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Elsewhere on the forum we have been discussing a certain #13 Dodge Wreck Truck in an unusual blister.

Found this picture on 'Pinterest', a site I am not registered with so could not find out any details about it. Like the above mentioned Dodge blister, I have not seen this style of blister card before, anyone else seen one like this?



Ghosthunter.

I can't remember if this was for the Canadian market of if it was just the last card variation before Superfast came out. I'm sure someone will have more accurate details.

Tinman wrote:I can't remember if this was for the Canadian market of if it was just the last card variation before Superfast came out. I'm sure someone will have more accurate details.

I am not an expert, but in this case, Canadian market theory seems more likely, since the 12b Rover was replaced by the 12c Rover in 1965, well before the Superfast series.
Can anyone show samples of Canadian blister packs?

I am not sure if I understand the question correctly, but this is obviously an example of the earliest US issue blisterpack type from 1963/64.

This type is fairly rare because at that time blisterpacks in general were not very commonplace yet, but we have seen quite a few posted on various forums over the years.

Here are a few pictures I have downloaded in the past - note none of these belong to me:

Thank's Guys.

Christian, I just could not recall seeing this blister card design and wondered if the one in the picture I posted was real.

Ghosthunter.

I was sitting by the fire today, just thinking and I thought about this blister pack. Just like that the answer hit me like a ton of bricks, so I raced back here to report what I remembered. I see Christian has already beat me to it and (as usual) his answer is 100% correct.

Kevin, certainly the earliest type of blister and what I was told it is from 1963, not 1964.

marcel

Here are the other blister cards for the 1960's regular wheel models. I do not know the time frame for the blister without the box.



Then there was that most curious card that was a combination of the first two cards above: The card style of the 1st card with a boxless model like the second card. That was a recent post here or somewhere else, never seen or heard of a card like that one.

Where would this fit-in?
Discussed in another thread, photo borrowed from thread.

Rod

matchboxmarcel wrote:Kevin, certainly the earliest type of blister and what I was told it is from 1963, not 1964.

marcel

As you can see in the pictures posted above, models introduced in 1964 (e.g. the 71b Jeep Gladiator) are found in this type of blisterpack, so it was obviously current in both 1963 and 1964.