The Wondefully Warped World of NOREV Plastic

[Fox]

A very nice collection.

[Bill Manzke]

My only Norev model from childhood. My Aunt brought it back from a trip to Paris.

[Diecastmolester]

Ooh, this is nice.

[Fox]

Such a gorgeous color !

[Fred7A]

That's a beautiful Norev collection, and superbly presented in that lovely cabinet!

It's a real shame that some are prone to warping, as the range included lots of excellent subjects and were nicely modelled - better when they didn't try to include too many opening features! When did Norev stop producing their cars in plastic? I know the Saviem bus continued for many years and I bought one at Toys R Us in Paris in 1994.

[Diecastmolester]

They stopped making them from Rhodialite in the 1970s. They then used a (more or less) non warping styrene plastic and called it Plastigam.
Production in France ceased in the mid-late Eithties, but some models, like the bus you mention, were then produced in Portugal, mainly promotionals and for the souvenir trade.

Many of the models were also available in diecast metal, first called Cométal, then Jet-Car after the switch to speed wheels. The metal models, although comparatively less widespread, don't have to hide behind Dinkys and Corgis in quality and finish.

The warpage is not an issue for hardcore Norevisti. On a forum dedicated to Norev only, there is an annual contest for the most grotesquely warped examples found, which never fails to generate lots of hilarity.

[Diecastmolester]

I did more furniture shopping and doubled the collection.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Very nice and I am assuming the lights do not give off too much heat, you know, all that palstic in there...

Ghosty.

[Diecastmolester]

It's a 4 Watt LED not giving off any heat at all.

[GHOSTHUNTER]