DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #44
     



From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay.laughton@itron.com>

Subject: Re: Car Models

Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 11:41:58 -0800



What has worked for things such as MicroMachines, is to simply overwhelm

them with requests. It's kind of like spamming them, except every request

is from someone different.



What we need first is an address, email or snail, that goes directly to the

marketing folks at Bburago or Maisto, the other thing to do, in my opinion,

would be to contact folks at DeTomaso and have them work on providing a

licensing agreement ready for Bburago or Maisto.  That's really half the

battle, becuase if a license is not provided, the "toy-car" maker has no

right and will not produce the product.



I agree with the frustration.  I was in toys-r-us the other day making a

purchase for my neice.  Looking down the isle for Pantera's such as those

featured in the latest PI, I simply could NOT find anything.  And they had

a pretty large display of Maisto.  I thought to myself it's a real shame,

considering the Countach design has been around since '72, and the Pantera

design has been around since 71 (correct me if I'm wrong), and simply put,

they both turn heads just as hard.



I'm done, 2 cents.



Asa Jay





At 14:24 03/05/97 -0800, Kirk Bailey wrote:

>Fellow Pantera owners:

>

>Every time I go into a  store which specializes in car models,

>especially Bburago, Maisto etc. I see dozens of car models including

>many that will never see the light of day as real cars including the new

>Ford GT90. Everytime I ask about a Pantera model, I think they are going

>to call Mall Security and have me thrown out!

>

>How do we as Pantera owners get Bburago or some other high quality model

>maker to do us up a Pantera, preferably in several color choices? Do we

>need to give them a giant prepaid large order? Virtually every Ferrari

>can be had as a 1:18 or 1:24 model, even the low volume obscure ones.

>

>I WANT A 1:18 OR LARGER PANTERA MODEL!!!   I know there are some great

>plastic models around from PI, Gary Hall and Jim Demmick, but how do we

>as a group get a company to make us a metal diecast model of our beloved

>Pantera?

>

>Any ideas folks?

>

>

>Kirk Bailey,

>Red 71  #1907 Pantera

>also 91 Mustang GT Convert.

>(former owner of 3 BOSS 302's)

>Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

>

>

Asa Jay Laughton

General Engineering Specialist



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