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My answer was based on the nature of the question given that the Camper is barely released, and that the Kombi and Camper are the same base with different innards. Also the Camper seems to have evaporated if you didn't get one in Europe the instant they were released. We haven't gotten them yet in the U.S., and neither has the rest of the world for that matter.

They've only made the Samba/23 Window and a Panel van. Then reissued both what seems like 19 times each with different decals.

MPC PLASTIC MODEL KITS MPC-897 1/25 Torque Custom Trike $25.95 TBA

So this prototype "box art" popped up in Japan for the VW T1 Micro Bus. I would presume this is basically the Camper Van just sans...camper stuff. New parts being a conventional seating arrangement for this variant?

The Landini tractor is just a badge engineered Ferguson, so the kit is a lightly modified version of their Ferguson 2680 kit from the 80's. I'm not sure if there are any actual new parts, or they just have you not put the front weight system on and drew up some decals.

The only G Series 911 Fujimi makes - if they're as pedantic about specifics as they were with that German only '68 Beetle - is the '74 Carrera RS. The G Series is specifically the 1974 model. Even if they aren't THAT year specific there still isn't a regular 911 between the '69 and the 1985 kits (as both the 73 and 74 kits are Renn Sports) and the only Targas are the 911 Carrera and 911 Turbo 1985 kits. Might not be ground breaking, but there's plenty of wiggle room in there to produce kits that don't exist currently.

The 911s will be new, the only ones that RevellAG has direct access to, presuming they even exist anymore, are 1/25 scale and none are the right model to replicate what the list says. There have been only four 911s released in 1/24 in a Revell box. The '85 Targa was a reboxed Fujimi kit, the Gembella Avalanche was a Fujimi kit with Revell parts added, and the 911 Turbo & Slant Nose Cabriolet are U.S. spec 911s based on older Monogram tools.

Any American subject on that list is something being reboxed for sale in Europe. In the case of the '70 Firebird it would be this kit which was just reissued here not terribly long ago. It's basis is from Mongram in the Early 80s as it has been for something like 4 reissues between the Monogram & Revell labels in the intervening years.

These are Revell Germany specific releases. They have no bearing on U.S. releases. Hannats has been accurate the past several years. RevellAG will make their official year-wide announcement at 00:01 local time on New Year's Day as always. There's a whole slew of the other "IPMS" kits up as well, but since we're a car forum I didn't requisition copies of those photos.

Some more stuff listed at Hannants for 2021...for some clarity Dr. Oetker is a German Multinational Food company, the Canada guys will be familiar. The 2021 new tool kit seems to be a "G" Model Porsche 911. The few times Revell released them in 1/24 in the past they were reboxed Fujimi Enthusiast kits. Depending on how literally Revell takes the "G" model will be interesting. A lot of people seem to think that any 911 built between 1974-1989 are Gs, when in fact the G model was specifically the 1974 911s. This is a bit of needle threading as the Fujimi kit of that specific window is a Carrera RS, and these seem to be more "mundane" 911 Coupe & Targa versions.

Well sure there's a bit of that, however death of your local hobby shop doesn't necessarily equate to less kits being sold. They're just being sold in different eCommerce ways - mail order, Amazon, eBay, etc. But beyond that, who exactly in the supply chain is supposed to take a pay cut. Obviously each of us individually would like to either make more or pay less, but then so does everyone from Indiana to China and back. Sorry folks, Round2 has a pay freeze for 2021, people can't afford to buy EVERY kit we offer rather than the ones they might actually build.

So here's the real question - If this were 1995 and you didn't have a billionteenth photos of E-Types at your finger tips in .000000009 seconds, would you honestly know the windshield frame was wrong? I mean I can clearly see it isn't right in comparison, but I don't know this car well enough to have an "Ah-HAAAAAAAAAA!!!" moment without the reference photos to compare it to...I'd judge 99% of the customers Revell will sell this to can't either. I'm also willing to bet 100% of these that get built will never be in the same room as a real E-Type, or an actual professional expert of the 1:1 car. I say all of that to say this - Using a "universal" windshield frame, which allows one windshield for both models (presuming a follow up Cabrio) is where the budget meets the road. Sure it's two pieces, 4 cavitations, so maybe $8-10k in tooling costs. BUT that also presumes you could wave a magic fairy wand and just add the parts to the existing parts runners as they sit. But those things all laid out in a way to make sure all that molten plastic actually makes it from one end to another, and it's not just as simple as adding an extra part. It might require an entire re-engineering of the clear and chrome runners, which beyond the CAD time to figure all of that out, might probably require the tooling to be cut in a such a way that it would be make the entire thing cost ineffective. These kits are on eBay for $37 US shipped from the U.K. (probably in a trash sack with no padding, but that's another story), and will most likely be under $25 at my LHS in the U.S. rebox. The McLaren Senna is $63 on pre-order. They both have roughly the same number of parts. Who here is willing to pay $63 for a Revell Jaguar? Exactly...

