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| 78Gremlin_GT | Jan 10 2015, 10:36 PM Post #1 |
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Found these two at my local fav thrift store a few weeks ago. Noticed the Police version has actual metal horns on the top. Was that a police-only version, or just an earlier version that later they did away with that? Either way, a neat variation. Jerry ![]() Edited by 78Gremlin_GT, Jan 10 2015, 10:37 PM.
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| Sirentoys | Jan 10 2015, 10:41 PM Post #2 |
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The Police Launch was originally released with the horns. Later it had the horns removed. However the horns did make a return on an action 2 pack version.![]() Jeff |
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| Douglas | Jan 11 2015, 11:53 AM Post #3 |
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It's strange that they brought them back for a couple different sets from the late 90s like the one Jeff shows some 20 years after they'd done away with them in the 70's, and then I believe they went away yet again after those sets....possibly something to do with the China and Thailand factories and which tools they had at those times, though I don't know if that had anything to do with it. |
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| b2young | Jan 24 2015, 11:42 AM Post #4 |
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Sad firefighter
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It's funny (in the ironic sense) how a 'collector' can pass on a model for decades because he doesn't particularly see it as realistic, or sees it as just a company capitalizing on an existing casting by turning a "police" boat into a "fire boat" just to make money off 'un-suspecting' children. That was pretty much my reason for only having two of these in my collection....the "Code 3" TV series version and the red/white in the first picture (which I have in a 5-pack). In retrospect, this is a revelation to me that there's a version out there waiting for me to bring it home......both horned and not.....but especially that version with the horns! Thanks for enlightening me! |
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