Posted by SHADO on
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I for one would really like to see pics of them. : ) Even though they would have looked better repainted, think how it would have ruined the collectors value. You'd still be kicking yourself. : ) But that just reinforces the point about them not being made in the correct colors in the first place. Who was the goof that picked the colors in the first place?

I guess it's relatively rare to find one with the original missle, yet you've got three! I was extremely anal about my toys as a kid, too. Took really good care of them, and never lost any accessories/loose parts. And I was the only one to have a whole collection of redline Hot Wheels with mint condition paint jobs. In fact, I was so fussy, it used to drive the other kids nuts.

Did Dinky manufacture the Strakermobile too?

Jeff

Jordan Moller <[hidden email]> wrote:

--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jordan,
> I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm
curious as to what you have.

I'll get some photos up of them soon. I have yet to dig them out of
storage. The odd thing is that the fuselage on all three is *green*,
of all things, with the landing gear orange, and on at least one of
the cockpit canopies of the three, it is blue/clear plastic, instead
of clear, like the others. When I find them, I'll take pix of the 3
together, a close-up of one, and one of Straker's car.

Fortunately, I resisted the very strong urge over the years to paint
them to the proper colours, as I did once for a Space:1999 Eagle
(well, it looked better that way), so, despite them all being very
much played with, they are still in remarkable condition (and I never
once lost any of those nose-missles that shoot, and go "bang" with a
paper/gunpowder cap, like they made when I was young...*smile*) :-)

~Jordan


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