Danbury Mint to release new 1/24th Yenko Camaro

[nuch_ss396]

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That is pretty cool. They did a nice job on the '69 tooling.

Wanna see something really scary? Does anyone here have one of the Revell 'Creative Masters' yellow Z-28 prototypes from '89? I saw one of these go for over $2K on ebay in 1999.


The original Creative Masters die-cast cars ( Z/28 in this
example ) were unparalleled for detail & quality. Nobody
did die-cast like those guys. Sadly, that company went out
of business. I believe Revell bought the rights to the
tooling, but I may be wrong on that. I was in one of those
bidding wars on a 69 CM Z/28 die-cast on eBay in the past.
Wish I had stayed in it ! They are like hens teeth now.

Wonder if someone would trade me my 69 CX coded THM400 for
a Creative Masters '69 Z/28. What am I saying?

Steve

[lzdick]

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...unparalleled for detail & quality.

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With a black grille? Seems to be the 'wrong' detail.

[musclecarjohn]

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...unparalleled for detail & quality.

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With a black grille? Seems to be the 'wrong' detail.

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That must be a picture of the prototype because I have 3 Creative Master '69 Z's (2 Hugger Orange & 1 LeMans Blue)and all three have silver grilles.

The detail on these is awesome,especially with the real metal emblems.

For all you 2nd. Gen fans,Franklin Mint is coming out with a '70 1/2 Z/28 in various colors ($69) and it is due to ship in December.I have pre-ordered mine in Hugger Orange of course from Supercar Collectables.

You can visit them at www.supercar1.com

[musclecarjohn]

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...unparalleled for detail & quality.

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With a black grille? Seems to be the 'wrong' detail.

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That must be a picture of the prototype because I have 3 Creative Master '69 Z's (2 Hugger Orange & 1 LeMans Blue)and all three have silver grilles.

The detail on these is awesome,especially with the real metal emblems.

For all you 2nd. Gen fans,Franklin Mint is coming out with a '70 1/2 Z/28 in various colors ($69) and it is due to ship in December.I have pre-ordered mine in Hugger Orange of course from Supercar Collectables.

You can visit them at www.supercar1.com

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Once again I have miss-spoke and must correct myself:

I came home this evening and checked my CM '69 Z's and low and behold: They all have black grilles.

I originally posted from work based on what I thought must be correct-a silver grille on a '69 Z/28.

Now I apoligize for that mistake....

[Chevy454]

Here ya go, the *real deal*...

[427TJ]

Wow, they really nailed it, especially with those "Atlas" wheels and tall 70s. I'm putting one of these on my Christmas list.

[Supercar_Kid]

The detail and proportions look really good. Makes Ertl's 69 Camaro look like it was whittled out of a bar of soap. Just one question...where are the Wide Tread GTs?

[lzdick]

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Wow, they really nailed it, especially with those "Atlas" wheels and tall 70s...

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Atlas wheels on an X-66 car along with a black grille...lots of errors. The detail might be outstanding but they didn't do their homework, IMO.