A 1980 Chevrolet K5 Blazer, the model year Revell's own blog assigns to Hopper's truck. Representative image. Photo: Greg Gjerdingen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Revell sells a 1:25 model kit named “1985 Chevrolet K5 Blazer: Stranger Things” (€39.99 on its range page), and a post on the company’s own blog about the same truck says it “can primarily be identified as a 1980 model.” Neither page explains the gap.
Google Trends shows “stranger things” at more than 10,000 US searches over the past day as of Nov. 3-4, so we went through Revell’s licensed lineup, which covers four vehicles from the show, and checked each against Hagerty’s price data. We left out any car Revell doesn’t license, because we couldn’t confirm those from a primary source.
Hopper’s Blazer
Revell’s product page says the truck belongs to the Hawkins Police Department, appears in the first three seasons and, during an escape in 1985, has its engine badly damaged and partially explodes. The blog post adds the plot points: it takes Hopper around Hawkins while he searches for Will in season one, serves as a refuge for Hopper and Eleven in season two, and is used in a chase to rescue Alexei in season three. The kit has 162 parts, Hawkins PD decals and Hopper’s plate, 98Y5. Neither page names an engine for the actual truck.
A 1980 K5 Blazer Silverado ended on Hagerty Marketplace on Oct. 12 at $14,178, no reserve, after 39 bids. The listing described 65,000 indicated miles on a non-functional odometer, a replacement carbureted 350, a plexiglass rear window, worn paint, dents and underside corrosion. The front driveshaft had been removed; a loose one came with the truck, and the seller didn’t know whether it fit. It did have the removable hard top and dual fuel tanks. Hagerty’s past-sales pages show nicer trucks at higher numbers, a 1980 Silverado at $33,075 and a 1981 at $25,380, though neither page gives a sale date.
For scale: a one-ton 1988 squarebody pickup with 55 original miles sold for $100,000, while the 1985 M1009 military K5 we looked at was pitched as the cheaper way into the nameplate. We also covered Steve McQueen’s 1970 K5 when it came up for sale.
Billy’s Camaro
Revell’s range lists a Chevy Camaro Z/28 for Billy Hargrove. The blog post for it calls the car a 1979 Camaro Z28 with a 350-cubic-inch V8 making up to 175 hp. The kit is listed at 1:24 with 91 parts, while the range page puts the other kits at 1:25. Revell’s pages don’t say which seasons the car appears in or what color it is. They don’t say what happens to it, either.
Hagerty’s price guide page cites about $20,400 for a good-condition car with average spec. The graph on that page is labeled April 2025, and the guide updates quarterly. It adds 10% for the RS package, 15% for a four-speed and 10% for T-tops. The 1979 Z28 we found on Hagerty Marketplace ended April 1, 2024, with 10,361 indicated miles (true mileage unknown), a four-barrel 350 and a three-speed automatic. The last bid was $16,000 after five bids, and the page doesn’t say whether the reserve was met.
Argyle’s van
Revell’s T3 kit is the “Surfer Boy” pizza delivery van, driven by Argyle. The German product page puts it in season four, where it helps rescue Mike, Jonathan and Will, and in the finale, “Piggyback.” It gives no model year, only a livery styled after a 1980s pizza restaurant. The kit is 1:25 with 84 parts.
Pricing is harder because the money in T3s is in the Westfalia campers, and Revell’s page doesn’t say the pizza van is one. Hagerty’s past-sales page lists a 1984 Vanagon Westfalia as sold at $40,320, with no date. Its guide page for a plain 1984 Vanagon shows a single figure of $8,600 and doesn’t label the condition grade.
The radio van
Revell also lists what it calls “the all-new WSQK Radio Van from Season 5” at €39.99, with no make or model year, so there is nothing to price. No make, no year, nothing to price. A TV van with no paperwork is a prop. Hasselhoff’s stolen-and-recovered Tour K.I.T.T. at least has an auction in Zürich ahead of it. Our rundown of the most famous TV and movie cars has more.
Revell can’t decide whether Hopper’s truck is a 1980 or a 1985. Which goes in your garage: a $14,178 Blazer that came with a loose front driveshaft, or Billy’s Camaro at about $20,400?
Sources: Revell product and range pages (revell.com, revell.de) and Revell blog posts on the K5 Blazer and Camaro Z28 kits; Hagerty Marketplace listings and Hagerty Price Guide pages; Google Trends, US.
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