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I never even
knew this existed until I stumbled across it one day on ebay. I have two
of these blister packed cars in the collection - both the same color
with the blister card condition being the only difference. I can't get
myself to remove it from the blister for photographing and display.
I'll just have to wait till one comes with no packaging. From what
I can tell, the detail is average for a mathbox sized diecast. The
level of quality is closer to that of the Playarts than the Tomicas.
This was made by Dinky as part of a cheap Matchbox-sized series
produced in 1980/81 when they were trying to stave off bankruptcy.
These models were made in Hong Kong by a company called Universal,
and were sold in the US through K-Mart as Kidco Tough Wheels, with "Kidco"
cast into the baseplates instead of Dinky Toys (Hence there are
actually two versions of the Accord, a Kidco one and a Dinky one).
These are pretty rare, simply because they weren't made for very
long and they're pretty fragile and break easily. They certainly
aren't as tough as the 1/64 series Playarts.
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