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Agreed 128%, Michael! I love old and new-to-me! The guys in my model car club keep finding great old stuff for me that I've been hunting decades for, and they, this forum, and HPI Guy, introduce me to so many new and old kits and subjects I never would have thought of before! These Moebius kits seem poised to offer the best of both worlds: they'll hit us with nostalgic feels, while satisfying our modern cravings for detail, challenge, and potential. Still working on my Moebius 72 wrecker, and it is such a joy to work on a modern kit of something I grew up with every day as a kid! Moebius is on fire, and I am here for it!

Very eager to get this sucker and all its imminent variants. Built the Johan Comet Pro Stock back in the day, molded in orange, and ruined it. Very fortunate to get another, sealed Comet Pro Stock in 2018 molded in teal. Built it much nicer this time. When these kits hit the shelves I will shovel as many as I can into my shopping cart. I want them all. Mavericks and Comets, stockers and drag racers, and more more more. I grew up with these cars, and nostalgia is one hell of a drug.

Agreed 128%. As much as I loved building Tamiya's R34 V-Spec, I'da loved it even more with full underhood detail.

Lots of great stuff this month, and the video is a day early, too! Really vibin' on Chad's evolution; he's much more prepared, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable than ever, and I am here for it. Great job, Round 2, my wallet is NEVER safe.

Heh, we've all been there, Gary! Right you are; it's all about "point of entry". In the 70s, many old 1/32 Lindberg kits were pretty rough for a 10 year old. That bias carried with me into the early 90s, until Scale Auto raved about a bunch of all-new Lindberg kits, except that THEY WERE TOO BIG! Everyone begged Lindy to go 1/25, and so they did. And what followed was an insane onslaught of state-of-the-art kits of long sought after subjects: 61 Impala, 66 Chevelle, 64 Dodge 330s, 53 Fords, 64 Belvedere, 67 Olds 442, 97 F-150, and more. And so, by 1999 or 2000 when Lindy announced their upcoming 48 Lincoln, I was so excited. Home run after home run, Lindberg could do no wrong. Heh. Got mine, opened the box, and I was shocked, horrified, apoplectic, and crestfallen by what I saw inside the box. To me, it was utter trash. Unbuildable. Unworthy. Beneath me. An insult. Waste of time. How could Lindberg betray me like this? How could they get this so wrong? I immediately threw it in the garbage, and swore off Lindberg forever. That was 25 years ago, and I've since learned that 48 Lincoln kit was actually an old Pyro, and Lindberg merely reissued it. So yeah, "point-of-entry". I came into the new Lindberg not realizing their extensive back catalog, and was not prepared for something older and sucky. Sometimes old kits are mega awesome, and new ones are baffling, and then there's everything inbetween. A couple years ago, I tracked down a decent 48 Lincoln buildup, and I plan to one day take it apart, clean it up, and do as nice a job on it as I can, warts and all. And having said all that, I don't get angry at what's in the box anymore; I just realize there are SQUILLIONS of kits of all kinds of vintages, and I just enjoy 'em for what they are. If I want to go the extra mile, I have. I do. I will. And if I don't want to go the extra mile, just as well. And yeah, girls have a funny way of making us lose interest in models!

Right you are, Gary, and I've been thinking about your post for days now. Lindberg made some really neat stuff in the mid-late 90s that Round 2 should still have. The Sebring, the Caravan, and the Atlantic all come to mind. I built all three back in the day, and I'm sure a lot of us would love to see these classics again!

Nooice. Even when you DON'T stuff huge wheels under your builds, Tim, they still look like you DO, heh.

Awesome! Looks like nearly all of the pieces and options for this kit have survived the test of time. All we really need now are the stepside bed and topper from EXPRESS-O to complete the series. Me personally, really hoping Round 2 brings back RISING SUN next!

Thank you, Round2, another of my grails has been resurrected from the dead!

Just saw F1 with Brad Pitt, and man, I am rather stoked to get this! Anyone know what the F1 movie APX cars were, and any chance they are, or will be, made as models? Me wants.

DJ mentioned above that the recent 85 Camaro did not have chrome, confirmed here with an HPI Guy screencap. 99% certain the Revell 81 Camaro snapper never came with chrome to begin with. Also just occurred that NONE of the three Stranger Things kits had chrome! And... Revell's recent 1/16 Trans Am GTA did not have chrome, either. IIRC, the late 80s version I had featured gorgeous satin-chrome plating. Good news everyone, Revell has not bailed entirely on chrome; recent reissues of the ex-Monogram 1/12 Camaro and 1/8 Trans Am DO still have plated trees.

You're 128% correct Peter, and I totally agree and prefer chrome-plated parts myself, too. I found an original sealed Monogram molded-in-red Fiero in the mid-90s and painted the wheel recesses flat black, then dullcoated the wheels, and they looked sick awesome realistic. It's interested how Revell of all companies has come full-circle with not plating their parts. They stopped plating in the late 70s/early 80s for awhile, and now here they are, back at it again!

Pretty sure Revell recently did the same on their ex-Monogram Stranger Things Camaro. IIRC, that entire parts tree was plated in every pervious version I'd ever bought/seen over the years. Revell saves a few bucks, while some hardcore modelers don't need to strip plated parts.

Man, that was BRUTAL to watch. My teeth flew outta my skull just from watching that impact. I'll be certain to upgrade the braking system on my kit, thanks.

Agreed. Years ago, I saw a review/buildup of the Moebius 61 and I'd swear it was the same underpinnings as the AMT 62 I'd just finished. Did Moebius license/borrow/buy parts/tooling from AMT/Round 2, did they outright copy/clone, or was it something else?