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Robberbaron

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  1. New Revell has the tooling (or really the "rights" to the tooling - any tooling in China "belongs" to China, and will never leave as long as the PRC exists in its current state). No incentive for new Revell to give those CAD files to Atlantis, they're a competitor.
  2. I was gonna pass on the '66 Malibu, but if it has the Street Rat slot mags, I might need to break down and get one - always wanted a set of those wheels.
  3. Beat me to it. Glad I got a couple of those Tweedy Pie reissues when I could...
  4. I think they most closely resemble the American Racing S2 model: These were 2-piece, bolt together magnesium, 16" x 10", race only. As Mark said, they were really only used on the rear of drag cars, and were never too common. Definitely not something anyone would bolt onto a '71 T-bird, or even a street driven Corvette. Spoke design is similar to the more common model 200S "Daisy" wheels, which were one piece aluminum without the perimeter bolts: I will say this: the spokes on the AMT wheels don't really have the "Coke bottle" shape like the S2, so I'm not 100% certain that those are what AMT was replicating. But I don't know of any other vintage wheels that had those perimeter bolts like that. There's a chance that there was some other oddball wheel out there that they were trying to depict. If you look through vintage '60s and '70s wheel catalogs, you'll see all sorts of oddball wheel designs that have been lost to time. Good site if you want to fall down a rabbit hole: https://vintagewheelcatalogs.com/
  5. Note they also are NOT showing the Halibrand-style mags, either. Might not mean anything. History shows that the people responsible for box art and promotional photos often dont have much insight into the specific kit, including certain features that should be highlighted Just one example: when old Revell brought out the "Special Edition" version of the 1968 Charger, they added correct steel wheels and dog dish hubcaps that weren't in previous versions. (Magnum 500's were not correct for a factory stock Hemi car) You'd never know it from looking at the box though, since there wasn't a single picture, or even a description of it. Hoping its a similar situation here...
  6. Casey was posting the original re-release announcement from 2008. Strange that they originally showed the '79 box art. As we know, they did reissue it with the "Class Action" box art as you described.
  7. If the '81 Camaro is this one, it's quite well detailed for an '80s snap kit: I got one as a kid. If I recall correctly, opening hood with passable engine, separate rear axle/springs/driveshaft. I think the exhaust is molded in, but the tips were molded to the rear bumper to help create the illusion of separate exhaust. Fit in well on the shelf with my glue kits, could tell there was some thought put into the design.
  8. Yes, the Revell stock at my LHS has been steadily dwindling the last couple months (I stop in about once a week). The last couple visits it has been very noticeable, to the point today where they had practically nothing left. Plenty of Round 2, Moebius, and Atlantis though. Several months ago I picked up one of the '56 Delray reissues. Decided I wanted a second one, but he was already sold out of that single shipment, and they've been on backorder ever since.
  9. There was also the Revell '92 (?) Caprice, but that got turned into the Impala SS a couple years after. Back to Round 2, I suppose they could do the same formula with the Dodge Monaco sedan. I wouldn't be surprised if they also slapped out a taxi version of the Supernatural '67 Impala, to get another variation of that tool. It wouldn't be correct for a newly purchased taxi in the year 1967, but completely possible as a converted used car, circa 1970-1971.
  10. Unfortunately, I have to agree with everything you noted. Surprised that no one has commented yet on the NHRA logos on both the banner and the tower: neither of them is in perspective, and it sticks out like a sore them to me. It's good that the manufacturers realize the value of nostalgic artwork, but as you said, the execution often leaves a lot to be desired. The artwork for the upcoming AMT 1966 Fairlane 427 was recently posted - lots of wackiness in the front end on that illustration. I suspect that it was the same artist who did the box art (yellow) for their recent 1958 Edsel reissue, which shared similar problems. IMHO, the worst in recent memory is still the Revell "stock" 1976 Gran Torino (blue car on box art). That one looks like the perpetrator flunked out of art class!
