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So, which kits did Polar Lights reverse engineer?

#1 Post by tay666 »

Got to talking about this subject in this thread
https://theclubhouse1.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=125459

And I realized it's been so long, I have trouble remembering which ones they reverse engineered.
I can remember a few, but I think I am missing a lot.
I know the Go Kart. Pretty sure Ghidorah and Rodan.
Pretty sure they did Hunchback and Witch.
I know they did the Bride, but not sure about much else.
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I think that we first need to establish and agree upon a master list of kits.

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here's the text file we got years ago
http://bucwheat.com/temp/Polar%20Lights%20kits.txt

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Buc Wheat wrote: September 13th, 2023, 4:18 pm here's the text file we got years ago
http://bucwheat.com/temp/Polar%20Lights%20kits.txt
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That reminds me.
I should go back to HobbyTalk and see if I can find Phrankenstein's text list of all the kits
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#5 Post by WOLFMAN66 »

Trev Rodan was reversed as have both reissue and original. The reverse has massive loss on details specially the wings as its smooth and the original has a lot of texture on the whole kit. I did a side by side years ago on here of the two with pics.
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tay666 wrote: September 13th, 2023, 11:47 pm That reminds me.
I should go back to HobbyTalk and see if I can find Phrankenstein's text list of all the kits
Yeah... that was an enjoyable time with everyone getting their heads together to make
the list as authentic as possible. Had alot of participation from both Lisa and David who
provided great info!

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Buc Wheat wrote: September 14th, 2023, 3:28 pm
tay666 wrote: September 13th, 2023, 11:47 pm That reminds me.
I should go back to HobbyTalk and see if I can find Phrankenstein's text list of all the kits
Yeah... that was an enjoyable time with everyone getting their heads together to make
the list as authentic as possible. Had alot of participation from both Lisa and David who
provided great info!
Thank goodness for the Internet Archive.
We can still enjoy his website
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I LOVE the wayback machine. Can't tell ya how many times it's saved me in my researches!!

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Same.
Which is why I kick in a few bucks every now and then when they are asking for donations.
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