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At first I thought Sweet Bippy and Jolly Green Gasser were the same kit, but turns out they are two different years of Galaxie. The Jolly Green is a 65, and Sweet Bippy is a 66. Stock 65 and 66 Galaxies look quite similar, and to this day, I still often confuse them. The kits have different engines; the Bippy seems to come with a 427 SOHC (as an option?), while the Jolly Green seems to have a standard 427. It seems both are 4-in-1 kits: stock, custom, gasser/drag racer, and NASCAR/Grand National. Jolly Green includes 7 tires (5 stock and 2 drag), though does NOT include wide Grand National racing tires. Bippy includes 10 tires; seems like 4 stock, 2 drag, and an additional 4 for Grand National racing tires? HPI Guy's Jolly Green Gasser: Hope this helps, thanks!

Very interested in this kit; have been ever since it was leaked some 3 years ago. My AMT "Macho Mustang" was OK. My MPC 71 "Boss 351" was meh. Never built the Lindberg/Palmer kit. This Revell kit is gonna smoke 'em all. Surprised only by the non-chromed headlight buckets, but that can be worked around. Super stoked to hear HPI Guy mention there are about 5 planned versions for this. 1) Boss 351 ✓ 2) Bond version ✓ 3) Elanor??? 4) Convertible??? 5) 72-73 versions? Racing version? Grande version? This thing is like Pokemon: I might hafta collect 'em all.

Anyone know how similar/different the chassis are amongst Monogram's 1/24 funny cars? Not seeing any differences between these older kits, the later Oldsmobile-bodied cars (Otter Pops, Sentry, Raybestos, Castrol, McDonalds), or the Mongoose 57 Chevy that Atlantis bought. All 1/24. If the chassis is universal, chances are really good we can eventually see all of these come back to life.

Getting myself back on track, it looks kinda like the cab is a 71 or 72; anyone know what year it is? Also, I wonder if the "Nothing to see here" area above could be an alternative set of rear fenders. The original 3D render shows both rounded rear fenders, and more squared-off ones. Lastly, this kit would look insane awesome with one of Round 2's recent amber flasher bar parts packs!

Wow, never heard of this one before, but looks like it would be nice to build for its own sake. Maybe after I get me this Moebius Ford, I might track one of these down, thanks!

So getting one of these; so happy it is finally available again. One thing I've wondered about the MPC front suspension: is there not supposed to be some sort of shaft between the pumpkin side and the non-pumpkin side? The Monogram F-150 and Bronco kits do include a shaft.

AWWWWW YISSSSSSSSS This is the perfect wrecker I've been wanting all my life! - AMT Peterbilt wrecker: too big - MPC Datsun Scavenger wrecker: too little - MPC Datsun Scavenger Monster Truck wrecker: too monster-y - AMT 1934 Ford wrecker: too vintage - Revell Midnite Cowboy wrecker: too custom - Revell Captain Hook wrecker: too toylike - MPC Cooter's wrecker: too weird - Revell 77 GMC wrecker: very close to what I wanted, BUT NOT A FORD Thank you, Moebius, for making my dreams come true.

I'm not sure how similar the MPC Demon and 75 Dart were, but if this helps... back in 2016, I bought the Round2 75 Dart reissue, along with the Revell 68 Dart. I planned to stuff the 68 chassis up inside the 75, and there was no easy way for it to work. IIRC, the wheelbase was off, the 68 had a much wider track, and a couple other things I've forgotten that just made it really impractical. So I just built the 68, and one of these days, I might get around to the 75. I also built the excellent 71 Duster many years ago, but don't have it anymore to compare to my finished 68 or unstarted 75. Hope this helps.

Nice. I'd be in for any of these, especially the oddball Tempo, as I missed em all the first time around. While I did build the awesome Sentry Olds many years later, would love to go back in time to these earlier bodies. Would be most excellent if they discovered the missing tinwork from the 1/32 funny cars released last year.

For most of us, we pretty much ARE parts packs. Between our new kits, used kits, builtups, gluebombs, rebuilders, abandoned builds, trades, freebies, cheapo flea market finds, incomplete kits, aftermarket, and whatever else exists in our stashes, we've got lots of stuff on hand to build pretty much whatever we want. I have a Revellogram 56 Nomad I want to do as a gasser/street freak, and the base 265 isn't gonna cut it for me. I've got at least 3 sources for a big block Chevy in-house, and if worse comes to worse, I'll drop cash on something just for parts. The possibilities are near endless.

