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Lets see?

I normally do not care for the oversized wheels. They look Just Right on your Chebbie! Great Colour too! Sharp Build.

No, Vince, he was not Lying!! He may have been politely deflecting the Question. He may have been repeating what he was told by others. He may have just made it up on the fly. Neither you nor I know, we were not there. But assuming the worst from company reps, who are just trying to help, is a great way to get the whole community a bad name. Why not just take the exchange at face value, and not sweat the details. One Lic or Five. Does it really Matter? None of this will get the kit here any faster. (sigh)

When I get my Vega kit, my intention, is to try to cobble up a Street Stock, or Streetable Pro-Mod type car. Like the kind I see at Famoso every year.

I see no discrepancy here. It might be that Revell and Round2 (AMT) are all the license holders GM wants at this time. They may not want to hassle with another deal, no matter what the product. And, it is equally possible that other, than 2 or 3 people at Moebuis, nobody else knows what the true story is. My attitude towards more and more Model Kit news, is "It'll get here when it gets here". And not One Day sooner. Even though I am on record as being ready for the new Revell Land Rover LWB kit to be here Tomorrow, I can only wait like everybody else. Revell will not be sending me one because I want it more than everybody else. Same with all new kits. I can only support Round2, Revell, Moebuis, ect, with my wallet, when the kits are for sale. Until then, I just have to wait.

I really like the '32! Great Choice of colour.

Thanks Richard. I never trust Scalemates, but that sounds about right.

So, which came first, the Digger Trike or the Tom Daniels T-rantula?

Just wait. There are still several weeks of Fire Season to go.

Well, Mike, my choice of kits was just off the top of my head. I should have picked different examples, perhaps. My point, was mostly that we hobbyists are told constantly we we ask for this kit or that kit to be revived, "that tooling dollars and effort are extremely limited and must be rationed due to their scarcity". So, what ever it is that is mentioned, the fallback, is "That will never generate enough interest/Sell in large enough quantities, to justify the effort". So, when mentioning ANY older tool, that a group seems interested in, the shutdown from some folks is always "Scare Tooling Dollars/ only so much time for new projects, ect". Now, I have no doubt that this is all very true. Round2 is now a smaller Company that the old AMT was. Resources ARE indeed very limited. There ARE many more potential projects than time & money to devote to them. That is what makes this kit so puzzling to me. Due to the price vs content ratio alone, it seems like a poor choice. Round2 lately has been all about "value-added" items in many kits lately. Witness the Go-Cart in the '60 Chevy and small trail bikes in the '86 Elky and '77 Dodge Pickup. The bare starkness of this kit surprises me. No Trailer, no extras, no Add-Ins. Just one, not-very big Trike, and some fancy decals. All for a suggested retail just under $30.00. All this talk about "Scarce Resources" and we get THIS? I'd have thought that those "Scarce Tooling Dollars" would produce a bigger profit if spent on a different subject matter. But, I'm not an expert, and my knowledge of this business is imperfect at best.. I do know, if I had been making choices of subject matter for Round2, they'd have been bankrupt in 2016. LOL

This is a poor choice for Round2 IMHO. I'd really like to see the Business/Sales case for this kit over the '72 Chevy or GMC Pickup or the missing '32 Fords. (Coupe and Phaeton). As a stand alone kit, even with the HL 40% coupon, $19.74 for one smallish Trike is more than I'm willing to pay. Two Trikes in one box, would cause more interest, but even then, not a high value kit. At least For Me. For others, it might be a Home Run. I will be very curious to see how these kits shake out, by July 2020.

I'll just drop this here. https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78703562

I see that Revell did not take the Easy way out on these tractors. Both the Front and Rear Tires are unique tools to each tractor. It will be interesting to see if Revell releases a third tractor that re-uses the tires from one of these two kits. And, those front tires are perfect for Rat Rods. I'll need at least two of the Duetz , just for the front wheels/tires.

Nice........! Mouth looks especially well done.

Sorry for the Double Post. And he is still around. http://magister-plasticum.com/product_info.php?products_id=35

Is Magister Resin still around? I had his site bookmarked for these Monaco/Fury parts, bit it has disappeared. Anybody want to sell a st of the grill pieces?

Is Magister Resin still around? I had his site bookmarked for these Monaco/Fury parts, bit it has disappeared. Anybody want to sell a st of the grill pieces?

The Titanic. That 4th Funnel was a fake. In it's day, more Funnels equaled 'faster ship'. Hence 4 funnels when everything else had three.

Guido, I'd not use the blower in the MPC/Round2 '67 kit. It is a blurry, soft, blob. I'd use the one out of the Revell '64 GTO.

Hakan, I"ll agree with you. Those are some nice tires. I'd gladly purchase them in a set. But this set has to sell well, for the 11:00 to ever have a chance.

John, those are some clean builds. Way to go with your AMC collection.

Jeff, I suspect that you are correct. The CHP is minor cultural phenomena by itself, and the dynamic box art, corrected wheel/tire package, and new lightbar will all be additional incentives. This thing will sell very well.

HPI Guy has his.

Ooooh! This will be my X-mas gift to myself.

This is a case where just a straight re-issue will fall flat. Ditching the Two Piece Slicks(forever!) would help as well. Also, open up every blocked off bit in the tooling, especially on the chrome trees. As a last thought, include the huge No Name Treaded Tires that originally appeared in the 80's-90's Michael Keaton Batmobile. They are an almost Drop fit on the rims from the modified stockers. Two Kinds of tires, Revised Decals, and extra parts, and these kits will be snapped up by those in the know. And every other Hobby Lobby buyer will pull the trigger based on Box Art, Decals and Tires.