Gimme 5 automotive subjects you'd like to see reissued

[BlackSheep214]

12 minutes ago, Sledsel said:

This!!!

 

 

Ha! Definitely! I did that kit years ago and built it up as a 240-Robert Search & Rescue truck base from the same titled television show.

Now that Street vette, I got mine dirt cheap out of a model car kit lot from a fellow member in another forum I belong to. He noticed I was a car guy and offered me a bunch of my choosing including paints for $80s. I grabbed about 7 kits for that price. Most were kits from my youth years I've always wanted another crack at building again.

[RickyD]

24 minutes ago, Sledsel said:

This!!!

 

 

Real mystery as to why Round 2 hasn't repopped that one. The last time it was issued was by Model King as part of a combo kit with a Cougar funny car.

[rob1957]

Hi Patric. Are all those kits in your collection ?  Nice !

 Dukes of Hazzard for 2.99$ . That's great .

 Interesting how many of these were based on popular television series .

 There is a kit based on The Monkees TV show ? Those guys in a band .

 I remember at least 1 kit from The Munsters TV show . Could be more ?

[kurth]

2 minutes ago, RickyD said:

Real mystery as to why Round 2 hasn't repopped that one. The last time it was issued was by Model King as part of a combo kit with a Cougar funny car.

I have been thinking the same thing for years. This kit is my last holy grail, and we know the tool existed as recently as 2006. They have reissued many other kits from the 70s, so why not this one? Maybe we will get lucky and see a reissue with the debut of the new 2021 Ford Bronco. With the new truck on the streets, it may be a good time to reissue  this kit.  

[440 Dakota]

would love to see the Super Z in the Super Z box, yes the box art has sentimental value to me, I think the red issue Pro Street was the last use of the tooling in the mid 80s and not all the super parts are included,

[mikemodeler]

29 minutes ago, RickyD said:

Real mystery as to why Round 2 hasn't repopped that one. The last time it was issued was by Model King as part of a combo kit with a Cougar funny car.

Yeah, even though I have one of those Broncos from the MK release, it would be nice to get another one. A friend of mine's father had a gas station with a 79 Bronco as a service truck, told him I would build a replica if I could find another kit. 

[Sledsel]

I'd like to see this one again, or was the latest a version of it?

  

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Sledsel

[BlackSheep214]

Best... Thread.... EVER!!!  So many vintage kits that deserve to be re-popped. 

[Oldcarfan27]

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[Oldcarfan27]

16 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I have to agree.

In the model kit world, you basically have two options.

Do I want to hold out some kind of hope that someone is going to re-pop a particular kit that I want sometime within the next 30 years, (hopefully before I'm dead), or do I want to be realistic and realize that I'm going to most likely have to bite the bullet and shell out a little cash if I really want it.

 

 

 

 

Steve

 

 

I realize, Steve, that any old kit is available someplace, for collector prices, if you want to pay for it.

Which is why I specifically stated in my opening comments to post only "end of the line" tools that had the possibility of reissue as is.

It's interesting to see how many kits were never reissued, even though the last run was never modified. 

I'm personally enjoying the retro box reissues that were getting now. Makes me feel like I'm getting old vintage kits for current retail prices.

Almost as if these old kits were left unpurchased on the shelves since they're original release.

[heyjohnxx]

How about

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[keyser]

Some were never reissued because they did sit on shelves. 
MPC 70 Impala convert. Issued once in Halloween glow plastic. Never saw anything but 1-2 gluebombs in 30y

[Oldcarfan27]

2 hours ago, rob1957 said:

Hi Patric. Are all those kits in your collection ?  Nice !

 Dukes of Hazzard for 2.99$ . That's great .

 Interesting how many of these were based on popular television series .

I wish! No I don't have many of them, but I sure would like to see them come back again in the old boxes.

[Oldcarfan27]

3 hours ago, SCRWDRVR said:

I bought a bunch of these cheap when nobody else wanted them.

