Mork & Mindy Jeep

[Daddyfink]

RIP Robin WIlliams

[grayghost]

Robin Williams will be missed dearly by the world.
His death is such a tragedy.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Very saddened by this for sure.

[dieseldog1970]

Still has not sunk in.....such a talented comedian and actor.....always made me laugh.....will be missed by many. God speed Robin.

Edited August 13, 2014 by dieseldog1970

[tim boyd]

On a more upbeat note, this Jeep kit (and its various derivatives/predecessors) is one of the best "unsung" kits on the market.

Check it out....for a kit originally tooled by Monogram circa 1978, this one (and I am speaking of all the variations, not just the Mork and Mindy versions) was head and shoulders above their other new kits of the era in accuracy, proportions, and building variations, and it stands up well versus the newer kits of today.

TIM

[unclescott58]

This might be a good time to reissue the Mork & Mindy Jeep in its original packaging as a tribute to Mr. Williams. Or is that too morbid? Morbid or not, I'd buy one in his memory.

Scott

[Daddyfink]

I've built a few of them over the years and I am going to build one again soon!

[JTalmage]

Cracks me up, Robin is upside down in the Jeep in the picture haha

[Joe Handley]

This might be a good time to reissue the Mork & Mindy Jeep in its original packaging as a tribute to Mr. Williams. Or is that too morbid? Morbid or not, I'd buy one in his memory.

Scott

Why not, the Monkee Mobile diecast reissue was brought back out just months after Davey Jones passed.

[keyser]

Great kit, have a few, agree with Tim.

However, box art for Mork and Mindy looks unlike a CJ-7. Just noticed it looking at boxart posted. Door square and short? CJ-7 has longer doors with rounded edge IIRC.

Kit great. I'm old, so maybe I'm wrong.

RIP RW.

Edited August 15, 2014 by keyser

[1930fordpickup]

I agree Lee, the tires even look as if they were added later.

[Joe Handley]

Found this still from the show with the Jeep.

Looks like is was a CJ-5 instead of a -7 used for the show. May have some old school chopping done to make it look like a CJ-7.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Joe Handley

[slusher]

Saw one on ebay for 99.00 bucks...

[johnbuzzed]

Cracks me up, Robin is upside down in the Jeep in the picture haha

What else would one use a rollbar for?

[tim boyd]

Keyser (and Joe)...really interesting!!! Will be interesting to watch and see how this turns out...TIM

[unclescott58]

Hey, I think they photoshopped the photo on box way back when! With computers just above rocks and stone knives. Obviously they air brushed the photo taken from the show of the CJ-5, and converted it to a more modern CJ-7. The show came out about same time as the CJ-5 was fazed out, and CJ-7 was being fazed in. If your tooling up a new Jeep kit aimed at kids, wouldn't you look long term and do the CJ-7. Most kids would never know the difference.

Interesting observation about "Keyser (and Joe)", Tim. Wrong spelling for Kaiser. And wasn't Joe gone by the time Kaiser got Jeep? I'm assuming that's what your referring to?

Scott

[Tom Geiger]

Saw one on ebay for 99.00 bucks...

For 99 bucks I'll send you my copy! And I'll throw in free shipping!

[Daddyfink]

The kit is a CJ-7 and Mindy drove a CJ-5 in the show. I guess it is just Monogram using their available tool to cash in on the show.

[tim boyd]

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Interesting observation about "Keyser (and Joe)", Tim. Wrong spelling for Kaiser. And wasn't Joe gone by the time Kaiser got Jeep? I'm assuming that's what your referring to?

Scott

(smile)....I was responding to Keyser's post above, as well as Joe Handley's comments that followed.....TB

[keyser]

(smile)....I was responding to Keyser's post above, as well as Joe Handley's comments that followed.....TB

Some would say it's a great CJ-7 kit with bad boxart pchop.

Others may say it's the worst kit of a CJ-5 everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... and we should be glad we got it.

I always found it curious that it is quite different from the snap kit of the CJ-7 beach patrol kit. It also virtually falls together with great ride height and other than sl. fiddly doors/ht fit, not much else to complain about.

The safari stuff from the 70 Jeepster kit fits pretty well too. That is higher in project stack than my warped 57 convert.

[unclescott58]

Some would say it's a great CJ-7 kit with bad boxart pchop.

Others may say it's the worst kit of a CJ-5 everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... and we should be glad we got it.

I always found it curious that it is quite different from the snap kit of the CJ-7 beach patrol kit. It also virtually falls together with great ride height and other than sl. fiddly doors/ht fit, not much else to complain about.

The safari stuff from the 70 Jeepster kit fits pretty well too. That is higher in project stack than my warped 57 convert.

So is it a CJ-5 or a CJ-7 in the box? And any photos?

Scott

[Joe Handley]

So is it a CJ-5 or a CJ-7 in the box? And any photos?

Scott

Should be the -7 that has been reissued off and on since then.

[unclescott58]

Should be the -7 that has been reissued off and on since then.

Again, anybody have any photos? I'd love to see what one looks like, since the box art is so off.

Scott

[keyser]

http://bit.ly/1mVWSOG

[unclescott58]

http://bit.ly/1mVWSOG

Sorry, I did not find this link overly helpful. A lot more pictures of the model box. And one or two Jeep kits that could be based on the same kit.

Scott

P.S. I do know how to Google search are ready. I have found many great links to older models and topics in this forum that way.