Luc Janssens

Photo courtesy of Motor Trend. Please visit site via link below for more.... Restored! That Infamous Ruggirello-Roush Mustang II (motortrend.com) mpc kit...

Maybe the truck they photographed and took measurememts from just happened to have this engine.

Less worries about communication, container availability, shipping costs and restock times.

I could be mistaken, but weren't these conceived as end of year gifts, lets buy something big for little Johnny?

While not subject matter that I collect and had kinda lukewarm feelinging looking at their initial releases, I'd have to say I'm impressed with the detail I saw on Chis his unboxing video. So are they tooled in CA too or is it just molded there? Luc

Bob, Mark, Mike, Steve and Keyzer are right on the money, surveys on boards like these don't work, tho our input can be very useful on other domains, our enthusiasm, knowledge (subject or history wise) can contribute/aid manufacturers perfecting their kits, more options, accuracy etc.... IMHO, companies would do much better by having a unique QR code on the instruction sheet inside each copy of their kits, in return with that code the end-user with a smart-phone can connect to an online questionnaire, which can generate the following data: - What product did you buy (kit number) - Where did you buy the product (learning where what is sold where, not only type of outlet, but also geographically) - Age and gender of the customer (coupling certain specific subject matter to age and gender) - Up to five of his or hers wish models, all new, or chosen from a (provided) list from ones back-catalog (the more subject is listed the more chance that there is common dominator) Also I think the Unique QR coupled/linked to the kit number protects against fraudulent input by groups or so. What’s in it for the modelers, maybe sort of a raffle where one can win a kit or kits when the questionnaire is filled in and sent. But again setting up the framework and analysing all the gathered data cost money, so the big question is, if the return will be high enough to offset the cost, also it won't include data from customers who bought a kit as a gift* to someone. Cheers Edit: * one can always ad the question, was the kit purchased by you, or wife, G/F, parrents, Grandparrents, others (please specify) Luc Ps: input always welcomed!

Thanks for the kind words, Bob! Anout Ebay being the barometer for what needs to be reissued, retooled or all newly tooled, yes and no..... The non available (as in no more tooling) annuals and etc items which sell in large enough numbers (a typical production run) on ebay, at prices higher that a new kit today, I would say yes, the high price rare items, as in didn't sell even when new, no, cuz IIRC some company burned their fingers on some subjects which fell into the latter. A survey could collect very useful data, when done right, I think in the past I made a suggestion on the very board how, again IMHO it could be done, but surveys do cost money, and I don't know if the ROI is large enough to warrant the expense. Company insiders, please feel free to comment. Cheers Luc

Ready for pre-order... https://dmodelkits.store/

Good detective work, cuz I didn't look into that.

Wonder if the Trans Am GTA, is the turbo kit as last seen in the High Performance Series? Revell 1987 Pontiac Firebird GTA 1987 Pontiac Firebird GTAArt.Nr. 14535 Have a weak spot for this gen T/A's.

There's more... https://www.bastlerzentrale-giessen.de/plastik-modellbau/revell-neuheiten-nk/page-4.html like the '70 Torino Cobra wich is making a comeback, which is great cuz the new release will have the corrected body the GT got with it's non Pro-Modeler re-release .

To me it said, buy when available! BTW, just found this pic on the net.... and other info https://www.bastlerzentrale-giessen.de/plastik-modellbau/revell-neuheiten-nk/page-3.html

Well it's easy for us not involved, saying what to do or not, while I'm sure the people involved are fighting an uphill battle to get product on the shelfs to get ROI. But, I'm sure lessons are learned and more or better evaluation tools/procedures will be implemented in the roadmap towards future releases. So try to be positive, the world as is today, is bad enough Cheers Luc

Saw it on the Round2 FB page.

What is this?

Well I think everyone knows by now....it's a pitty but it happened. Why did it happen, dunno....cuz the 3D print shown initially didn't seem to have the chopped roof look, did the Chinese thoght the coup roof shoulda have the same height as the H/T and changed it because they felt they had to? Anyway....like I said; everyone knows by now, water under the bridge, time to move on and hopefully lessons learned. Cheers Luc

IIRC of this kit only the clear shot survived and mistakenly found it's way into the prestige '65 G/P

IMHO it's not only finding that one subject which will sell well, but also how many siblings that one kit can produce to keep the necessary funds coming in for years to come, not only to be profitable but also to finance new projects and invest in new technologies to improve the product line, lower development costs, lead time and also streamline production to keep cost down. For example If Round-2 considers tooling up an all new '68 Coronet, they I'm sure (again IMHO) also look at including the '69 and '70, in many trim levels and building styles (bone stock, '70s-'80s Street machine, resto mod, etc...) as possible. Cheers Luc

Ditto in Belgium, from a Dutch vendor.

Yes indeed, Sir!

Looks like Tim Boyd's prayers were heard

Nice! Yeah I'm a sucker for these old gas guzzlers.

Fun guessing isn't?...bet the guys at Round2 are having a good laugh, ha! ????

Has the 72 Gran Torino been mentioned?

Oops, my bad