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1/25 AMT Piranha Super Spy Car


robertw

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The Piranha is the root car of the dragster that AMT did but by the looks of the picture it's going to be reissued in its original form. as the coupe/Man from Uncle car. I think modellers will be very happy with this one, the gull wing doors can be posed open and it has a neat little engine. It can be built as the Uncle car or just a neat little sports coupe and I'm sure others will use their imagination to create some unique customs. I have an original in my stash but have always hesitated to build it so I'll certainly be buying several of them. I'll be putting a bug in my LHS owner the next time that I'm in his shop that he'd be wise to bring in a case of them.

rob

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The Piranha is the root car of the dragster that AMT did but by the looks of the picture it's going to be reissued in its original form. as the coupe/Man from Uncle car. I think modellers will be very happy with this one, the gull wing doors can be posed open and it has a neat little engine. It can be built as the Uncle car or just a neat little sports coupe and I'm sure others will use their imagination to create some unique customs. I have an original in my stash but have always hesitated to build it so I'll certainly be buying several of them. I'll be putting a bug in my LHS owner the next time that I'm in his shop that he'd be wise to bring in a case of them.

rob

Per Round2 there will be two versions of the Piranha kit:

Original Art Edition, release date Jan 2015: (The original box art painting was loaned to us by Gene Winfield!)

- will include 12 page photo booklet with photos of the real Piranha

- planning on molding the parts in metallic blue opaque plastic

- will include an extra set of smoke tinted window parts

- tires will be pad printed with red pinstripe on one side and blue stripe with Goodyear lettering on the other

- will include a newly developed decal sheet with markings for the "road racer" Piranha (not the dragster)

- will include an Original Art print

Standard Edition, release date April 2015

- molded in white

- regular tires (no pad printing)

- will not contain any of the extras in the OA version

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​Maybe now this might be a reality.....

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MSRP would prolly be on the bad side of $50, counting the service trailer. Still less than on ePay, but how many would they sell at that price point?

I'll be buying one of the "special editions," and possibly a "plain" one later.

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I don't have the patience to go through the whole thread, but the drag pirana was a completely different kit. one of the best blown 392 hemi's ever. wheels and tires were also super good. wish they would reissue that kit. LOTS of great parts for retrobashing.

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Very exciited to see the UNCLE car coming back. Another grail off this list.

Me too. I have the dragster in the Snakepit already, and a couple of the Blueprinter Service Trailers. I just might take this opportunity to recreate that drag set combo for myself.

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The drag Pirana was out last less than 10 years ago.

And not too hard to find at very low prices! I had a hard time getting rid of a couple at kit shows

I think the awful box art of that time did not help much

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Okay, you guys convinced me. I went to eBay to find a Piranha drag car. The lowest price I found, on buy it now, was $19.99, plus $7.85 for shipping. Despite the price, I decided to buy it. By the way, what are the decal like with this kit? Are they similar to originals? And is body molded in clear, like early versions of the kit were?

The trailer for me is no problem. I have a Fireball 500 in my collection. Though, in real life I would not use the other Piranha as a tow car. So I will not use it when it comes out, as a tow car either.

Scott

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Okay, you guys convinced me. I went to eBay to find a Piranha drag car. The lowest price I found, on buy it now, was $19.99, plus $7.85 for shipping. Despite the price, I decided to buy it. By the way, what are the decal like with this kit? Are they similar to originals? And is body molded in clear, like early versions of the kit were?

The trailer for me is no problem. I have a Fireball 500 in my collection. Though, in real life I would not use the other Piranha as a tow car. So I will use it when it comes out, as a tow car either.

Scott

The decals are very sparse and not very accurate. Whoopie cat was making corrected decals for it and i think they may still be available.

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