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Original
Kit Issued:
1969-1971
NEVER Re-Issued by Aurora
"Over hill and highway the banana buggies go...."
Psychadelilc moon
buggies driven by a quartet of flipped-out hippie dippy mascots of madness!
What a fabulous subject for a kit!
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This
little gem, along with the Archie's
Car kit, were targeted toward a younger crowd, playing the kit up
more as a toy than a hobby project. The modular, but simple assembly, and
one-color molding are reminiscent of the sort of simple plastic toys found
on blister cards in the supermarket.
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Original
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German
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Original
Factory BU
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Here's
the Whole Bunch!
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ORIGINAL
SPECS:
KIT # 832
SCALE: 1/25
PLASTIC: bright yellow
BOX SIZE: 11"X9"X4.5"
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The
kit includes the proper accessories and decals to give the buggy each of
the four distinctive looks of the buggies from the TV show. Interchangeable
driver characters all fit the vehicle, or sit on a park bench and wait their
turn. This little gem was out only two seasons, so a quality MIB
fetches an easy $150 today. |
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THE
BANANA
BUGGY
REBORN!
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Come
on, you know you've wanted to build this "little kiddie kar
kit" since you first saw it out there, but it was always priced
just a little out of reach. Well, now you've got your chance! Thanks to
RetroResin.com,
the biggest little resin recasting house out there!
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Download these
repro decals! |
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Gene,
the Genius behind the company, is a true fan of the great kits, Aurora
and otherwise. He specializes in those kits made all the more desirable
due to their rarity. He has already done beautiful repops of many of the
Monster Scenes, the Monsters of the Movies, and even Jekyll
as Hyde and Captain Kidd. Now, lucky us, we are treated to the
Banana Buggy's reincarnation! This
baby is guaranteed to please the little glueheaded kid in all of us! |
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This
is a whopper of a kit!
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The
kit is truly a beautiful thing. From top to bottom, the re-mold is
excellent. The pieces look and fit great. All the paperwork and packaging
are quite satisfactory as well. The very affordable price ($75) makes it
all the more agreeable. About all one could hope for is that the plastic
color be that sickly overbright yellow. But does anybody really
want that? |
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The
BANANA SPLITS Show
NBC / SATURDAYS / SEP 1968 - SEP 1970
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First aired in 1968, The Banana Splits Show was Hanna-Barbera's
first foray into live action. Based around four bizarre looking animals,
Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky, who basically ran around a lot bumping
into each other, and concluded every episode by playing some prime slices
of late sixties bubblegum pop.x
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Splits
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Their
slapstick interludes were interspersed by a number of ongoing series including
The Arabian Knights and The Three Musketeers. Syndicated versions
of the show, produced in 1971-72, also featured a variety of re-edited
segments and added cartoons. |
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Splits
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Splits
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