This particular Bronco is one of my grails; so glad it is finally back. I built Ridge Runner and Dust Devil as a kid, and I've been wanting another for decades. In HPI Guy's recent Sodbuster video, it was revealed the Desert Dog PCVs were retooled. I didn't realize there was anything wrong with them, though very much looking forward to having them in the Bronco. Dear Round2: These tires are my fave 4x4 tires ever, and they would make for an AWESOME parts pack! You will sell squillions of them.

The model gods continue to deliver. So many kits and subjects coming back to life after squillions of years. Could not be happier; the model car hobby truly is in a new golden age. A perfect blend of tech, enthusiasm, reverence, and market timing. Godspeed.

Sounds awesome, @ChrisBcritter; show us pics as it comes along!

Great idea, @stavanzer, I'll be sure to give 'em a try!

Excellent, thank you, @stavanzer! I might get two Fiat kits, and stuff FOUR engines into that little rail, heh.

Really want that Fiat double kit, and the 70 Wildcat. Surprised to learn the Wildcat is a curbside. Was it always that way? And judging by the Fiat box art, it seems the twin engines can be built either side-by-side, or one in front of the other. If so, nice.

Wow wow wow this is wicked awesome. So much cool stuff, plus one of my grails: the 1/16 GRAND AM FUNNY CAR! Finally! Thank you, model Gods!

Oh me oh my, looks like my wishes will be coming true for a 1/16 Grand Am!

Eagerly awaiting what Atlantis brings out next. Me personally, really hoping they have the Grand Am body to slap onto their 1/16 funny car chassis. As much as I'd like to build the Green Elephant Vega, I'm truly holding out for a Grand Am.

Hello, @Fabrux, it's an honour top meet you. I've read several of your other articles, and enjoyed them very much, thank you!

Thanks everyone, for clearing up the mystery over the infamous hanger shot. Been a long time since I'd seen it myself, so now I'm even more excited that Round 2 can and will rerelease this bad boy. Me personally, thinking I'd like to equip the drag engine with the dual Judson blowers, and use the Dean Jeffries custom grille and taillight panel with the new factory stock bumpers.

Thank you, @stavanzer, though it seems I may have made a couple errors/oversights: 1) It looks like the wheelstanding thingies hanging below the rear bumper are actually non-chromed pieces. In the open-box pic in the lower-right, they appear to be in the bottom-center, between the roll bar and tires. These parts seem to be specific to the Streaker. I just rechecked HPI Guys' Nova and Falcon AWB videos, and did not see these parts included in either kit. 2) I just realized drag-specific wheels are not included in either Olds kit, so likely, a separate sprue of suitable wheels would need to be included. Hope this helps, thanks!

Right you are, @stavanzer. There are at least a couple slightly different AWB chassis featured on many of these kits, covered elsewhere in these forums. Some of these kits include the Mercury Cyclone funny car, 65 Rat Packer Nova Chevy II, 64/65 Falcon, Mustang, 63 Tempest, 65 Chevelle, 58 Edsel, and a few others, IIRC. HPI Guy has built the Falcon, Nova, and Cyclone, and at one point I catalogued them with screencaps to show similarities and differences. I found it, here: Here are screencaps of HPI Guy's coverage of the 64 Olds convertible and 64 Olds 442 hardtop, along with box top, an opened kit for sale on EvilBay™, and a couple buildup shots. TL;DR: convertible kit only includes tonneau cover, windshield, roll bar thingie. 442 kit only includes rear deck spoiler, roll bar, and what appears to be four tie-down strap thingies. Both kits appear to include the same louvered/domed custom hood and chrome trees (which seems to include those wheelie thingies that hang down beneath the rear bumper). All other drag parts should come with a chassis/interior/tires/engine. All we need is an altered wheelbase 64 Olds (convertible?) body. Hope this helps, thanks!

While I've never seen an actual Streaker Olds, pretty sure I've identified all or most of the Streaker-specific parts in the two HPI Guy 64 Olds reviews. IIRC, each version has some, though not all, of them. Gimme some time, I'll rewatch them and screencap the parts in question.

Wow, so much awesome stuff. Want everything, especially the Bronco, Black Beauty, and 65 Chevy AWB. I liked the part where Jamie said "...plenty of opportunities to explore in the future with different makes and models on a shortened wheelbase racing format". It's only a matter of time before they whip up an altered wheelbase body for their 64 Olds to bring back the Streaker. Seems like pretty much all the other parts are already in the convertible and/or 442 kits.