Key Features and Specifications

Model: Box Trailer (Tractor Trailer), physically the same mold as the 1975 release.
Color Scheme: Features the dark green cab and white trailer. The green color of the cab may appear slightly darker than the 1975 model.
Lights: Equipped with working headlights and taillights.
Interactive Design: Includes opening side doors and opening rear doors for access to the interior cargo area.
Accessories – The 1976 Difference: This is the key distinction from the 1975 model. The three miniature oil barrels included with the truck now bear the HESS logo (unlike the solid green, unbranded barrels of 1975).
Cab: Features the one-piece windshield cab design introduced in 1975.

Metric	Detail
Original Retail Price	Approximately $1.99 (batteries included). N/A
Current Collectible Value	Mint condition, complete-in-box with the correct three Hess-logo barrels. $200 – $350
Rarity Note	There are variations of the 1975/1976 model that were manufactured in the USA (a small number of 20–40 estimated) instead of the primary Hong Kong production, making the USA prototypes extremely rare and valuable. N/A

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