3782 Mobil Truck Station (unbuilt new)

[Tyco Trucking]

Here is the 3782 Mobil Truck Station

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These kits were made by POLA in West Germany. They are not the greatest quality. If you built models in the early 80’s, than you know the kits like AMT/Ertl were not as good as Monogram/Revell. These are what I’d say are ABS or PVC plastic maybe. They aren’t the soft plastic like polystyrene.

 

[biddle]

I have one with the original price sticker on it 6.70 on sale for 3.39.

 

[Tyco Trucking]

I have one with the original price sticker on it 6.70 on sale for 3.39.

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Ugh, I wish I had left mine sealed, but I was going to build all three of them for my layout. After building the 61, I realized they weren’t very good quality so I just didn’t.

I always crack up seeing so many items with markdowns. It was like 1981, they were selling this stuff like hot cakes, by 1983 I’d surmise sales probably dropped 50%. By 1984 they couldn’t give this stuff away. I had so many things with a 50/75% markdown. Even my catalog sets have liquidation tags on them, lol..

 

[suprb6970]

The Mobil and Exxon stations are still being produced and sold to this day.

 

[suprb6970]

Ugh, I wish I had left mine sealed, but I was going to build all three of them for my layout. After building the 61, I realized they weren’t very good quality so I just didn’t.

I always crack up seeing so many items with markdowns. It was like 1981, they were selling this stuff like hot cakes, by 1983 I’d surmise sales probably dropped 50%. By 1984 they couldn’t give this stuff away. I had so many things with a 50/75% markdown. Even my catalog sets have liquidation tags on them, lol..

My uncle and I went to every Toys R Us in my area in 1987. We must have bought 15 or 20 Accessories for .50 or a 1.00 a piece. I still have about 5 Fire Stations from that trip.

 

[Tyco Trucking]

My uncle and I went to every Toys R Us in my area in 1987. We must have bought 15 or 20 Accessories for .50 or a 1.00 a piece. I still have about 5 Fire Stations from that trip.

Luuuuucky!! I’ve thought about that as well. That even though an item was made in say, 1983, like a Fire Alert set, how many years were they still on shelves after the fact. Just from sheer over production.

Even in your case where it was 1987, and you were still able to buy this stuff, albeit at a ridiculous 90% markdown.

I remember the last thing I got for this stuff as a kid was a 3467 Danger Track. This was probably in 1987 as well. Maybe even 1988.. I don’t really remember, but by then my 3201 was a closet queen brought out maybe once or twice a year and played with for 20 minutes.

Playing ExciteBike on Nintendo was 500 times cooler than a slot car set.. oh, the humanity!

 

[suprb6970]

Luuuuucky!! I’ve thought about that as well. That even though an item was made in say, 1983, like a Fire Alert set, how many years were they still on shelves after the fact. Just from sheer over production.

Even in your case where it was 1987, and you were still able to buy this stuff, albeit at a ridiculous 90% markdown.

I remember the last thing I got for this stuff as a kid was a 3467 Danger Track. This was probably in 1987 as well. Maybe even 1988.. I don’t really remember, but by then my 3201 was a closet queen brought out maybe once or twice a year and played with for 20 minutes.

Playing ExciteBike on Nintendo was 500 times cooler than a slot car set.. oh, the humanity!

I bought some of those now ridiculous expensive battery powered overhead lights for just pennies back then. God I loved excite bike and tecmo bowl.

 

[suprb6970]

Another over priced auction. Paying for the box.

1982 Tyco US 1 Electric Trucking Mobile Truck Station No.3782 w/Box & Inst!*Read | eBay

Very rare and hard to find set! Nice overall condition w/minimal wear, marks, yellowing, etc. What you see is what you get.

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[Tyco Trucking]

Another over priced auction. Paying for the box.

1982 Tyco US 1 Electric Trucking Mobile Truck Station No.3782 w/Box & Inst!*Read | eBay

Very rare and hard to find set! Nice overall condition w/minimal wear, marks, yellowing, etc. What you see is what you get.

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In all honesty those 378# kits are garbage. Cheap W. German made garbage.



These Walthers kits are where it’s at.
Tyco modeled the 3410 after a 1940’s steam shovel. The 3415 is a dozer from the 50’s. For the price of that US-1 box you could buy half a dozen modern, well made, detailed kits from Walthers.

That’s where some severe, hard-core buyers remorse comes in from buying; for lack of a better term, Tyco junk. Ask anyone who are real train modelers and they laugh at it. Even serious slot car people run Aurora..