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1973 "Gift Set 3" blue styrofoam insert

1973 Gift Set 3

I have never seen this in the shops. It is possible it was so short in supply that I missed it, there was a company called Reeves International sometime in the 1990's that had a LOT of stuff made for them by corgi, including batmobile boxes. These are authentic boxes made by corgi and I am not sure how they differ, if at all, but I thought I'd make you aware of this, and it could explain this blue styrofoam insert.

Reeves international were a US company, they definitely had batmobile boxes produced, in fact I've seen some on ebay recently and they were listed as reeves international batmobile boxes, it was a 76-79 edition box I saw, so there must be a difference if sellers/collectors are able to tell the difference.

They are definitely corgi made though, and were especially produced for Reeves international, to what range the boxes extended I do not know, but my guess would be that they made them with a difference to the originals, so this theoretically could be a Reeves International job, as I never heard of any differences in the colour of inserts to this extent, or as I've just re-read, canadian exclusives. It could be genuine, but surely more than this one would have survived.

The red tyred car box has lasted, quite a lot still exist, same as the batmobile with batcopter stickers, I'm certain more than one would have survived. Reeves International had quite a few boxes made across the range of corgi, and if they were made with a noticeable difference then they would have done this sort of thing with the insert

Scarce Canadian exclusive blue styrofoam insert!

I saw this one for sale, but have never seen it before. My friend, live in Canada, don't ever remember seeing this colour of insert sold when he was a kid, but it is possible he just didn't notice.

Need confirmation !!!!!!