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The surprises were the Hellcat Charger and the '72 Chevellle reissue. Everything else on the table were things that were already announced in Detroit last month or other long known projects.

There was a series of 3 SnapTite 1981 Fords made. A "Styleside", a Flareside, and whatever the crack-smoked heck the "6-Wheeler" was supposed to be. They're all the same cab and suspension/chassis, just the beds and wheels are different. None of them have been seen again since 1981 that I'm aware of, and I'm not sure why they'd pick the "fauxully" to reissue - aside from it's perceived uniqueness.

Revell U.S. has like 2 employees now, and Ed functions as a consultant and show rep. So no, he doesn't specifically know when kits ship. Those "new" Revell kits ('32 Ford. 57 Del Rio, and '77 Chevy P/U) landed in stores over the past 72 hours. The two biggest distributors are in NJ and CT, so those vendors we're lucky via proximity to get their kits in Friday before they left for the show. My LHS, which does a lot of show vending, didn't get them in until Saturday Afternoon. So they didn't have them to sell at the show they found themselves at (not NNL East) since they were at the show when the shipment hit the store.

Talked to Ed he said the Blazer should be out by the end of 2024 if all goes as planned. I have pictures of everything (well not the Blazer, or any S.T. kits as there were no samples of those) but I took them on my full frame camera this year and I just walked in the door from the drive home from NJ. More to come in the AM...

It seemed to be a given that the Flareside still existed in some form since the first batch of the Lightning kits accidentally got run with the Flareside's narrow tailgate. I still have an unbuilt original, but it's tempting to cash that out to someone who doesn't know the reissue is coming to get the new one with with an actual decal sheet.

Straight reissue of the Flareside (decals notwithstanding).

One of the big quiet reasons behind it is DeJoy in all of his brilliance did two things. Forced trucks to leave at their cut times to avoid paying the "O/T" (it's not really O/T as all Postal Contracts just pay a flat fee and for Contractors there is no actual time and a half as all hours are paid at flat hourly "equivalent"). That means the sort centers are trying to work faster and the big bins of mail are often dropped at the wrong locations on the dock. Add to that a large number of Postal Contracts were canceled with the consolidation of sort centers and swaths more were not renewed and bid out to lower bid contractors. This caused a huge loss of "institutional knowledge" on the part of the Contract Drivers who move mail by the truckload. Most of the time truck drivers are responsible for loading the rolling stock onto their trailers. Very quickly (since Contracts specify a 6 day work week for the primary driver) you learn exactly what Zip 3(s) should or shouldn't be there. When I was doing that gig a decade ago I bet you I stopped 2-4 wrong routed bins per tour from being loaded onto my trailers (3 runs from Regional Sort to Local County Level P.O.) and usually they were things that weren't even in the same state as the local office, let alone a "reasonable" missort. All of that of course is based on the idea that the people who are sorting off the line into the rolling stock are paying attention to what bins they're supposed to be loading off the line at any given time.

They actually didn't, someone (I don't know which distributor you use) set the MSRP wrong, which obviously effects the shelf price you charge. Someone mentioned this to Ed today at NNL East and he was shocked at that price and immediately said it was too low and didn't accurately reflect the the correct price. Soooo I guess guy buy em if you can find them, because they aren't going to be low for long.

No such luck...

If Sean manages to get it all together (it's already painted and mostly assembled beyond those raw photos) in time it should be at NNL East tomorrow.

Why exactly are we worried about 2025 when Round2 is going to debut as yet unannounced 2024 projects at NNL East on Saturday?

Did I miss the month of May? Last time I looked it was still April...?

The only things that got passed to Atlantis were tools still based in Illinois, and even then it wasn't all of those. This kit was reissued in 2007 and was run in China at that time, so it isn't something that could be passed off.

The guys at Atlantis are good friends with Ed and the folks who ran "Hobbico Revell", so they'd know first hand how well those Renewal reissues sold when they were done 10 years ago. If they were dead stock - honestly none of that military stuff appealed enough for me to pay attention to it - then chances are it won't see the light of day for quite awhile.

Saaaaaaay whaaaaaa? There's a difference? Noooooo waaaaaaaay. Alright I'm giving you a hard time because you're the new guy who decided to thud in here and try to explain the world. I know it won't be $106 on the shelf but... Pre-orders on this in Europe are running at $75 US, which doesn't account for shipping which would run around $15-20. Don't count on it being any cheaper on the kit price itself in the U.S. The current Revell business model no longer force ships RevellAG kits out to U.S. retailers, meaning hobby shops/online vendors have to specifically order in this stuff now. There is an overall large increase on upcoming RevellAG kits in general in 2024, and this tractor isn't something that would get a North American re-box kit at normal Revell U.S. prices.

I like them too, I'm just not so sure I like it $106 worth. One has to hope that's a misprint, even with 80 or so more parts than the "antique" Fendt that doesn't justify the 225% price increase - my LHS sells the earlier kit for less than $35.

Much like several other "open top" kits ICM has done there will be two releases of this at the same time. The one we've been discussing here appears to be the one that will actually include the "up top". Be sure you know which one you're purchasing if that option specifically matters to you, otherwise you're getting specifically a convertible.

There's a tiny "x2" under that sprue, meaning you'd get two of them....for...6 wheels total...?

203 pieces...might be more pieces than a 1:1 Model A has...

What are you talking about? Other than the Rat Roaster (and the '32 Roadster they reissued based on it to "De-Stacy" it) and the '29/'30 Model A kits this would be one of the newest Hot Rod kits available. It came out originally in 2011 (then called a '32 Ford Sedan Street Rod) which is based of the 1996 new tool '32 Ford tooling. This isn't a reissue based on the old Orange Crate from the 1960s.

Heh...they might function 2-3 times and then the plastic hinges would snap off and you had an exploded '57 Bel Air. At least with Aoshima's Lamborghini kits with Opening & Closing Doors they run on metal parts and last a little while.

The finesse of language being lost in the machine translation is "functional", the doors and rear hatch open and close at the builders whim. "Opening Doors" within the context of Japanese kits means the doors can be posed open or left closed, but you have to pick one or the other. Aoshima's own Paganis are a great example of that. Those kits have multiple opening body panels, but you have to make decisions as to what is open and what stays closed during assembly - they don't function again afterwards. I mean almost every model kit made by U.S. manufacturers has an "opening" hood, but that just means it's a separate part and if you want to display it open it really implies - Display on the ground beside the car to show off the engine. Very few things besides Corvettes and the odd "Flip-Nose" doohicky had functional hoods. There was even that kick Revell & AMT/Ertl got on in the 90s where new kits came with really detailed hood hinges, but then if you installed them you were making your engine bay a giant dust catcher because the hood will be permanently open until the earth cools. Which looks better in a display granted, but then you can't actually close it.

The 32 Roadster was reissued in 2005, which is also the last time the 3 Window kit was done last. The tooling wasn't "tired", there just wasn't any more room on the inserts for any more parts, so a new tool was required to do the Rat Roaster. The base 1996 '32 Ford 3 Window kit had begot the 5 Window, the Roadster, this Tudor, and the Speedwagon. That's a LOT of engines/engine options to say nothing of the interiors and other parts. There's only so much square footage to a piece of tooling even with swapping out inserts.