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Batmobile Model Kit, Factory Sealed???
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1 hour ago, Crowzilla said:

Definitely not factory sealed. All Aurora kits from that time have a long seam across the bottom and fold-overs on the ends.

 

Weren't the sixties Aurora models cellophane wrapped instead of shrinkwrapped?  Weren't some of the old boxes held with just scotch tape on the box ends, so you could peek inside?

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11 hours ago, BitterOldMan said:

Weren't the sixties Aurora models cellophane wrapped instead of shrinkwrapped?  Weren't some of the old boxes held with just scotch tape on the box ends, so you could peek inside?

I remember buying a few cheap model kits by Linden that were sealed with 2 pieces of scotch tape in the early 70s.

Here is a picture of a kid in a toy store around Christmas 1964 in southeast Kansas. You can see some cellophane wrap reflection from the Aurora, Revell kits on the left and from the Hawk and Monogram kits at the top.

 

SE Kan 1964.JPG

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Vandevers was an Oklahoma department store in Tulsa and Bartlesville.  Is the Vandevers sticker on the cardboard box or the shrink-wrap?  If the sticker is under the shrink-wrap, that also seems fishy - wouldn't the department store affix their sticker on the outside of the shrink-wrap?  Either way, the shrink-wrap definitely looks modern to me.

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20 hours ago, BitterOldMan said:

Weren't the sixties Aurora models cellophane wrapped instead of shrinkwrapped?

Yes, cello wrapped like the batboat as shown in the first post. Definitely not shrinkwrapped.

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