Budgie #57 REA Express--old or new?

[AnguplasNewbie]

Hi All: Any Budgie wizards out there?

I have an all-diecast Budgie 57 "REA Express" van. It says on the bottom:

BUDGIE MODELS
REA EXPRESS
PARCEL DELIVERY
VAN
MADE IN ENGLAND

and behind the rear axle it says "No. 57"

Is there any way to know if this is an original or one of the later repros?

TIA

[stanhas87]

Dear Sirs:

According to my reserach,an English company called Autocraft did bought Budgie's molds and reproduced some of the vehicles from the former in small quantities. As it happened before,the colors may be the way to determine if it is an original issue or a replica.

Nick K

[AnguplasNewbie]

Thanks, Nick. It looks like the original dark green...I just wasn't sure if the "replicas" were identical to the "originals" or not.

--AN