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I'm saying it won't "make it's way into a U.S. Revell box". It will stay in the Revell Euro box and while prices for those in the U.S. can be slightly less (a few bucks at best) in a U.S. Shop compared to buying them in Europe that difference was primarily made up of the currency difference. They are not the $8-12 less kits are when they are indeed reboxed. Euro boxes usually aren't carried at Hobby Lobby either to try to get the 40% action going. The current Euro MSRP on the kit is $55 US, with most places selling it around $44 US. Compare that to Euro sales of Fujimi kits themselves and even within Europe the EXACT same Fujimi kit (with 1970 Winner livery like the Revell kit) is $11 cheaper at $33 US. https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=56647 https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=19200 It's not clear what the US retail of the kit will be because while Stevens lists it, they don't have a price for it yet. But I wouldn't expect it to be significantly lower than the $35-40 it would cost to pick up the kit at HobbyLink Japan and ship it over ($19 kit + $15-18 shipping). Minus all the waiting, although the decals will probably be arguably better in the Revell kit if they had Cartograf or Zanchetti print them.

No it doesn't seem like it, minus Brian's comments about swapping the dash yourself. It's 3D scanned from a local (Japan) car, so that would be RHD. Moreover does anyone even know if these last year Rover Minis were even made in LHD and exported here? By 1997 BMW had bought Rover and was allowing them to wind out production of the "Mini Classic" via licensing agreement while they prepped the BMW Mini that we have now.

Nope it won't. "New" Revell isn't going to rebox every European release any more than the last one did. We get North American boxings of the significant new tool kit of the year (Land Rover, Jaguar Coupe [but not the Cabrio], Porsche 911s, Panamara, etc), but we don't ever receive reboxes of all of them. There's not going to be a rebox of that Sunny/Academy based Cobra, or the big 1/8 Trans Am. The one consistent thing I heard at Nats talking to all the manufacturers (Kinetic, Eduard, Revell, Atlantis, etc) was that they've tried their best to hold the prices on inflation based increasss, but in the back half of this year going into 2023 those costs are going to have to be passed along. The idea of "cheap version" of a kit is something of the past.

For people who don't have Google Translate, the website text says - Item 24363 1/24 NISSAN Fairlady Z (RZ34) 1/24 SCALE NISSAN Z Nissan's sports car, Fairlady Z, announced in August 2021 for North America and in January 2022 for Japan. The 7th generation features a design that pays homage to successive models with the main theme of "fusion of tradition and state-of-the-art technology". Equipped with a 405-horsepower 3-liter V6 twin-turbo engine at the front, it combines a 6-speed MT or 9-speed AT transmission to drive the rear wheels. As a pure engine model, it attracted the attention of fans around the world. 《About the model》★1/24 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length 183mm, Width 84mm, Height 55mm. ★The sharp form of the 2-door fastback coupe has been faithfully reproduced. The outer panel of the body and roof is composed of separate parts. ★Separate parts such as the lower part of the transmission and front and rear suspension arms give the underside of the chassis a three-dimensional finish. ★The seat is divided into 4 sections for ease of painting. ★Comes with masking stickers for coloring transparent parts. ★You can choose to assemble either Japanese or North American specifications. ★Emblems and logos are recreated with inlet marks. ★Tires are made of solid rubber. Under supervision of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

So answering a question I'm not sure anyone actually asked, we have here the brand new tool Mini Cooper from Hasegawa. Expected for October Release. Now apparently these later year Mini Coopers were exceptionally popular in Japan with a significant portion of the Mark VII production landing there in the final years which might explain why they chose this specific version opposed to earlier Marks. Full photos of the test shots and built prototype here - https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10907116

Well see that's the unspoken thing about Moebius, they've always had QC issues from Day 1. Most of it has been hushed up over the years by the "You should just be happy you have a model" crowd bolstered by the fact the company (much like Salvinos JR) censored their social media to delete negative feedback up to and including blocking folks. Pulling the "free review sample gravy train" away from online/YT folks who mentioned any QC issues and so on and so forth. The hood Dusty got isn't from the run of the ramp truck, it's NoS parts from previous releases of the 67-72 Fords. Warped hoods have always been a problem across that entire series of kits from the time they were originally released. But some people insist Moebius is "Tamiya-like" quality and all of that...

At one point maybe, but the Revell kit is selling around $45 in Europe without any shipping, and it probably won't be too much cheaper here when it comes over. Meanwhile with the upside down exchange rate the Fujimi kits (which just had a reissue earlier this year so they're widely available) are priced at less than $20 in Japan.

The Skill Level is based on parts count, I believe the kits needs to have more than 125 pieces to qualify. The Fujimi 917 is around 90 or so.

It's the Fujimi kit reboxed as a RevellAG kit. It's been out for for a month or so in Europe. It's been a little while since the 1970 LeMans winner livery has been out, but Fujimi released it with that livery in the past as well.

I don't believe those boxes extended beyond their Ferrari line of reissues in 2006/2007.

