Releases for 1978Edit

Series 1-75 models were all issued with Superfast Wheels.

Series 1-75Edit

Model No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Special Features	Color
1	Dodge Challenger	1976	Dodge		Blue
2	Hovercraft	1976			Light Green
3	Porsche Turbo	1978		Opening doors	Brown
4	Pontiac Firebird	1975			Blue
5	U.S. Mail Truck	1978			Blue with white top
6	Mercedes Tourer	1974	Mercedes	Removable top	Yellow w/Black top
7	V.W. Golf	1976	Volkswagen	Removable surf boards	Green
8	DeTomasso Pantera	1976			Blue
9	Ford Escort RS2000	1978	Ford		White
10	Piston Popper	1973		Rolamatic - pistons move up and down	Yellow
11	Car Transporter	1976	Bedford		Orange
12	Big Bull	1975		tow hook real rubber tracks	Orange and Green
13	Snorkel (1977)	1977		Rotating, moveable hoist	Red
14	Mini Ha Ha	1975	Austin Cooper		Red
15	Fork Lift Truck	1972		tow hook moveable forks	Red
16	Badger	1974		Rolamatic - radar dish spins	Bronze
17	The Londoner	1972			Red
18	Hondarora	1975		Handle bars pivot	Red
19	Cement Truck	1976		Mixing drum spins and tips	Red
20	Police Patrol	1975		Rolamatic - light bubble spins	White & Blue
21	Renault 5TL	1978	Renault	Opening rear hatch	Yellow
22	Blaze Buster	1975			Red
23	Atlas	1975		Tippable dumper	Blue
24	Shunter	1978			Green
25	Flat Car & Container	1978			Black with Tan & Red container
26	Site Dumper	1976		Bed dumps	Yellow with Red dumper
27	Lamborghini Countach	1973	Lamborghini	Streakers opening rear hatch	Red
28	Stoat	1974		Rolamatic - soldier spins	Olive Green
29	Tractor Shovel	1976		Bucket arms pivot	Yellow with Red bucket
30	Swamp Rat	1976		Propeller spins, soldier rotates	Olive Green
31	Caravan	1977		Left side door opens	White
32	Field Gun	1978		Gun would fire plastic pellets or matchsticks	Olive Green
33	Police Motorcycle	1977		Pivoting steering, removable rider	White
34	Vantastic	1975			Orange
35	Fandango	1975		Rolamatic - fan spins	White
36	Formula 5000	1975			Red
37	Skip Truck	1976		Dumpster unloads with pivoting arms	Red
38	Jeep	1976			Olive Green
39	Clipper	1973		Rolamatic - exhaust tips move up and down	Pink
40	Horse Box	1972		Opening side door	Metalflake Green with White Box
41	Ambulance	1978		Opening rear doors	White
42	Mercedes Container Truck	1977			Red
43	0-4-0 Steam Loco	1978			Black and Red
44	Passenger Coach	1978			Black, White and Red
45	B.M.W. 3.0	1976	B.M.W.	Opening doors	Orange
46	Ford Tractor	1978		removable Yellow plastic cultivator	Blue
47	Beach Hopper	1974		Rolamatic - driver bounces	Blue
48	Sambron Jacklift	1973		Front lifts and forks stay horizontal when tab at rear of boom is pressed	Yellow
49	Crane Truck	1976		Crane cab spins, boom pivots and extends	Yellow
50	Articulated Truck	1973		Pivoting removable trailer	Yellow cab with Light Blue trailer
51	Combine Harvester	1978		Yellow combine blades rotate	Red
52	Police Launch	1976			White with Blue hull
53	Jeep CJ6	1977		removable Tan top	Red
54	Personnel Carrier	1976	Ford	gun rotates	Olive Green
55	Hellraiser	1975			Metalflake Blue
56	Hi-Tailer	1974			White
57	Wildlife Truck	1973		Rolamatic - lion in back spins	Yellow
58	Faun Dump Truck	1976		Tipping dump bed	Yellow
59	Planet Scout	1975			Green
60	Holden Pickup	1977			Red
61	Wreck Truck	1978		Moveable tow arms	Red
62	Renault 17TL	1974	Renault		Red
63	Freeway Gas Tanker	1973		pivoting removable trailer	Red with White plastic trailer
64	Fire Chief Car	1976			Red
65	Airport Coach	1977			Blue and White
66	Ford Transit	1977	Ford	Removable Tan pallet load	Orange
67	Datsun 260 Z	1978			Pink
68	Cosmobile	1975			Blue
69	Armoured Truck	1978			Red
70	S.P. Gun	1976		Rolamatic - gun recoils	Olive Green
71	Cattle Truck	1976			Orange
72	Hovercraft SRN 6	1972			White
73	Weasel	1974			Light Green
74	Cougar Villager	1978			Light Green
75	Seasprite Helicopter	1977			White

