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None taken at all! And I truly appreciate Steve G always chiming in. I also believe when the time is right and things fall into place they will figure out a way to get a reissue of this kit on the shelves, they will. The time just isn’t right yet. This kit in particular is a bit of a heavier lift than others, so it’s pretty impressive that it is still actually on their radar. And it’s nice that Steve G is willing to pop on here and explain that. I wS just checking in to see what was going on. It had been a little while.

As opposed to what? A model of Robbie Robot? And when did I ever say I was expecting a 53 year-old car to attract young kids to the hobby? You’re putting words in my mouth. We all know who these cars are really marketed for. I’ve just noticed in - in general - that the kids don’t seem to be going towards the scale models with the paint and glue much anymore or noticeably as much as they used to. But Legos now are wildly popular. Why is that? Put a scale model of Godzilla with paint and glue in front of five preteens, along with a Lego model of Godzilla. They go for the Lego model every time. It wasn’t always that way. Times are changing I guess. Which actually is fine as long as they’re building things with their hands and not with their… Thumbs.

No doom and gloom here at all. Just checking in to see where they’re at and being real. It’s good to see it’s on the list. It’s a little disappointing that It’s been on the list for as long as it has. However, there are relevant reasons - as we have learned - why it’s still on the list and not on the shelves. I totally understand that. And it is nice that Steve G answers questions. There is no way I would even consider spending $300 on a unmolested 72 Roadrunner kit from the original issue. Or even $100 for that matter. (plus I already have the reissue 71 from 1987)I’d rather wait and spend $300 to buy 10 Round2 re-issues. However, the 3-D printed ones seemed very interesting. I think there are 1/25 scale 3-D files of a 72 RR that are ready to print. If the price was reasonable I’d consider buying one of those. Anybody buy one of those 3-D printed kits? I’m curious as to how it would go together and how it would look finished. if I have any doom and gloom at all, it’s just related to the fact that young people aren’t into scale monitoring like they used to be. It’s hard to get the kids into it these days with so many video games, screened tech, etc. It is a wonderful hobby that unlocks the imagination like nothing else can. I do find it interesting that Legos are more popular than ever, but anything that needs paint or glue isn’t.

Wow…. They’d have to completely start from scratch. Good news is much of parts of the 74 RR were similar if not completely identical to the 71-72 RR kit. But, correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t think you can mix and match tooling. So it sounds like bringing back the 71–72 RR is a pretty heavy lift. Seems like it would be costly. Maybe one day. Always nice to check into the form every once in a while, though. You learn something every day.

Yep, that seems to be the story that has been repeated here many times before. It happened some time after the ‘87 reissue. If Round2 were to reissue it, it would have to be a clone. So essentially what this boils down to is a return on investment. If the return isn't there for this kit at the point in time, who could blame Round2 for not reissuing it? It stinks but… it is what it is.

I don’t think it has anything to do with the Revell kit. I think a lot of it is what Justin said. Round2 probably determined that the return on this particular reissue kit would not be worth the investment in cloning and remaking the damaged tooling. Maybe if the tooling was complete a la the 74 RR, it would have already been reissued. But I imagine Round2 has limited resources and a limited budget. There isn't much room for error; they need reissue kits that get them the most return with the least amount of over-head. They must feel that a 71-72 RR reissue is not one of those kits That’s what I guess anyway. I’m not an expert in the scale model business.

Yeah…. That’s what I figured. I was under the impression that how well the Coronet would sell would be a good indicator of whether we’d see the RR. I guess it do as well as they hoped, huh? The Duster and Charger were straight reissues, correct? As in, no new tooling, no cloning no making stuff from scratch to resurrect them? I have to say, all this makes me feel really gloomy for scale modeling in general. Yet, as a side note, Lego kits keep going strong.

It has been over two years since this thread was started and… nothing. No 71-72… What happened? (Or… what didn’t happen?)

Dare I ask… Why is that?

Nor will there be a reissue kit of a mid-sized Mopar from that year, or the year before apparently.

Yes! It would be nice if they tooled up a kit of 2023 Chrysler 300C final edition with the 6.4 Hemi.

*sigh* Disappointing...

Didn’t Johan do a 1/25 version where you could build it as stock or NASCAR?

That looks like a REALLY sharp kit! Leave it to Round 2 to do it right! I might have to stockpile that one for the day I actually have room again to build one. Hmm…. If I’m not mistaken, that model shares a lot of tooling/parts with another mopar of the same year an platform. ?

Looks they’re reissuing the ‘71… Dodge Charger. Well… now I have a tub with seats and a chassis I can use for my ‘72 RR resin body I suppose. Heck, I’ll take what I can get.