Mark

Nope, any significant change would have made it a new/different series. Most foreign manufacturers didn't use model years as is done here. They just produced a series until either a new model was introduced, or a significant change was made.

If you want a white one, scrounge the last issue. The last couple of issues prior to that were light gray. None of those are terribly hard to find.

2007 was the last full year under RC2/Learning Curve/Tomy. They had announced that they were going to pull out of "automotive toys and collectibles" in 2008. That would have meant shutting down AMT. Round 2 leased the AMT and MPC assets (tooling and brand names) at the beginning of '08, and later negotiated the purchase of everything. So there is no real connection between these announcements and the current ownership.

Doesn't that mean items with yellow price tags? As in, don't expect 40% off closeout items like those $7.49 '65 Riviera kits. If nearly everything is 40% off, grab whatever you "need" and use the coupon on something else, like a Molotow pen or a can of spray paint.

Nobody seems to have a kit deal yet. With no promos the last couple of years, I'd bet on seeing a diecast first.

This stuff is probably mostly leftovers from last year's stock. They probably didn't want to put everything out in one shot.

From what I saw on the box, this T had only one building version.

The '71 Spoiler still exists, since 1972 it has existed as the body in the NASCAR Cyclone kit. In 2007, AMT was operated by RC2/Learning Curve who previously broomed out anyone who knew what they had and didn't have. One catalog illustration for a reissue of the '61 Ranchero kit was that of the original annual kit. Anyone with a functioning brain would know that the Ranchero kit has undergone significant alterations and cannot be reissued as anything like the annual kit. They sold a private label reissue of the '32 Ford coupe thinking it had all of the original parts (again, it doesn't have anywhere near all of them).

I stopped by one of the local stores, mainly to pick up a couple of cans of red oxide primer. Found another decent GTO book, also noticed more Lindberg kits. The cartons were marked J. Lloyd so these items are another dump of the stuff they bought two or three years ago. More stagecoaches and cannons, no 1/24-1/25 cars but they did have the 1/8 scale T-bucket ($49.99; probably not bad if you want one...from what I have seen it is a pretty decent kit).

Thomas Graham has written very good books on Monogram, Revell, and Aurora. I haven't seen the Aurora book but have the other two, both include comprehensive history of the respective companies. The founders of AMT, MPC, and Jo-Han are all gone, all have changed hands multiple times so it's unlikely any company records from the early years still exist.

Nope, the factory (near) stock version, the new one. The one with the box art pictured above. They haven't had the Petty version for a long time, and I bought a Lawman version last year when it was closed out.

The Nova is a '62. The '63 had side trim similar to the wagon, and had a V8 engine even though the 1:1 car wasn't available with one. There was no '64 Nova kit, promo, or anything else in 1/25 scale.

I saw the Belvedere kit at Hobby Lobby yesterday morning.

Between two pieces of corrugated cardboard (four is better; two on each side with the corrugation alternated from one piece to another). Not much more expensive either...

The Monogram wheels, being 1/24 scale, will of course be bigger. The car pictured has tires with quite a bit of sidewall showing...the Monogram wheels won't give you that look unless you use way too tall a tire with them.

That whole car is a pretty good replica of a 1:1 T that appeared in one of the major car magazines in the late Fifties or early Sixties. It may have even been on the cover.

I've seen it already, but still can't wait for the finished book with photos and text together.

I've seen those in recent years, molded in various types of plastic like glow-in-the-dark and tinted clear. I'd rathet see the full-detail 1/32 kits like the Nova and Charger...those have engines and better wheels/tires that could find their way onto Pyro and AMT All-Stars kits...

The 1/8 scale one? Y-block (272/292/312) Ford. Pretty well detailed too, as I recall.

The wheels pictured (late Seventies MPC Camaro) are likely as close as can be found.

The Futurista used the same tires that were used in the Li'l Coffin (fronts), as well as the Predicta. Those were used in the first issues of Monogram's 1/25 scale Fifties vehicles also ('59 Chevies, '50 Ford pickup). Tires wouldn't be a problem. Revell/Monogram has retooled parts for older kits in the past (Roth Road Agent for example). Clear parts wouldn't be a major problem either. The (unconfirmed) word is that Monogram was making good money in the early/mid Seventies and scrapped some items deemed obsolete to get them off the books. Said (most often) to be among them were the 1/20 scale Cadillac, Uncertain T, Futurista, and Sizzler dragster. It's all conjecture though, nobody close to the company has ever talked or written about it. The Futurista would appear to have been a major disappointment for Monogram. Like the AMT XR-6, thumb through period model car magazines and you don't see photos of built ones, or even any of the major/recognizable parts from them used in building anything else.

The 40% off coupon doesn't apply to anything with a yellow price tag (which ropes in clearance items).

I too saw the two Buicks ('62 Electra, '65 Riviera). No '40 Ford sedan (maybe someone else saw it first, not that I need another one) but they did have a '94 Ford Lightning in the clearance area. I did need that one, and the Riviera is too good to pass up particularly at the price. New stuff included the Revell '29 roadster, AMT '65 Fairlane Modified Stocker, and 007 '70 Galaxie cop car. I'm already good with the roadster as well as the Fairlane (Ollie's blew a bunch of those out years ago when Walmart quit carrying model kits). The Fairlane has a bunch of unblocked parts including the stock engine (minus air cleaner), but I'm set with that one.

The midget's V8-60 is nicely done, but lacks a transmission as midgets only used an in/out box. The V8-60 transmission supposedly resembles the regular V8 unit, only smaller. I've thought about sticking that engine in an Anglia, but have to get the transmission squared away first.

The midget is a great kit. The fanatics bought multiple copies...trouble is, not enough fanatics. The ones sold at closeout were nearly all the V8-60 version, mirroring the preference of 1:1 Kurtis owners who would nearly all want to own an Offenhauser-powered version provided they could afford one.