Product Overview
Condition: 9 Original Box: N/A Year: 1960
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Up for sale is a gorgeous, all-original and scarce USMC Flatcar with an original and undamaged USMC Helicopter. This freight car was only cataloged in one postwar outfit, Lionel's famous set #1805, the Land, Sea, and Air Gift Pack from 1960. All of the individual components of that set are near impossible to find these days -- especially the flatcar with an original undamaged helicopter!
This near-new freight car has pristine exterior colors with crisp and complete white heat-stamped side lettering and graphics. The plastic on both the top and bottom of the flatcar looks brand new and the metal parts, including the wheels and trucks show very little evidence of use and perhaps unrun. The USMC helicopter does have the typical yellowing of the windshield but there are no signs of usage or marks on the exterior of the helicopter. The gray fuselage has maintained its gray coloring and has not yellowed -- as many of the postwar plastics tend to do with age plus the required tapered hole is present on its underside of the helicopter. Lastly, the black heat-stamped lettering is crisp, bold, and complete and the "Built by Lionel" notation is present on the rear tail rotor. Overall, an absolutely beautiful and rare freight car that can be proudly displayed in any collection.
