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[sportblazer350]

i have an MPC  SC-100 that is packed in a plain white box, no marking, inside has a cardboard shelf that is cut out to hold the car in place. Only paperwork is an MPC generic Dyn-O-Charger sheet. Anyone know anything about this packaging? Was it from Sears? Mail order from MPC??

 

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[Gary Bluestone]

What color is the body, are there any decals(sears) ?

[TSR]

In those plain-Jane boxes, the cars were either blue or vacuum plated in chrome color. I believe that the SC100 came with only one type of decals regardless of the version.
Not only the SC100 but the Scarab, Lancia-Ferarri and a later Pontiac GTO were also produced in those white boxes.
In all my research I was never able to find out the actual purpose of these models, but obviously they are out there!

 

 

 

[sportblazer350]

Hi Dokk, thanks for the reply. Mine is blue, no decals. Did not know about the chromed version- I like it! We will have to keep on doing research, as there must be some purpose to selling them in plain white boxes.

[Gary Bluestone]

It appears that there may be at least 3 colours and at least 2 decal types. On the MPC box is a drawing of the blue car with the DYN-O  SC 100 decal type with 2 white stripes on the front and some yellow stripes and a Sears logo. At this time MPC used the the spelling DYN-O-CHARGER and also DYNO-SC-100 printed on the box both ways. Now according to this post from 2012 post #8, it appears that a Gold version is owned by member Eldon Adams, with the Stars and Stripes Decal #555. Also in the Sears catalogue , a silver version with the Stars and Stripes Decal #555 is pictured.

http://slotblog.net/...plated-version/

[sportblazer350]

Gary,thanks for that link. yes- the blue car pictured In the plain white box is the exact car and box I have. Guess I am missing some paperwork, but I am pleased that my car appears to be Mint/NOS condition. Great Sears ad too, need to hunt down some of those catalogs. I would assume then that the MPC plain white boxes were to sell off left over inventory through Sears, saving $$ on the (better) color boxes.