Black Widow Canadian Package

iamgrampa on Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:46 am

I had a NIB Black Widow from the Leisure Dynamics era. I recently sold it and the purchaser is questioning the plastic cover. He called it a fake. This one had a what appeared to be a blow molded clear plastic in excellent condition. I am in Canada and have seen reference that the Canadian production or distribution had different package but try as I might i can not find a picture or confirming information on this. Any help would be much appreciated.
I tried to post a image of this item but can not seem to get it to work.
Cheers

smooth_bill on Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:07 pm

Iam,

When did you join the forum? I believe there is a waiting period of 30 days before you can post a picture here. Keeps the spam scum away.

Welcome to the forum!

Bill

iamgrampa on Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:17 pm

I joined many years ago but have not been active.

balogh on Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:09 pm

I have Canadian package NIB Tee Dee 049 and 051 engines including French instruction sheets. I am not sure but Black Widows may have been boxed in Canada in a similar fashion.

gkamysz on Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:21 pm

I was going to say I just saw one on Ebay, but of course it was yours. https://www.ebay.com/itm/174498220389

**Admin** on Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:34 pm

That spider box looks really nice. I don't see any issues with the clear plastic cover. There were two types of clear covers that were used with this packaging. One was a rather soft clear plastic (like the one pictured in your listing), and another type was a hard clear plastic.

We gave away one that used a soft clear cover earlier this year: https://www.coxengineforum.com/t13555-cef-t-shirt-design-contest

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You can see the hard clear plastic covers in this old auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COX-1970-s-Vintage-Black-Widow-And-Golden-Bee-049-BOXES-ONLY-/143723090127

iamgrampa on Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:05 pm

Big Thanks to all! The problem is solved.

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