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Old 04-15-2016, 08:05 PM
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Found this photo today of a red, white, and blue Superbird. I immediately recalled an old HO scale slot car (Tyco) I used to have with this exact same paint scheme. Anyone know anything about this particular car, and why Tyco made a replica of it back then?
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Found this photo today of a red, white, and blue Superbird. I immediately recalled an old HO scale slot car (Tyco) I used to have with this exact same paint scheme. Anyone know anything about this particular car, and why Tyco made a replica of it back then?
There is a short discussion of it on page 10 of this thread. You even had a comment on it there. Post 185, 187.

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There is a short discussion of it on page 10 of this thread. You even had a comment on it there. Post 185, 187.
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There is a short discussion of it on page 10 of this thread. You even had a comment on it there. Post 185, 187.
Yes, thank you Greg!

This new photo is of the actual red. white, and blue car, where the posts on Page 10 simply reminded me of the old Tyco HO slot car.

I'm wondering if Tyco painted their slot car to look like this custom Superbird, or vice-versa. Perhaps this was a show car at the time?



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