Couple of odds and ends from SpotModel...from Reji Model The 1978 & 1979 Kremer Minolta liveries for the BeemaNuNu 935 K2/K3. Then the Totip/Benneton livery for the Hasegawa Lancia 037 and replacement wheels for a Hase Legacy Rally kit (1993 RAC kit has the wrong number of spokes). Lastly a pair of sheets from Decalcas for the 1980 Le Mans IMSA class winning Dick Barbour Racing Sachs 935 K3, and 2019 24hrs Turner BMW M6 GTD

Couple of items from LB Production in Hong Kong. The new Land Motorsport/Monoplast sheet that allows either ADAC Masters GT or VLN liveries for 2016. This was a rare double championship as Land took top spot in both German Racing Series that year. Also a set of 3D printed wheels to correct the NuNu BMW 320i, kit tires are a drop fit.

I also appreciate the fact that Round2 has made an unfortunate error on that page and instead of "Trust AMT" it says "RUST AMT"...Freudian slip of the fingers...

But that summary leaves off the best part - that it's molded in Neon Green.

The 007 Mustang should be out in a few days.... Racers Wedge - Late December Nova Wagon & GMC Jimmy (will be coming with pad printed M&H Racemasters) are January releases. Other 1/21 releases as the distribution stands at the moment - Hostess Ford C600 w/27' Trailer, '77 Ford "Surfer" Van with newly tooled surfboard & roof rack, '53 Studebaker in USPS Tin, and '58 Plymouth Street Fury "SLAMMERS" SnapTite - molded in Neon Green

Another secret would be 95% of the models sold go to people who don't care if the real thing is 12" long or 17" long. They buy what the magic styrene fairy defecates into Hobby Lobby when the shelves reset. When the majority of your customers don't care and you multiply it by all the loud mouthed derpage who think models should be priced like Halloween candy at Veteran's Day you have neither the inclination or budget to try harder. Aoshima has been 3D scanning kits for over a decade, Revell (US) had to this point scanned three...vehicles. I'll let you guys figure out the difference in overall customer expectations, sales price point, and budgets.

Clearly you've been fortunate to miss the various - I'd get one, only too bad it's 1/24 (and/or) it should be redone in 1/25 *DERP* - that occurs around here every time one of those old Monogram kits gets reissued.

Very much 2nd or 3rd the reissue of the MPC Celica Supra once again. It's probably my only "Pining for the Fjords" reissue. Never going to be a 1/25 A70 though, it took Hasegawa 32 years to find the gumption to do a new one to supplant the Tamiya kit, although I do hope to see a LHD version in the future. The factory stock kit should be out in two weeks or so and I'll be anxious to get my hands on one to inspect the engineering to see how possible that might be.

February brings forth the Gr. A JTCC configuration of this kit. They went with the iconic Minolta livery, representing the car as it ran at the Fuji InterTEC race at the end of 1988. The package literature says for the #36 car which itself is an odd choice since in the Fuji race they broke the suspension early enough in the race to not be categorized in the race, and finished something like 30th+ Fortunately there's a bevy of aftermarket Minolta sheets out there that would be able to provide the driver names and #37s to replicate the car that finished 2nd place in this race. Below are some test shots for the new racing parts. All I gotta say is I hope someone actually remembers to finishing tooling the wheels, cause I don't know what impact tool is gonna take off those wheel nuts as currently showing. Minolta Supra Turbo A70 `1988 InterTEC` (Model Car) Images List (1999.co.jp)

People sure do pick odd hills to die on participating in this hobby.

These displays are going to be most often found at the locations that not only has them last year, but also the ones that had the brief time with an actual hobby aisle about 5-7 years ago. If there's anything Wal*Mart does well it's inventory management and if a store can't sell it, it won't stock it. That's why of you'll notice sometimes Wal*Marts within 15 minutes of each other will carry completely different inventories beyond the essential staples.

It's a modified reissue of the Beemax S1 E2 Gr. B monster. New body tooling primarily with associated bits and bobs. Release in the Q1 of 2021. Represents the car as run (finishing 3rd) at the Olympus Rally in Washington State and was the last ever rally with Gr. B. By then the true insanity of Gr. B at Audi had faded after the death of Henri Toivonen at the Tour de Corse. They went from entering three team cars per event to a single entry except for three entries at the Ivory Coast Rally. Audi had stopped fielding Evo 2 and went back the "regular" Audi Sport S1. The car can also represent the Quattro S1 as run in 1984 & 1985 seasons prior to the Evo 2 as well. Several decal sheets from those earlier years are already in planning from the usual suspects like Reji Model.