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So, after a long period of waiting after the rumours started, the moment was finally there, I got my hands on the new Revell Samba bus. It is an all new tooling kit, but there is more new than just that. Starting with the boxart, it has a new style for the European Revell modelkits, I have seen it on a few more new models, so I guess it is the new corporate style for the European market. As usual, it has a very nice box-art on it. The box is also nicely filled, what a good thing is, is that the box is perfect in size. The parts are not cramped together, nor completely loose. Next are the many sprues, all are nicely packed. No more than 2 sprues in one plastic bag. The chromepieces are packed seperate The decals seems to be nice, but for this size of a kit, I would've expected more decals Unfortunately, the clearparts are packed together, I would've liked to see that they were seperate. As you can see, the 1/16 is based upon the same construction as the 1/24 ones, multipiece body, but it is more detailed And another new for Revell; a new style manual. In colour! I must say that I really like it, these are the color outings And this is the new style construction drawings. They have been using 3D digital drawings for a while now, but with adding color, it looks so much nice. I am very happy with what I have found in the box. The parts look nice and I have no doubt they will fit together nicely. However; I am somewhat dissappointed in the little detail on the technical side (engine, suspension etc...) They could've gone a few steps further in this scale. But it does look better than the 1/12 Mustang. I also find the price a bit steep, over here the going rate is 70 euro's retail. I have seen a little lower prices, but still around the same ball game. I think 50 or so, would be a bit fairer in price.