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21/05/2021 2:21 am
I've been very selective of the 1:18 scale models I've added to my collection. Primarily because of their size, as I have always preferred 1:24 scale, which I personally feel is the ideal size for a model car. This said, being that my favorite Fifties car has always been the '57 OLDSMOBILE, I do have three different releases of this particular model. There is no way I could pass it up. THIS IS ONE OF THEM!
From Wylie E. Coyote's ACME Company, manufactured exclusively for DANBURY MINT...the 1957 OLDSMOBILE SUPER 88 HARDTOP
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
21/05/2021 6:53 am
I think this is a whole different Acme than the one used in the Roadrunner cartoons. 
But gorgeous car model! DM had Acme do a plethora of fabulous 1:18ths for them.
21/05/2021 7:25 am
A nice one George. I didn't have any of the 1:18 '57 Olds, so when this one was announced, I took the opportunity to add it to my collection.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
21/05/2021 12:29 pm
When this was announced I already had two earlier color combinations so I passed on this one even though I think this combination is the best. Hard not to like a 57 Olds hardtop with the three piece back windows.
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21/05/2021 1:15 pm
A nice one George. I didn't have any of the 1:18 '57 Olds, so when this one was announced, I took the opportunity to add it to my collection.
I also have the two-tone Gray/Red version and I have the all Black one. I'd really like to add all the other color combinations someday.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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21/05/2021 1:17 pm
When this was announced I already had two earlier color combinations so I passed on this one even though I think this combination is the best. Hard not to like a 57 Olds hardtop with the three piece back windows.
It's that "three-piece window" that is what drives me crazy for this Oldsmobile. I think it is one of the most beautiful styling designs ever. I know the lower end Buicks also had them for '57, but I think they look best on the Olds.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Topic starter
21/05/2021 1:19 pm
I think this is a whole different Acme than the one used in the Roadrunner cartoons.
But gorgeous car model! DM had Acme do a plethora of fabulous 1:18ths for them.
Nah, I think it's the same ACME company that Wylie E. Coyote entertained us with. 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Tony Perrone and Tony Perrone reacted
23/05/2021 6:16 pm
What a superb color combo for this Acme/Highway 61 '57 Olds Super 88. You really can't go wrong with any color scheme but this one really pops !
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Topic starter
23/05/2021 6:30 pm
What a superb color combo for this Acme/Highway 61 '57 Olds Super 88. You really can't go wrong with any color scheme but this one really pops !
An OLDSMOBILE in any color combination is perfect.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
24/05/2021 12:07 pm
Yes, I couldn't pass up this model either. I think Highway 61/ACME did a fabulous job on the reproduction.
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Topic starter
24/05/2021 12:43 pm
Yes, I couldn't pass up this model either. I think Highway 61/ACME did a fabulous job on the reproduction.
Marty, you know my address. PLEASE send that beautiful BLUE/WHITE '57 OLDSMOBILE to me. 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Marty Johnson and Marty Johnson reacted
24/05/2021 4:30 pm
No better looking Olds than the '57, in my book!
I realized that I don't have any '57 Oldsmobiles in my collection so I just ordered Brooklin 2-Dr HT in white. Thanks for the inspiration, George!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
25/05/2021 9:17 am
beautiful model and also has been one of my favorites with two in my collection