Luc Janssens

No....not eager, but sometimes people think much is the same, in your case a complete new body tool would be neccesary, but if both model years would've been co-designed then the costs would've been less. But this kit is from before the Wally World retreat, when the money was still coming in by the truckloads....it's a whole new ball game now. Moebius has shown that planned multiple siblings from one basic tool are very much possible, and I'm sure made them a good profit.

there's more to it, body wise...the trunklid is different too, and there's the matter of the rockerpanels. Interior, I'm pretty sure the upholstery differs too.....

Yep, that is a very rare one.

Yes there are still deals to be made, but you'd have to be patient and on the lookout like a sniper, a couple of years ago I was able to buy a mint '66 Chrysler 300 for 50 Euro on ebay Spain, luckely at the time I had a colleague at work who could speak and write Spanish.

Just concerned modelers/hoarders/collectors

Yep, I'm glad I stocked up when prices were do-able, yet a few slipped away and doubt I will get those...but hey, most of the time the chase is better then the kill

What's next, the office furniture on ebay?

Maybe they had good intel and stocked up

For a couple of years I had an open email line with the R&D guy from Revell Germany, his name Ulli Taubert, but IIRC shortly after Hobbico purchased them, he and several others left or retired, the new crew as far as I know is also the current, so no change in their bussiness plan, though I do see that there's a 2-5 euro price increase, on new released kits in their car model kit lineup.

Don't think so...otherwise kits of subject like the 90 Mustang coup and mid '80s Olds Cutlass would never happened....

Maybe start a poll Rob, to find out what kids of the '70s would like to see kitted, and how big of a buying power that group is

I asume it will be tough to re-gain the shelf space of Hobby Lobby and the like, once the current stock evaporates....

My sincere condolenses Greg

A few years ago, Revell Germany had a online wish list, wonder where that went, and if it was usefull or too manipulated, and therefore dumped.

Rob....you and others may not know this, but the Opel logo is a Blitz (lightning) therefore my comment