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| KIDCO "Tough Wheels" 4-Pack (Corvette Classics) | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 17 2014, 02:17 AM (509 Views) | |
| SeberHusky | Jan 17 2014, 02:17 AM Post #1 |
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Station Wagon
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I paid $11.98 for this 4-pack. I looked for more on both Google and eBay, and couldn't find any. I guess these are pretty rare. Mine is a bit smashed, but I plan to open the end flaps and slide in some home-made cardboard strengthening "beams" and try to find some stiff clear plastic to slide in the front to beef-up the packaging and keep it solid. It's from 1979, so it's in pretty good shape for its age! Based on some trademark info I looked up, it looks like KIDCO went into business in 1978. KIDCO By: Unaco, Inc. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Edited by SeberHusky, Jan 17 2014, 02:23 AM.
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| Swifty | Jan 17 2014, 02:19 AM Post #2 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Nice score!
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| SeberHusky | Jan 17 2014, 02:24 AM Post #3 |
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Station Wagon
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Thanks Swifty! It is indeed! I'm a multipack fanatic (having a childhood memory of opening so many of those Hot Wheels 5-packs) so this was pretty awesome for me! |
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| Mikey 1/64 | Jan 17 2014, 05:28 AM Post #4 |
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Fullsize
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Great item Seber! Don't think I've seen a Kidco multi before. Sweet find! |
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| Firehawk73 | Jan 17 2014, 07:41 AM Post #5 |
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That is a pretty cool score! |
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| juantoo3 | Jan 17 2014, 10:36 AM Post #6 |
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Sweet! I wonder if this was before Universal took over, or if Unaco is a subsidiary of Universal? I'm inclined to the latter. |
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| James | Jan 17 2014, 02:40 PM Post #7 |
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Mr.Bowtie
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Or you can open them up and let them run wild....... DLM, DLM, DLM |
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| GothicCarsUrban | Jan 17 2014, 02:45 PM Post #8 |
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SUV
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Keep them boxed, historical value will be greater boxed than DLM'd. |
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| SeberHusky | Jan 17 2014, 03:15 PM Post #9 |
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Station Wagon
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Do not worry, it will be safe and sound in its' current state. If anyone else has seen one before, feel free to post a pic. I wonder if there's someone out there just sitting on the entire collection of these. lol |
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| Douglas | Jan 17 2014, 07:01 PM Post #10 |
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SUV
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Me neither Mikey! Nice set Seberhusky, I like collecting multi-packs as well, also like different kinds of sets like playsets with cars. |
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| pjedsel | Jan 17 2014, 07:32 PM Post #11 |
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Muscle Car
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That set is a very nice find and addition to your collection! I remember seeing these sets on the shelves of toy stores, variety stores and others many, many years ago. I never picked them up as all of the cars in the sets were sold as singles and usually cheaper. Kidco models were fun to collect - they weren't quite up there in quality to Matchbox and Majorette and others but they were making some pretty neat cars - some that others had not made in diecast.
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| Spennyman | Jan 17 2014, 07:35 PM Post #12 |
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Minivan
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Very cool. |
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| ViperMan | Jan 17 2014, 09:26 PM Post #13 |
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Diecast Viper Club
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There is a corvette collector Rick who has a great site he has just about every small scale corvette known these would be on his site I am sure... http://smalldiecastcorvettes.com/ |
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| SeberHusky | Jan 17 2014, 10:20 PM Post #14 |
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Those would be next on my loosely-followed list. Those Hot Wheels world playsets. I had the FED-EX one too, but man, what a set to try and re-purchase. It's like $50 these days.
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That set is a very nice find and addition to your collection! I remember seeing these sets on the shelves of toy stores, variety stores and others many, many years ago. I never picked them up as all of the cars in the sets were sold as singles and usually cheaper. Kidco models were fun to collect - they weren't quite up there in quality to Matchbox and Majorette and others but they were making some pretty neat cars - some that others had not made in diecast.

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