Luc Janssens

Clear headlamps, YES!

Oh man!.....dunno when these will land in Europe, and mail order is a no no since the custom regulations changed here.

Don't think they both used the same interior bucket.

Wow!....a new Charger, me like! The Mustang is neat too. This year is getting better and better......

One of the magazines did one back in the day. the problem however with polls is that you get almost as many different subject matter than there are participants. Not saying that there aren't feasible ideas send in, but one has to dig thru a lot of clutter tho, and then still we only make up a small percentage of the market. IIRC companies had more luck with cards inside the kits asking for a catalog or winning a free kit when sending in that post card. IMHO companies could print a unique code on the instruction sheet of each copy of their kits and with that code online a questionnaire can be filled in, asking which subject matter one wants, and in return it also gets them data knowing which product goes to what type of customer. But analysing that data cost money too and dunno that in this time and age there's budget for that. just my 2 cents, cuz I'm not in marketing.

A real pity there's no love for '50s Buicks.....

Except for the cheap part, I agree with most of what you said Cheers! Luc

wrote down some of which I assume are feasible, but won't know 'till the calculating has been done, cuz everything comes at a cost, the bottom line always will be, ROI in a market which for the most part thrives on nostalgia and middle aged men

The same reason you don't see many kits of "current" automobiles?! Nostalgia and middle-aged men are the key to success, when doing business in this niche market.

That the same wooden tooling model was used to create both the initial model kit as well as the diecast. The kit later on was refined DLO wise when Ertl released the amt '57 Chevy Cameo & Stepside, modifying the injection molding tool, rather than modifying the wooden tooling model and using it to cut new steel.

Or maybe print Transport and America?!

Yes, they had a batch with the wrong body, and apparently they just inserted the correct body into the boxes, which is great, cuz now you can build a more correct Baja version, since they didn't came with front fender wheelwell flares.

From a few years ago...

That's what I'm hoping for, the Otaki kit is a USA spec model tho.

About the Mercedes, I'm wondering which is better "body wise", the (ex) Esci or the Otaki kit? Tis.

Not a complete list, just personal preferences I came up with drinking my first cup of coffee, on a lazy Sunday morning and in random order. Enjoy and love to get feedback! Mods: Revell '70 'Cuda into a '71 (in the budget include a cosmetic retool of the '70) Revell '94 Chevy Impala SS into a '96 Impala and Caprice police car Revell '66 Pontiac GTO into a '67 Revell '69 Chevelle into a '70 using data from the WOF kit Round-2 '66 Fairlane into a '67 Fairlane 500 XL 427 R code (in the budget include the cost for a DLO correction) Round-2 '68-'69 Plymouth Satellite into a '70 (in the budget include the cost for a reskin of the '68-'69) Round-2 '71 Charger R/T into a Super Bee Round-2 '71 Charger R/T into a '71-72 Plymouth Satellite Round-2 '67 Mustang FB into a coup, stock and drag racing, (in the budget include cost for enhancing the FB kit, like the optional ribbed tailpanel) Round-2 '78ish Ford Camper special into a shortbed style- and flareside ( in the budget include new grilles covering several model years, and a DLO correction) Note: these are additional versions, thus not destroying current tooling, just mods to enhance and extra satellite tooling to make them more versatile. All new: '68-'70 Dodge Coronet '70-'74 Challenger '72-'92ish Dodge pickup/Ramchargers (co-developing with a company that does 1/35 military model kits) '73-'85ish Chevy C/K series pickups and Blazers, (co-developing with a company that does 1/35 military model kits) '87-'96 Ford Bronco (Including Police/Sheriff/Border patrol versions and a OJ special) and F-series pickups '68-'72 Pontiac GTO '71-'81 Pontiac Firebird Note: these are generations, so modular tooling clusters and clever engineering to maximise return on investment Improved reverse engineering: - MPC ‘72-78 Dodge custom panel van - AMT ‘67-68 Mercury Cougar - MPC ’66 Pontiac Bonneville - MPC ’69 Chevy Impala - MPC ’71, ’72 & 73 Impala - AMT ’66 Mercury Comet - Jo-Han’70-71 Cadillac Deville - Jo-Han ’68-70 AMC AMX - Jo-Han ’72 Ford Gran Torino - Amt ’66 Buick Skylark Note: Anything Jo-Han is very unlikely, but it's nice to dream, isn't it?!

Tim, I have two coup's and both chassis are as straight as an arrow. Cheers Luc

Interesting.....but wonder in global sales (internet, craftstores etc), if profiling of the casual/weekend modeler needs to be redone.

Were these with the switchable backend, notch, hatch or was it wagon?

Bought a bunch of these Van's on ebay back in the day, when the prices were still reasonable. IMHO Dodge had the best looking vans!

Pinch me, cuz I must be dreaming!

IIRC these were marketed as Nissan Sunny in my neck of the woods.

IMHO it's the best way to test the waters concerning possible investment in modern rigs, without spending a whole lot of money, Ha! Also I hope that Italeri will become some sort of preferred partner and starts distribution of Round-2 products in Europe and cut cost by sourcing them directly from the manufacturer.

Neat wheels, look similar to the custom wheels in the annual '66 Impala.