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I seem to remember seeing miss matched wheels on K-16 or similar heavy trucks even in the MB catalogs.

There´s no doubt that by the time Lesney designed the K-26, they had realised that it was purely a toy for under 10s and that there was no extra sales to be gleaned to design in any adult collector appeal.
Although I have no specific memories, the chances are that a fullsize version of the K13 passed me in the street many times during my childhood, and as such this toy still has great appeal to full grown collectors........

Those are AWESOME!!

although always a toy, the late 70’s kings were definitely childlike.
the superfast change over used the same reasoning, built for children and not adults.
that's one reason why the y series took off in the 70’s and 80’s and also the series i most enjoy.
the newer models (2000's) that are shown in other posts are very nice and have an adult appeal to them.


late 70’s toy
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late 70’s early 80’s toy with adult appeal and heavy too
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Oh yeah, I agree for sure, those are super nice!!!