Batmobile

I think it was 98 cents. Wasn't everything either 49 or 98 cents?

My brother built one. I still have it. I didn't built it because I was disappointed that it was not the same scale as the AMT kits.

Mike

yeah, it was an odd scale, much smaller than I expected for a car kit.

Craig

i remember bigger kits like ships and some space rockets going for $1.49. there was a model shop on s ridgeland ave in berwyn and he had some. i always forgot the tax on 99 cent kits, it was 2 cents but he always let me slide for the penny. it was a small space but was the epitome of an early 50's model shop. half the space was built kits and i would gawk, wondering if i would ever be that good. i remember that small, odd scale b-36. he had a built one on the globe of the earth stand and the globe was painted. it was really nicely done. i stared at it so much that there's still a good image on the old brain cells. he would call parents to makes sure that a kid buying only glue was legit. an angry teen yelled all the way down to the corner when he couldn't buy some glue. there was an actual vacant lot, (honest!) and the teens would go there to smoke and sniff. they played hooky a lot. they were tough with the da's, pegged pants, and leathers with more chains than a chain gang.

Old Aurora mold in 1/32 Still have to have R/M Mercury Futura as a base for the real deal :-)