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Since this was brought up, I've often wondered about MPC's sudden and drastic improvement in overall quality and engineering of the late 70s/early 80s, long before ERTL took over. For example, MPC's 79 Mustang and 82 EXP kits had separate door/engine bay panels, their Omni 024/Shelby Charger/Daytona featured highly complex engines and front drivelines, their Fiero had insane detail throughout, their F-body Firebird and Camaro kits were far ahead of their time, the 80 Bronco was far more sophisticated than what Revell or Monogram had put out, and their C4 was top-notch for the day. Just curious if anyone has any insight as to how MPC got really good in the 80s!

Nooice. Especially McLovin' your Grand Champion-style 74 in the background!

Right you are, Olivier; I paid about $75 for the Moebius 72 Wrecker in person at Sunward at Christmas 2024. That was a very special one-off that I was willing to pay quite a bit extra for. I'm usually OK with $45-50, but above that, it's really gotta be a special kit! But the real problem is, EVERYTHING American has gone up, and I'm having a hard time paying $50+ for what was only $40 last year. To top it all off, the secondary market has gone bonkers, too. Used domestic kits, opened kits, old kits, would usually be $10-15 CDN, and recently, people started asking $30-40, and I ain't havin' that, unless it's a grail. Ain't no tariffs on a 25-year old 58 Impala. Even $5 glue bombs are going for $20 now, and the market is overdue for a serious correction. Having said all that, the Japanese kits have gone down in price! There's never been a better time to stock-up on Aoshimas, Tamiyas, Fujimis, and Hasegawas!

Fantastic work, Will. You have a very bright future ahead of you!

Pics please! Mine was similar, no doubt. First, built it with unpainted red body, then took it all apart and rebuilt it with brush-painted Testors 1146 Silver body!

Wow, Steve, so glad you're back on this one! I loved your pics you posted last year or so, and it will be a pleasure to watch you finish this beauty. So glad everyone was able to inspire you!

Totally agreed 128%! You guys rock! I'm just a dude who butchered my original Super Charger back in 85-86, and it remains one of my all-time fave kits that I've never had the chance to track down yet. Just knowing you cats love it as much as I do warms my cold, dead, black heart. Straight reissue, partial or total remaster, whatever, I'm confident Round 2 will bring this kit back from the grave. Thanks again everyone for your facts, stories, pics, knowledge, and deep reverence for this oft-overlooked kit. Godspeed, good sirs.

I've been wondering about the 70 Toronado; most of it seems to have ended up the MPC Californian. Any chance that Round 2 could create a new Olds body and bada-boom bada-bing?

Right you are, Bill! Round 2 continues to surprise, excite, and impress with so many old kits and subjects being restored, updated, backdated, fixed, improved, optioned, resurrected, and given new life. These guys really know and love cars, they listen to us, and they deliver so many incredible kits to bankrupt us. And I could not be happier about it. Again, great sleuthing, thank you, and here's looking forward to more Round 2 awesomeness!

Bill, you have done the Lord's work here; thank you so much! This is a fantastic bit of kit history many of us will appreciate! Now, Round 2 is faced with quite the Mopar dilemma: Will drksd4848 get his 71-72 Road Runner first? Or will we get our 73-74 Charger first? Heh.

I built the 74 Super Charger in the mid-80s, and that kit remains one of my holy grails to this day. IIRC, awhile back when the remastered 68 Coronets materialized, there was talk about the original 68 Coronet chassis/running gear being derived from the MPC 66 Monaco, which survived all the way into the 74 Super Charger. Looking closely at the new 68 Coronet kit, I'd swear the Super Charger had the same basic 440, factory air cleaner, driveshaft loop, traction bars, and chrome headers. Would it be within the realm of possibility for Round2 to simply clone/remaster a 74 Charger body/interior and drop it onto the remastered 68 Coronet running gear?

So many awesome kits! A few personal grails I don't yet have: MPC Super Charger (74 Charger) MPC Stunt Van (70s Econoline 4x4) MPC Night Prowler (70s Camaro) MPC Rising Sun (Datsun pickup) MPC Custom Corvette "Enforcer" (Mako Shark II) MPC 82 Cavalier Revell Mustang II (Monroe Handler tool)

You sir, are a demigod. One day it's Paw Patrol, HotWheels, and apple slices. The day after, it's Donut Media and a Camaro snapper. The next day, it's all ten Fast and Furious films and a Speed Champions Skyline lego set. Then, it's a Tamiya PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS, Doritos, and a Monster energy drink. Now it's Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox, and YouTube meme compilations. And tomorrow, it'll be Call of Duty and HEY DAD CAN I BORROW THE CAR? They grow up so fast. We'll always be here for 'em if/when they're ready to pick up their model supplies again, heh. Keep on enjoying your hobby, Will; it will serve you well in your life!

Really excited about the 65 Fury convertible; they should make more of those and I would happily get one. While I'm no Johan expert, I love the on-brand ideas of Johan-inspired and Johan-esque kits, original parts, and repopping literal Johans using new technologies. Would love to spend a day combing through everything in this store to stock up on squillions of things I want, need, and desire. Great video, thank you!

Dude, this is phenomenal, thank you! I regularly do similar things, but typically by eye, with far greater effort, and far less precision! The stance, weight, feel, and authenticity of your plow truck is vintage perfection. These bigger tires would look equally stunning on the Moebius wrecker, too, helping fill out those monstrous rear wheelwells. And on that note, my snowplow wrecker is coming along, thanks to your awesome idea/suggestion to add the F250 plow, thank you!