Brief history of Pocher models

[Brian Austin]

They made some FIAT promos in wonderful 1:13 scale, and then there are their 1:8 scale multi-media kits.

 

(And they also made HO scale model trains).

 

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[Greg Myers]

sometime back in the seventies I was going into Kmart. there was a guy coming out holding a Pocher kit. I ask where he got it, he just pointed inside with a big grin. Needless to say I was on it. just inside the door there was a table full of Pocher kits, all at $20. yep, got one (Alfa Romeo) all I could afford at the time

[64Comet404]

About 30 years ago, a friend and I went into a clear-out shop where they had a bunch of Pochers they were selling for under $100 apiece. I didn't buy any that day, but I think my friend went back later to buy some to sell at shows.

[Rodent]

On 2/11/2021 at 9:34 AM, Greg Myers said:

sometime back in the seventies I was going into Kmart. there was a guy coming out holding a Pocher kit. I ask where he got it, he just pointed inside with a big grin. Needless to say I was on it. just inside the door there was a table full of Pocher kits, all at $20. yep, got one (Alfa Romeo) all I could afford at the time

I have a Fiat that my parents' next door neighbor bought at K-Mart and never built. He gifted it to me a few years later. Think his wife made him get rid of it.

[A C Twietmeyer]

On 2/11/2021 at 12:34 PM, Greg Myers said:

sometime back in the seventies I was going into Kmart. there was a guy coming out holding a Pocher kit. I ask where he got it, he just pointed inside with a big grin. Needless to say I was on it. just inside the door there was a table full of Pocher kits, all at $20. yep, got one (Alfa Romeo) all I could afford at the time

My dad was the Senior toy buyer for Kmart and was the one who made the deal that got those kits in Kmart. He brought  a Roils-Royce home for me.