Re: Scout Toys

[Howard R Pletcher <n9ads@domain.elided>]

Don't forget the small scale die cast Scout 80--1/32 scale?--made by Ertl
I think.

Bit of trivia--why does the Structo Scout 80 have dual headlights?  It
looks odd.  I'm told it has them because when Structo came to IH in 1961
for blueprints, the prints IH gave them had duals.  Apparently that was
considered since duals were the in thing at that time.  IH was
considering putting them in the Scout, but  thought better of it before
it got done.

Howard Pletcher
Howteron Products Scout Parts

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:56:51 -0700 Scott Satterlund <scotts@domain.elided>
writes:
>No Scout toys in existed? Where have you been! There were several 
>models 
>made, from the 80 to the Scout II series.
>A few that I know about-
>Early Scout 80 with two headlights on each side. I was told this was a 
>
>early toy that was built by Structo when the Scout first came out. 
>These 
>are very common. Green with a white top.
>Scout 800 in several variations. I have a snowplow model in both red & 
>
>yellow, plus a Postal Scout
>Scout Traveler, Terra & SSII. Ertl produced these from 1977-1980 You 
>can 
>find these if you look around at the flea markets, toy shows & etc. 
>I've 
>got a few of these kicking around.  IMHO, the current bid on the one 
>in 
>ebay is well beyond what it is really worth. But, this is pretty 
>typical of 
>a lot of ebay items.
>Scout Terra with a horse trailer. These were in red & brown. I have a 
>brown 
>one.
>Scout SSII with the speed boat. The SSII is the bright orange with a 
>yellow 
>speed boat. Got one of these too.
>Plastic Ertl models of the Scout II & SSII 1976-1980 time frame.
>I'll photocopy the Ertl toy catalog Scout pages this week and bring 
>them to 
>Tulare if anybody wants to have a look.
>About the Matchbox series. I think that you are going to have buy the 
>set 
>and not the individual models. They also have out a 1935 International 
>"C" 
>model pickup in another series that has just been made available. I'd 
>like 
>to have the truck but don't want to buy the other junk that is offered 
>with 
>the set. So I'll probably pass.
>
>-Scott Satterlund
> Binder Books
> Tigard, Oregon
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:16:36 -0400
>From: "Danny Anderson" <bturnip@domain.elided>
>Subject: Scout Toys/Scout Soft Tops
>
>Scouters (and IHC'ers),
>    I had long believed that no real IHC Scout toys existed, with the
>exception of the plastic model kit and the Micro Machine travel-all.  
>I now
>have seen a picture of a genuine Scout (Traveler) toy.   
>Unfortunately, it
>is on eBay, the auction site, and well beyond what I can afford to pay 
>for 
>a
>toy.  For anyone that is interested, the link is:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=88243334
>
>
>

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