Super KingsEdit

TrucksEdit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Photo
K-1	O&K Excavator	1970	G&K	operational boom	Red & Gray
K-2	Car Recovery Vehicle	1977		removable dune buggy	Green with Red buggy
K-3	Mod Tractor and Trailer	1974		removable trailer with dumping bed	Metalflake Blue and Yellow
K-4	Big Tipper	1974		dumping bed	Red w/Yellow dump bed
K-5	Muir-Hill Tractor and Trailer	1972		removable trailer with dumping bed	Yellow
K-6	Motor Cycle Transporter	1976		removable Hondarora	Metalflake Blue cab, Red Motor Cycle
K-7	Racing Car Transporter	1973		opening doors and ramp removable race car	Yellow
K-8	Caterpillar Traxcavator	1970	Caterpillar	shovel deck raises & lowers	Yellow
K-9	Fire Tender	1973		rotating ladder	Red
K-10	Car Transporter	1976		removable trailer with operating ramp	Red
K-11	Pickup Truck	1976		pivoting booms and hooks	Yellow
K-12	Hercules Mobile Crane	1975		operational boom	Yellow
K-13	Aircraft Transporter	1976		removable unassembled Jet	Red
K-14	Heavy Breakdown Truck	1977		operating boom and hook	White and Red
K-15	Londoner	1973			Red
K-16	Petrol Tanker	1974	Ford	removable trailer	Yellow and White with White tank trailer
K-17	Articulated Container Truck	1974		removable trailer & containers	Red truck & Yellow containers
K-18	Articulated Tipper Truck	1974	Ford	opening ramps with four removable white horses	Red truck with Yellow trailer
K-19	Scammel Tipper Truck	1967	Scammel	Dumping bed	Metalflake Red truck with Yellow dump bed
K-20	Cargo Hauler	1973		removable pallets with lift truck and ramp	Lime Green
K-21	Tractor Transporter	1974		Two removable Mod Tractors	Metalflake Blue
K-22	Hovercraft	1974			Metalflake Blue and White
K-23	Lowrider and Bulldozer	1974		Removable trailer and dozer	Metalflake Blue truck with Gold trailer and Red Bulldozer
K-24	Container Truck	1976		Removable container with opening doors	Metalflake red with White container
K-25	Digger and Plouph	1977		operatinal digger	Red
K-26	Cement Truck	1978			Yellow
K-27	Powerboat Transporter	1978			White with White trailer
K-28	Skip Truck	1978			Red and Orange
K-29	Ford Delivery Van	1978			Orange with Grey box
K-30	Unimog and Compressor	1978			Tan truck with Orange trailer
K-31	Peterbilt Refrigerator Truck	1978			Red truck with Red trailer
K-32	Farm Unimog & Trailer	1978			Olive with Olive trailer
K-33	Cargo Hauler	1978			Yellow with Yellow trailer

Speed KingsEdit

CarsEdit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Photo
K-30	Mercedes C1.11	1972	Mercedes	Opening rear hatch	Metalflake Blue
K-31	Bertone Runabout	1972			Orange
K-32	Shovel Nose	1972		opening hatch	Yellow
K-33	Citrone SM	1972		Opening doors	Metalflake Red
K-34	Thunderclap	1972			Black
K-35	Lightning	1972			White
K-36	Bandolero	1972			Metalflake Blue
K-37	Sandcat	1973			Orange
K-38	Gus's Gulper	1973	Ford	body lifts up	Pink
K-39	Milligan's Mill	1973		body lifts up	Green
K-40	Blaze Trailer	1973		hatch lifts up	Red
K-41	Fuzz Buggy	1973		hatch lifts up	White
K-42	Nissan 270X	1973		hatch lifts up	Orange
K-43	Cambuster	1973			Yellow
K-44	Bazooka	1973			Red
K-45	Maurauder	1973			Metalflake Pink
K-46	Racing Car Pack	1973		Mercury Commuter with Thunderclap on Trailer	Yellow Mercury Commuter / Yellow Thunderclap / Blue & Yellow Trailer
K-47	Easy Rider	1973			Blue and Red trike with yellow rider
K-48	Mercedes 350 SLC	1973	Mercedes		Red
K-49	Ambulance	1973			White
K-50	Street Rod	1973			Orange and Green
K-51	Barracuda	1973			Metalflake Blue
K-52	Datsun Rally Car	1974	Datsun	opening hood	Yellow
K-53	Hot Rod Fire Engine	1976		removable ladder	Red
K-54	A.M.X. Javelin	1976		opening doors	Red
K-55	Corvette Caper Cart	1976	Chevrolet	Opening doors	Metalflake Blue
K-56	Maserati Bora	1976	Maserati	opening hood	Silver
K-57	Javelin Drag Racing Set	1976			A.M.X. Javelin plus Milligan's Mill on yellow trailer
K-58	Corvette Power Boat Set	1976			Corvette Caper Cart plus Sea Burst Power Boat and Trailer
K-59	Capri Mk. 11	1977		opening rear hatch	White
K-60	Mustang	1977			Metalflake Blue
K-61	Mercedes Police Car	1977		opening hood and doors	White
K-62	Doctors Car	1977		opening doors	White

