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Up Close with JL Area 51, Part 2

In Part 2 of our Up Close segment with Johnny Lightning’s new Area-51 Release we’ll be taking a look at the ‘77 Ford Van and the ‘66 Jeep CJ-5. Be sure to check out Part 1 of this Up Close segment to see the other two castings in this release.

First up is the ‘77 Ford Van. In Part 1 I had mentioned that Johnny Lightning had done a good job with applying the Area-51 theme to the castings without going too overboard with the “alien” concept. If there’s a piece in the set that stands out as not quite fitting in, it would be the ‘77 Ford Van. It’s metal flake silver paint paint and large UFO and alien tampos set it apart from the other castings.

I can imagine that it joins the set as the vehicle driven by “true-believers” in search of proof that aliens really do exist - however, perhaps designing the van as an extra-terrestrial transport vehicle that would assist in recovering UFOs might have matched the others in the set a little better. I definitely invite Mr. Zahorsky to comment on the steps that went into the final design decision as I think collectors would enjoy learning about the process.

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