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Diaclone 1980 car robot LP500S No.3 countach patrol car type | Toys993 of 1077 |  |  |
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surforski24
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As said before I lived in Japan in the 80's, just trying to find out more info on these, including price. They all are boxed with instruction booklets, catalogs, this one actually still has the missles attached to the plastic unused! So please help me
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That is from the Japanese Diaclone line. That mold was recolored by takara and reissued in the transformers g1 line as Sunstreaker. That was the last time that mold was used. Toys like this are getting rarer, and rarer. I haven't checked lately, but in the past, i've seen these go for anywhere from $300 and up. If it was mint in a sealed box, you could easily get over a grand for it.