Battle KingsEdit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Photo
K-101	Sherman Tank	1974			Tan
K-102	A2 Tank	1974			Olive Green
K-103	Chieftan Tank	1974			Olive Green
K-104	King Tiger Tank	1974			Grey
K-105	Hover-Raider	1974			Olive Green
K-106	Tank Transporter	1974			Light Green truck and trailer with Tan A2 Tank
K-107	155 mm Self Propelled Howitzer	1974			Olive Green
K-108	M3A1 Half Track A.P.C.	1974			Olive Green
K-109	Sheridan Tank	1976			Olive Green
K-110	Recovery Vehicle	1976			Light Green
K-111	Missile Launcher	1976			Olive Green
K-112	DAF Ambulance	1977			Light Green
K-113	Military Crane Truck	1975			Olive Green
K-114	Army Aircraft Transporter	1976		removable unassembled Jet	Olive Green
K-115	ArmyPetrol Tanker	1974	Ford	removable trailer	Olive Green
K-116	Racing Car Transporter	1973		opening doors and ramp removable howitzer	Olive Green
K-117	Rocket Launcher	1977		removable red rockets	Olive Green and Tan

Adventure 2000Edit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Notes / Features	Photo
K-2001	Flight Hunter	1977	Retractable wings and opening doors	Metalflake Light Green
K-2002	Raider Command	1977	2 piece scout truck	Metalflake Light Green
K-2003	Crusader	1977	Pivoting gun turret	Metalflake Light Green

Sea KingsEdit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Photo
K-301	Frigate	1976	Red and Grey
K-302	Corvette	1976	Black and Grey
K-303	Battleship	1976	Brown and Grey
K-304	Aircraft Carrier	1976	Blue and Grey
K-305	Submarine Chaser	1976	Red and Grey
K-306	Convoy Escort	1976	Black and Tan
K-307	Helicopter Carrier	1976	Blue and Brown
K-308	Guided Missile Destroyer	1976	Blue and Grey

Models of YesteryearEdit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Photo
Y-1	1911 Model T Ford	1966	Ford	Red and White
Y-2	1914 Prince Henry Vauxhaul	1971		Metalflake Blue
Y-3	1934 Riley MPH	1973		Red
Y-4	1909 Opel Coupe	1967	Opel	White
Y-5	1907 Peugeot	1969	Peugeot	Metalflake Orange
Y-6	1913 Cadillac	1967	Cadillac	Metalflake Green
Y-7	1912 Rolls-Royce	1968	Rolls-Royce	Silver
Y-8	1914 Stutz	1969	Stutz	Metalflake Blue
Y-9	1912 Simplex	1968	Simplex	Red
Y-10	1906 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost	1969	Rolls-Royce	Light Green
Y-11	1938 Lagonda Drophead	1973	Lagonda	Red & Gold
Y-12	1909 Thomas Flyabout	1967	Thomas	Red
Y-13	1918 Crossley RAF Tender	1973	Crossley	Blue with Tan top
Y-14	1931 Stutz Bearcat	1973	Stutz	Light & Dark Green
Y-15	1930 Packard Victoria	1969	Packard	Gold
Y-16	1928 Mercedes SS	1972	Mercedes	Metalflake Green
Y-17	1938 Hispano Suiza	1973		Red and Black

Sky BustersEdit

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Photo
SB-1	Lear Jet	1973	Yellow and White
SB-2	Corsair A7D	1973	Green and White
SB-3	A 300B	1973	Silver and White
SB-4	Mirage F1	1973	Tan
SB-5	Starfighter F104	1973	Silver
SB-6	MIG 21	1973	Silver
SB-7	Junkers 87B	1973	Green
SB-8	Spitfire	1973	Green
SB-9	Cessna 402	1973	Gold and White
SB-10	Boeing 747	1973	Silver and White
SB-11	Alpha Jet	1973	White
SB-12	Skyhawk A4F	1973	White and Blue
SB-13	DC10	1973	White and Silver
SB-14	Cessna 210	1973	White and Red
SB-15	Phantom F4E	1973	White
SB-16	Corsair F4U-4	1973	Blue
SB-17	Ram Rod	1976	White and Red
SB-18	Wild Wind	1976	Light Green and White
SB-19	Piper Commanche	1977	Yellow and Red
SB-20	Army Police Helicopter	1977	Olive Green
SB-21	Lightning	1977	Gold
SB-22	M.R.C.A.	1977	White

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Super KingsEdit

TrucksEdit

Speed KingsEdit

CarsEdit

Battle KingsEdit

Adventure 2000Edit

Sea KingsEdit

Models of YesteryearEdit

Sky BustersEdit

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