Read or jeard years ago that the 'molded in color' era came about due to a national retail chain wanting them in color.

In Response To: That kit is from the Lesney ownership era. They issued it in a second box alongside (or shortly after) that one; it is green also. Lesney liked molding kits in color... ()

Might've been the national chain that's still around, or one of its since-deceased competitors. Apparently, it became harder for kids in some parts of the country to buy spray paints in stores, Some say it was due to chemicals in the paint; others claim it was the result of anti-graffiti ordinances.
Didn't Jo-Han do its kits in color from the get-go?

Reggie Jackson was a bit of a collector in the '80s. He lost a good chunk of his collection in a fire in California back then. The only cars I remember him losing were some Camaro Z-28s he socked away (he was a part-owner of a Chevrolet dealership, and had a small number of new never-sold Chevys put aside for his collection).

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I picked up a cheap buy at an IPMS club's annual kit auction last nightt. It's an unbuilt AMT 289 Cobra, the Reggie Jackson reissue, but I have a question-it's molded in bright medium green...isi it rare?