![]() ![]() Kansas City is a great town and the ’66 Nova is one sweet ride, so this combination works well for me.Ġ6130 | 1998 Police U.S.A #46 | 1966 Chevy Nova | light blue with K.C.MO. The following cars I picked up years ago when I was still taking them out of the packages. #34 | 1960 Chevy Impala | light blue Pennsylvania State Police, opening (falling off) hood | package slit open When I got it home and took it out of the blister to inspect it closer, the hood – which has badly cracked paint – fell off.ġ998 Police U.S.A. He reluctantly agreed and I’m glad he did. When I realized the package had been slit open, I asked for a discount when I took it up to the counter. I had always enjoyed this series and have a few of these in my collection from the late 1990s. 1960 Chevy Impala at Scale Model Supplies in June. I saw this Racing Champions Police U.S.A. Universal Hobbies | 2012 | The James Bond Car Collection (Eaglemoss Publications) #43 Live and Let Die Chevrolet Nova | black and white, San Monique police trim, missing diorama case | 1:43 I also enjoy the wide-eyed stiffness of the police figures inside the car.įor a fictional island nation in the Caribbean, San Monique has a very nicely designed seal for their police department. I really like the clean look of the black and white fleet paint finished off with simple chrome hub caps and whitewall tires on this four-door third-generation Nova. As much as I like the model, now that I know what it is I wish it was complete with the diorama case – which would have showed a scene from the 1973 film in which this San Monique police car chases Roger Moore’s Bond in an AEC double-decker bus. My Live and Let Die Nova is from issue #43. The magazine and diecast diorama combination proved to be popular and continued for several years, with a total of 135 issues being released. The magazine included information and history about the real cars, with behind-the-scenes photos, interviews and anecdotes from the movie’s creators, actors and stunt drivers. Some models included supporting figurines or gadgets. The car came in a diorama case with a molded base and a 2-dimensional scene wrapping around two sides of the case. Most of the models were made by Universal Hobbies some later cars were sourced from Ixo. Each issue came with a 1:43 diecast replica of a car from one of the many Bond films. I vaguely remember getting excited when I saw a Nova police car in Live and Let Die, but still I didn’t make the connection.Īs it turns out, beginning in 2007, Eaglemoss Publications in the UK released a monthly magazine called The James Bond Car Collection. Sometime after I had acquired the model, my wife and I bought the complete James Bond collection and watched them all. (After all, how often do you see a model of a Nova in police livery?) I assumed I had found a unique toy that was made for a foreign market. ![]() I came across this Chevy Nova police car on eBay several years ago and snatched it up without really knowing what it was. I have only a few 1:43 scale models, but I do enjoy the extra level of detail that this larger (than 1:64) scale allows.
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