

I bought the above at a swap meet a couple of years ago. I would never have pickup it up off a shelf in the past (in fear I’d then have to buy it). But, the price at swap meet was so good, I decided it was worth picking up off of a table. 

[sfhess]

1 hour ago, 64Comet404 said:

I just saw one of those kits come in to my LHS in a collection. PM me if you would like their contact info.

Thanks.  I have sufficient Cougar kits now.  Probably way too many.