  11. Stopped at the Hobart, IN store today. They had one of the AMT '64 Cutlass convertibles. So that's good. However, since I'm waiting for the hardtop version that's scheduled to come out later this year, this probably means they'll never get that version.
  12. Stopped at my local store after work today, also no kits on the shelves yet. Came home and we had the new Ollies flyer in my mailbox, showing kits on sale starting Thursday.
  13. My LHS finally got another shipment of the '63 Nova wagons, so I was happy to score one of those.
  14. That one got retooled into the 4-door version for Dukes of Hazzard, and has since been reissued ad nauseam, in all sorts of variations. Ain't coming back. (I know: THEORETICALLY Round 2 could clone/recreate the coupe body/interior, as they've recently proven they're capable, but there's about a thousand other subjects that would be more worthy of that effort.)
  15. Interesting link explaining how this kit came to be, including its many proportional problems and inaccuracies: https://hotrodbunny.com/the-history-of-the-revell-57-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-model-kit/
  16. Literal LOL on that one, you just won quote of the day!
  17. Black vinyl top over white doesn't look too shabby either, IMHO: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/what-it-hasnt-got-you-dont-need-1968-dodge-coronet-r-t No kidding! A prelim Google image search turned up almost no examples. Did find a link to a YouTube walk around of a white example with the double body side stripes: Definitely more low key than the bumble bees...
  18. Exact same stuff at mine, zilch.
  19. I seem to recall that the tooling for the 1/16 Mustang was actually obtained by AMT from another manufacturer. Thought I saw that on this forum years ago, but I'm coming up with zero info in my Google search, my Google-fu must be off tonight. I seem to recall the original manufacturer was a well established company that dabbled in model kits in the '60s, then cut bait quickly after turning out this epic fail. That was the explanation for why this was basically a large scale Palmer kit - it wasn't created by AMT. Doesn't explain why the original AMT and all subsequent owners were shameless enough to keep reissuing this dreck. At least the '80s box art photo was honest, warning you of the horrors within: It's really annoying me that I can't recall who the original company was that created it, and getting zilch searching.
  20. I'll definitely be following this one. Our family car growing up was a '68 Impala, so they're near and dear to me. Gotta wonder what happened to the tooling for the body/interior of this one? (I know the driveline/chassis got recycled each year thru '76) We really need a plastic '68 again!
  21. Actually, this is 1/25 Revell, back when they were a separate company competing against Monogram. Monogram, Revell, and MPC each had their own squarebody Blazer (and/or Jimmy) kits. Your are correct on the sub-par execution on these kits though. Mid seventies through mid eighties was pretty much bottom of the barrel for Revell kit development and QC. Through sheer luck they chose some subjects that no one else kitted, such as the Jeep J10 (Honcho), but they were usually oversimplified and had proportional problems.
  22. Although I do believe the bed design was already outdated for 1967, the real problem is the boom: It was unrealistic cartoon fantasy in 1967, even when these kits were considered "toys" at the time. I suppose a certain segment of Round 2's clientele might be interested in reliving "warm fuzzy" memories of building one of these in their youth, but I think that will only get them so far...
  23. Sneak peek posted Dec 9 to Round 2's Facebook page, and posted in this thread on page 3. Pasted again for you convenience:
  24. That was my thought as well, similar to how the '71 T-bird has 5 wheel covers - remnant of the promo days. When this one was still the 1970 LTD promo, it also had 5 wheel covers: Can't tell for sure from this pic of there's 4 taillights or not.
  25. That article mentions my main concern: the RC2 debacle that nearly destroyed the AMT, MPC, and PL brands. The fact that they've bought controlling interest usually equates to they can do whatever they want, whenever they want. You'd hope they would continue the momentum that Round2 has been building lately, but who knows? With us starting to get extinct kits resurrected with new tooling ('63 Nova wagon, body for the upcoming '64 Cutlass), I hate to see anything that could rock that boat.
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