Corgi Juniors Batmobile variations

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Here are Three versions of the 'JUNIORS' Batmobile and it must be said that once the model is out of it's blister the label can easily be removed and lost.

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GHOSTHUNTER.

[ford_a_30]

In its simplest form, the transition from 'HUSKY' to 'JUNIORS' was as simple as putting stickers on baseplates!

GHOSTHUNTER.

Not entirely true on this one Ghosty, as the mold was modified to remove the Husky name(as were others) and to add the flat panel upon which to affix the sticker. Does make me wonder why go through the trouble to modify the mold if they knew they were going to change it again later.

[cOO7rgi]

I have seen CJ stickers over Husky baseplates on cars with metal bases. While I can't remember a Husky Batmobile with CJ sticker over the Husky, I have seen this on the UNCLE car, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Monkeemobile. As the Batmobile has a metal base too, it seems not unlikely that CJ stickered Husky examples exist.
I have never seen stickers over the embossed Husky logo on models with plastic baseplates (in unopened blisterpacks), they only seem to come with the sticker applied on the blanked out area. I guess that Corgi didn't want to melt down the already moulded and painted Husky bases and used them up until the moulds were quickly changed.

The stickered Batmobile is certainly one of the not so often seen variations but I have found mint examples of the Batmobile and Batboat with stickers within a few weeks after I started looking for them, so I don't think they are really HTF. I got an empty CJ 3008 Crime Busters Gift Set box and only had the correct, stickered James Bond DB6. Still looking for a mint loose stickered UNCLE car though - they aren't that rare either but most seem to be in the U.S., and I don't want to pay $50 for shipping with the Global Shipping Program).

[ford_a_30]

Great answers and yes Ghosty the finial picture (which did not show up the first time I looked), is the baseplate in question. While this one does have some damage to the screen, for $7.50 US it was still worth picking up.