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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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In the mid/late '60s, I was buying/reading various DC/Marvel comics...my dad & me (mostly dad) assembled & painted Superhero models.
This is probably my favourite.
I have this with me, the others are stashed at my mom's-
Capt. America & Hulk
Superman, Superboy w/ Krypto, Batman, Robin, The Penguin, the Batplane, the Batcycle, the Bat Boat
Flash Gordon & a Martian + The Phantom & a Witch Doctor

...anyone else have these?
 
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JimK said:
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In the mid/late '60s, I was buying/reading various DC/Marvel comics...my dad & me (mostly dad) assembled & painted Superhero models.
This is probably my favourite.
I have this with me, the others are stashed at my mom's-
Capt. America & Hulk
Superman, Superboy w/ Krypto, Batman, Robin, The Penguin, the Batplane, the Batcycle, the Bat Boat
Flash Gordon & a Martian + The Phantom & a Witch Doctor

...anyone else have these?
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I remember those Super Hero model kits well. I never had any of those but thought they were cool. My brother and I had the Universal Studios movie monster model kits.

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JimK said:
Yep, I have those except Wonder Woman.
:)

Wow...$1.49 & $0.98?!?
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Was just going to post that I built every single one of the models in Richland's post except for Wonder Woman. Built some of them 2X. Superman was the first plastic model I ever had, and I still have a vivid memory of not quite understanding what it was. I was a Superman freak. I opened the box, saw the picture on the cover, and looked inside seeing the parts, and kept looking back and forth not quite sure what to make of it. My mom stood there smiling, and then explained and told me she'd help me with it. I must have been around 3-4 years old. She built that one and I guess I helped a little. Then we got the superboy one. She pretty much built that one too. I distinctly remember painting the cave silver, cuz we had no grey.

As I'm sure I wrote last time models came up in this thread thread, from about age 5-15 I built literally hundreds of models. Figures, science models, car models, boats and planes (which weren't my favorite), motorcycles (which WERE my favorite), and then I got obsessed with balsa wood planes. Mostly Guillows kits.

I had lots of favorite models. Here are a few I remember:

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Joe Nerve said:
Was just going to post that I built every single one of the models in Richland's post except for Wonder Woman. Built some of them 2X. Superman was the first plastic model I ever had, and I still have a vivid memory of not quite understanding what it was. I was a Superman freak. I opened the box, saw the picture on the cover, and looked inside seeing the parts, and kept looking back and forth not quite sure what to make of it. My mom stood there smiling, and then explained and told me she'd help me with it. I must have been around 3-4 years old. She built that one and I guess I helped a little. Then we got the superboy one. She pretty much built that one too. I distinctly remember painting the cave silver, cuz we had no grey.

As I'm sure I wrote last time models came up in this thread thread, from about age 5-15 I built literally hundreds of models. Figures, science models, car models, boats and planes (which weren't my favorite), motorcycles (which WERE my favorite), and then I got obsessed with balsa wood planes. Mostly Guillows kits.

I had lots of favorite models. Here are a few I remember:

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Ha! I still have the chopper!
 
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JimK said:
Dammit, Rich!
...how about those Batmobiles & James Bond's Austin Martin by Corgi(?)?
I have both stashed somewhere...God only knows where, though.
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I got the first type of G.I. Joe Army Soldier in 1964 and I still have it with the original box. I think it cost about $2.98. I see they are going from $150 to $1,000 with the box. If you can get someone to pay that much.
 

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