Not so much that, as much as it is the expectation of it being semi-current content vs. 40-50+ years old. It's not (to me) junk vs. not, but I know what to expect. We - as a forum - can sit here and be all snide about "everyone knows" til the cows return, HOWEVER this forum even if it united in a mass purchase of a particular kit couldn't buy the entire run. We're the 1%...or maybe 5% at the top of the most informed, most seasoned/knowledgeable people in the hobby, and yet we don't represent anything like a majority of the sales of these items. People look at the IPMS as some monolithic organization, but there's only about 4500 members in the U.S. that's again not buying out a single kit run even of all of the membership agreed to purchase a single genre kit.

I guess I have to agree with Alan in that.... 1. Why is Retro Box Art often one of the 4 Bullet Items on the sticker on the cellophane? The people who will appreciate the 60s throwback box art already KNOW what it's from, it's not really a feature. A subpoint to this is why things that aren't old enough to be "retro" have to also be subjected to the faux treatment. A lot of younger builders are really turned off by AMT/MPC right now (more on that in a second) and they're doing themselves no favors by lumping everything together as "Old Kit!" 2. The person(s) who decided to go Retro with the instructions really need a talking to, I to remember the much clearer Ertl era sheets from 89-97 and these recreations of the original sheets are cute...and also hot garbage in terms of being accurate technical drawings for assembling the kit. 3. Round2 reputation with the next wave of customers is on shaky footing. The nostalgia thing worked in bringing the brands back to life after the RC2 ownership. Buuuuut a lot of folks who fit into that - New Modeler/Returning Modeler group (Bottom of Gen X, Gen Y, Millennials, and the Top of Gen Z (those folks are in their 20s now) didn't know what they were getting with Round2 kits necessarily and have been "burned" repeatedly because they expected a modern(ish) kit and got a pile of 70s "finest". When you buy a Revell kit, 85% of that is post 1988. Moebius - is all newer, Salvinos 80s to brand new. Tamiya, anything post 1986 is solid. Aoshima puts warnings on their boxes about old kit origins, Hasegawa has put out an ocean of new kits and most of the reissues are from post 1986. Round2 remains the only company (minus the odds and ends at Atlantis) that cranks out these "ancient" kits. It's fabulous for a lot of folks, don't get me wrong. But I've also seen a LOT of comments recently about the upcoming modern tools that should be right in the wheelhouse of the 25-45 age group that are something to the effect of - A new Bronco...cool, too bad it's AMT. Sweet a new Charger, too bad someone else isn't doing it. Now you can twist in the wind however you want to about ungrateful youth and not real modelers, etc. But let's face the reality that most kits past the end of the 1980s have a certain engineering and build quality to them, and with this unified box art people don't know what to expect and are now just skipping the brands entirely.

It was put up on the distribution list for September this morning, which might be late August if they're already on the way over. For whatever reason MRU gets their kits several days/weeks later than some places.

Maybe...they put them in the 69 Camaro with the ice cube hood, and the 71 Olds has Firestone Wide Oval decals on it's sheet.

Ed seemed to believe that the stock wheels will be in it as they wouldn't be allowed on the box art if they're not included. Otherwise, it's reported as a straight reissue of the kit from its last run, which means no stock height suspension.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the 442 has Firestone Wide 0 Oval decals. Slowly but surely Revell has been branding their tires again...

Decals for the 442 Contents & Decals for the 1981 Camaro Someone requested a hood shot.

It's the IPMS National Convention. It's been held at the La Vista Conference Center now through Saturday afternoon. It's open 9a-6pm Thur & Fri, 9a-2p on Saturday. Door is $15 for General Admission, substantially more if you wanted to enter the contest and go to the Seminars as you need to be an IPMS National Member. https://ipmsusa2022.com The Nationals move every year, so it's not a dedicated annual event in the same location. 2023 will be August 2nd-5th in San Marcos, Texas. We'll find out who bid for 2024 on Saturday morning.

I doubt we'll see it this year...maaaaybe right before Christmas, but in reality it's probably 1Q 2023.

Yeah I already posted these in a separate thread with the rest of the photos from Revell's booth in Omaha. Glad to see they're already walking around FB with my name detached in a matter of hours. ? I'll take a picture of the hood in the morning.

So let's take a peek shall we? First up the well known and seen before 1971 Olds 442. Next up the reissue boards. Couple of things on here that have been mentioned in passing, but now with box art prototypes The 32 Ford is right around the corner, complete with an actual box. Aaaaand what we really all came here for, the debut of the 1971 Mustang. I drive to Nebraska so you don't have to...

Probably not til at least September, it's not on the distribution list for July or August.

Based on what was said at Indy a month and a half ago the end of this year at the earliest, probably dragging into 1Q of 2023.

My deck plate gas a minor twist in it that the heavy tongue and groove assembly of the bed itself seems to straighten out. Some heavy and slow gluing (like you're trying to assemble fuselage halfs on a plane) should settle that with a minimum of drama. My hood is also askew...but for everyone saying it's warped. Is your hood actually warped? Because to me it looks like the hood itself is perfectly straight side to side, but it's injected on a couple of degrees off TDC in terms of the sprue itself. Mine doesn't have any twist to it, but it's not level with the mold plane, it's like the sprue attachment point drooped under the weight of the part.

I always thought the dairy cow with VR goggles (so it thinks it's in a field, rather than a post apocalyptic warehouse) was the winning piece from ToriFactory for this particular series of diorama items.