Dave Van

Thanks....old age moved in. I had to go down and look for one....then it was 'Doh!!'. That box art was not very memorable. thx

Was the Cope Lumina a limited kit??? I don't think I have it......thx

I have a set of drawings for the 82 Bird that Bob Johnson did off the real car. It was done AFTER the 83, 87 and 89 Birds. The real car was Bill Elliott's Riverside winner which was owned by a neighbor of mine in NC. It is based of the 83-87-89 chassis.

Brett beat me.....I went downstairs and the DE Sr Squarebird is a USA kit.....that's good I hope.

No Lumina = no Olds....... BUT.....it depends....I was always under the impression the Monte Carlo chassis was cloned off the Lumina. The Monte version was much softer in detail and had screw mounts for the body the Lumina didn't. Add to it the Lumina tool was a USA cut tool....the Monte Carlo a China based tool. We'll see.....

Parked next to me at last car show....I need to build it!

x2.....more info in Revell thread.

My understanding is they will be using the tooling with modifications to make kits never done before. The racing builders for the most part are excited about the possibilities. Folks investing in this hobby is good no matter what subject.

Dupli-coplor is part of Serwin-Williams now my local store that I got my Dupli-color closed....to the net!!

Only those directly involved know what tooling was sold to Atlantis.......until they say, if they ever do, we'll not know.

Interesting for sure.......love to see a list of tooling.

I bought a bunch of those WM versions. I was stuck in the hospital a number times and built a few of the pre-paints in my room!!!

Very cool project. Good luck...

Pic N Save......I could always get Mom to buy me a kit there!!! This was the 1960's and the kits were 99 cents.....but great memories of that store. We lived in Whittier......

Agreed....it's a big boy's game. Deep pockets were needed even if in the end it went cheap. I know one large kit distributor that said if it was just the total cost in the end (not all the lawyers, court cost etc etc) he could have bid. We'll have to see....

It is done more often than thought. Companies buy other companies to raid their liquid assets, sell off hard assets and assume bought companies market or even sell off customer DB. Saw it happen during my banking years due diligence reporting....I think it's a sleazy biz practice....but done. For what was paid for Revell...it could have been a plan a bank could back.

If you Google Revell USA you get the Revell USA website link....click on it and you get this....no matter what you refresh. As a retired IT Analyst......I may know this one... Thanks....

If you click on the Revell USA link it's still dead. Seems to be a lot missing from the German site that was on the spreadsheet shown recently.

I just checked, unscientifically, and found zero kits or parts in stock. Just randomly checked stuff....everyone out. Big order day!!!

Found a very small amount of things I was wanting....but Thanks to Don & Carol for one more order!!

Nothin yet....

Just finished this one with a few mods....Gofer decals

Went to a Ollie's today. They had kits....left overs from the last load. Lindberg 1/12 Fiats, Revell pre-paint Mustang and Challenger, Patrick Cup Ford and the ships/planes. Picked a Patrick Ford since the Cup kits are missing from new spreadsheet.

No kits in maybe 20 years or so.......I have a few kits with TRU price stickers......but those are mid 1990's era.

That was Bob Johnson's idea. After he left Monogram he wanted to start a model company that would make kits just like the Cobra. It fail to generate enough interest to get off the ground although I did some R&D for him.