I don't know if anyone is aware, but the chassis, engine compartment and engine parts fit really well in both the AMT and MPC 71-73 Mustangs.

Adds much more detail than their original parts!

And you can use the roof to create a Mustang Grande.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Oldcarfan27

[SCRWDRVR]

19 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

I bought a bunch of these cheap when nobody else wanted them.

I don't know if anyone is aware, but the chassis, engine compartment and engine parts fit really well in both the AMT and MPC 71-73 Mustangs.

Adds much more detail than their original parts!

And you can use the roof to create a Mustang Grande.

 

I've always been a fan of the Cougars, I've always wanted a 69 and owned a 73 in my youth... I had one of the kit years ago and I'm sure I'll trip across one some day...

[Casey]

 

18 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

I bought a bunch of these cheap when nobody else wanted them.

I am thinking the MPC '71(?) Mercury Cougar kit might be reissued within the next few years.

The second gen Ford Bronco not being reissued is still a mystery to me, too, but I suspect there's a good reason we have yet to see it.

I wonder if the 1/24 Monogram '70 Plymouth GTX can be reissued, or if it was irreversibly modified into the '70 Plymouth Road Runner? I believe 1991 was the most recent(!) reissue.

 

[Oldcarfan27]

Just now, Casey said:

 

I am thinking the MPC '71(?) Mercury Cougar kit might be reissued within the next few years.

The second gen Ford Bronco not being reissued is still a mystery to me, too, but I suspect there's a good reason we have yet to see it.

I wonder if the 1/24 Monogram '70 Plymouth GTX can be reissued, or if it was irreversibly modified into the '70 Plymouth Road Runner? I believe 1991 was the most recent(!) reissue.

 

I doubt it.

I remember reading somewhere that Monogram didn't butcher any of their tooling, they simply made different inserts to create reversible variations. 

I hope that was correct. Especially for the Turbo T/A that I posted earlier. 

[Scott8950]

gotta have these!

[RickyD]

3 hours ago, kurth said:

I have been thinking the same thing for years. This kit is my last holy grail, and we know the tool existed as recently as 2006. They have reissued many other kits from the 70s, so why not this one? Maybe we will get lucky and see a reissue with the debut of the new 2021 Ford Bronco. With the new truck on the streets, it may be a good time to reissue  this kit.  

There were numerous kits that were reissued by Model King, Learning Curve and Racing Champions that, imo, Round 2 really needs to bring back rather than endlessly recycling the same old tired tooling. In addition to the Bronco, the ones on my personal want list are the MPC Monte Carlo and GTO Super Stockers, the MPC L.A. Dart wheelstander drag car and MPC Winged Expess and Bantam Blast fuel altereds. The Super Stockers are 1,000 times better than the AMT Modified Stocker kits Round 2 insists on churning out. The chassis is perhaps the best short-track racing unit ever kitted and it has an adjustable wheelbase, which means it can be adapted to fit under virtually any mid-sized body. When Model King reissued those kits, I has several friends who bought cases of them to use as chassis donors. I've also seen the fuel altereds used as donors for numerous drag car projects. Like the Super Stockers, they've become expensive and difficult to find. 

Maybe Round 2 will get around to reissuing these kits eventually. I just hope I'm still around when they do.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

[Oldcarfan27]

15 minutes ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

Never saw that one before. At first glance, I thought it was the Revell kit, until I saw Mr. Speed.

That's a cool variation!

[TransAmMike]

Man, you guys' have sure pulled up some interesting stuff, some cool drag cars.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

1 hour ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Never saw that one before. At first glance, I thought it was the Revell kit, until I saw Mr. Speed.

That's a cool variation!

I started building it from the available Stude kit (same decals) and the Piranha chassis, which is basically what it is. There is an interior piece and what appears to be different headers. I haven't seen on ebay  and years and of course it would be stupid money.... -RRR

[Nazz]

5 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

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Definitely! 

[charger74]

That’s one i would love to see, There have been rumors for a long Time, still waiting !!!