So what can anyone tell me about these? Did Jada ever do anything with these models?
http://ourworld.cs.com/majicauction/jada.JPG

Heres the story I got with them:

1:43rd 1958 Chevy Pickup Mettalic red with side tire in 'plain' blister.
1:64 1958 Chevy Pickup Cherry red in 'plain' blister.
1:64? 1958 chevy 'Monster truck' red in clear blister (No art).

I did some work for a company called 'Best Toys' (also known as 'Jada Toys') last year. The stuff I have are sorta prototypes of what they were putting together. These were really crude samples they had on display at the chicago toy and hobby show in November of last year. The kicker is, this company is actually a Hong Kong manufacturer. They manufacture diecast for many outfits (One of which is johnny lightning/playing mantis). They've decided they want to try to market/distribute the diecast themselves, in hopes of making alot more profit since they own the manufacturing outift in HK. Some of the other product they supplied me, was most likely product that they 'stole' from clients, as the bottom of the pieces were 'filed' to remove the copyright stamping. These pieces are not 'filed', and appear to be legit, but to be honest this company is pretty damn incestual (as all the manufacturing houeses in Hong Kong tend to be).

Throw them back on ebay, instead of Prototype Best Toys Jada Pre-Big Lou Proto.
Rename the auction Jada REAL Prototype 1948 Chevrolet Truck Chevy. List them individually and put them in JL, HW and Jada catagories.

LOL, sure ya don't want em mid? You've got first option :) I just thought I'd see if I could find some more info on them before relisting them. Now that we have a Jada forum it seems a good place to ask.

Can I ask why you would make the title listing different? Why use REAL? And why leave out Best Toys and Big Lou? One Jada collector told me "I know the product line very well..and these were "best toys" stuff...before Jada was actually introduced...As some would put it "pre big lou" era" I figured stuff was referred to this way so it would be good to list like that. It's hard to list stuff you don't know a lot about.

By the way do you think I should really list them as 48 (they're 58) :)

It's hard to tell from here, but I dont think they are 58's?

http://www.american-dreamcars.dk/chevypu58lf.jpg

You could be right Mid. I got them under a light and couldn't find any markings on the 1/64ths but on the 1/43 it says "scale 1/43 1958 Chevrolet Pick Up Stake Truck used under lisense"

By the way, nice truck, yours?

Hard to tell from your photos, but they sorta look like the 53's that were released in 1:32, 1:64 Thunder Crusher(or Big Wheeler) and the 1:64.

Bestoys did have the following other pickups...

37 Ford
40 Ford
41 Plymouth
55 Chevy
56 Ford

I don't think the words you use for you listing is gonna make much difference. There aren't a lot of collectors of this stuff. Most Jada collectors only care about DUB CITY and beyond.

I do collect the older stuff and think these are pretty cool, but I wouldn't bid because they don't say Jada Toys on them.

Good Luck.


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- doggbert

Know what, now that I gotz a job I think I'm going to keep these!

Mid! Thanks for the Christmas present!

Your very welcome! Congratulations on the new job!