Muddy KITT for sale?

[FuzzieDice]

Check out this eBay Auction for a muddy version of KITT. For $61!

Uhm... I didn't know there was such a thing...??

[HondaSiR]

I don't think its an official product and no one in his right mind would shell out 61 bucks for it. Muddy version my ass...

[Lost Knight]

Ha! I noticed this too on eBay yesterday. I was going to look for it again and post on it. Definitely a home made job from a modeler and not an official release (it's even out of the box). I think he did a pretty good job painting it though.

[FuzzieDice]

That's PAINT? I thought it was real mud.

[Paul]

That's PAINT? I thought it was real mud.

Me too. Looks to me like some kid got ahold of the model, played with it, chucked a load of mud at it, and can't (or won't) clean it for some reason, and is trying to cash in.

If - IF - ERTL brought out a "dirty" version, similar to the "battle-damaged" Optimus Prime 20th anniversary TransFormer, I might consider paying a few bucks extra for it, assuming it was otherwise the same as the original model, but sixty-one dollars?

I don't think so.

EDIT: On reflection, the auction ends on April 1st. You don't think this might just be an April Fool's joke, do you?

[Lost Knight]

If it was real mud it would eventually dry up and flake off. I don't think it's an April Fool's joke but rather some guy or company trying to make a few extra bucks off a basic model by doing a little custom paint job to it. I've seen it done a lot with action figures, namely the Secret Wars Marvel figures from the 80s.

They take the basic mold (since all of the figures use the same mold) and just repaint them to be other characters that were never officially released. Same idea with the model car. So far there's been no bids on it so evidently everyone else thinks it's not worth it also.

Heh, some of us who customized our K.I.T.T.s might as well try the same thing and re-sell them for more money than we spent.

[FuzzieDice]

EDIT: On reflection, the auction ends on April 1st. You don't think this might just be an April Fool's joke, do you?

Didn't notice that! Who knows....

[Phoenix915]

I sure hope it's a gag. I could just roll my model through a puddle of mud (or paint) and save $30 if I reeaaallly wanted a muddy KITT, which I don't.

[knightdriver]

Well, if you stop and think about it. They put out the General Lee in
a dirty version. It was a limited collectable. I don't see why they would
do it to KITT though. He was always clean for the most part.

[CB2001]

Well it looks pretty damn good. The mud actually looks like mud.

knightdriver- Maybe because we've seen KITT driving down many of dirt and muddy roads and come off of them without a single speck of either of them on him. Maybe it's a unique view on KITT.

[krfan1]

Does that technically still make it 'Mint in Box' as the auction says?

krfan1

[pewter 02ws6]

actually i have seen the same guy sell the general lee and the smokey and the bandit trans am muddy versions of these cars and some have gone for nearly $200. it is not an april fools joke. there has been muddy versions of famous cars selling for as far back as i can remember on ebay.

[KITTfan]

If there has to be a muddy KITT, it might as well be as muddy as KITT was in the episode "Ring of Fire"

-KITTfan-

[HondaSiR]

actually i have seen the same guy sell the general lee and the smokey and the bandit trans am muddy versions of these cars and some have gone for nearly $200.

You don't say? I guess there are those kind of people who have money to burn. I wouldn't part with that kind of money even if it is an official product. I'd rather have KITT shining as good as brand new since that's the way he looked most of the time in the show.