Gimme 5 automotive subjects you'd like to see reissued

[Luc Janssens]

11 hours ago, Xingu said:

When has the title of a thread stopped anyone from posting something?

If Luc says it is ok, I can edit the title to remove Round 2.

This is a catch 22, we are wrong when we combine threads and we are wrong if we keep separate threads. This is why I upped my meds.

I'm in a good mood today, so why not

 

[Xingu]

5 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

I'm in a good mood today, so why not

 

Thanks Luc.

[Oldcarfan27]

On 12/1/2020 at 10:44 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

These are tools that theoretically could be reissued because, to the best of my knowledge, they haven't been modified into anything else. 

Before I hear rants on how "that kit won't ever get reissued", bear in mind, this is just my wish list.

Feel free to add to it. My only criteria is that the tool hasn't been modified since it's last release. 

This one needs to come back. With all of the original optional parts and this box art!

[Bob Warfield]

I may be the odd man out here but I'd love to see another SC Rambler and maybe AMX.

Bob

[Tom Geiger]

These exercises remind me of a story....

Back in the day I belonged to a few model car clubs.  There was a fellow who whined constantly that a model company needed to come out with a new kit of a '66 Chevy Impala. We told him to buy an old annual.  Nope, that was too expensive for him!

So what happens?  Revell does it!   And at our meeting a dealer brought a full case of them to sell cheaper than at hobby shops!  Was this guy happy?  No, he wanted someone to buy one and open it so he could see the contents before he'd buy one!

Everyone else was happy that there was a new kit.  And we all bought one.  Seeing the sealed kits sitting at our places, this guy kept haunting people... would someone open one up?  We all just smirked and refused to comply.   There was one kit left for sale from the case... would he buy it? Nope!  

 

Edited September 25, 2021 by Tom Geiger

[The Junkman]

9 hours ago, Bob Warfield said:

I may be the odd man out here but I'd love to see another SC Rambler and maybe AMX.

Bob

Javelin with Donohue edition parts optional.  Not holding my breath.

[ZTony8]

Tamiya Leyton House March CG901. I think it's  only one of two 1/20th scale F1 cars they haven't reissued at some point.

[charlie8575]

1. All the AMT, MPC and Monogram pre-war cars, like the Stutz, Packards, and so forth.

2. MPC 1969-'72 Grand Prix (I REALLY hope this comes about with the re-engineering program).

3. Almost anything Jo-Han made.

4. AMT 1958-'62 annuals.

5. All the neat little Pyro/Lindberg/Life-Like 1/32 brass cars

Charlie Larkin

[Oldcarfan27]

These are due and sorely missed!

[espo]

15 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

These are due and sorely missed!

I agree with you especially the C30 pickup. This may share some of the tooling for another version that was a GMC with a solid sided camper shell, 

[Keef]

5 that I’d like to see reissued? From any manufacturer?

1) Monogram 70 Malibu Street Machine(yellow car)

2) JoHan 68 Olds 442

3) JoHan 69 Roadrunner 

4) MPC 71 Roadrunner 3n1

5) MPC Dodge Warlock truck

[Smoke Wagon]

1. Revell 1950 Ford F1

2. AMT 1955-57 Chevy stepside pickup

3. Revell ‘99 Chevy Silverado

4. MPC Dodge ‘Lil Red Express

5. MPC 1981 Chevy K10 stepside (last seen as Sod Buster I think)

Edited October 23, 2021 by Smoke Wagon
Warlock was mentioned already

[deuces wild]

How's about the '71-'74 MPC annuals with the same box art???.... I  miss those....?

[Casey]

1/16 AMT '55 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop

1/16 Revell Big Bad Van

1/16 Revell Camaro IROC-Z

1/8 Monogram Camaro IROC-Z

1/16 Monogram Flatbed Trailer (why this was not reissued when the 1/16 tractors were a few years ago is a mystery)

 

[OldNYJim]

On 10/15/2021 at 10:57 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

These are due and sorely missed!

They changed their mind about the spelling of the word ‘Dually’ apparently

Or do some folk actually use ‘dooley’?

 

[Bills72sj]

22 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

They changed their mind about the spelling of the word ‘Dually’ apparently

Or do some folk actually use ‘dooley’?

 

Well, there was a time when teaching kids "Hooked on Phonics" was a good idea. Maybe their proofreading committee was educated during that time frame.

[keyser]

GM called them Big Dooleys starting in 73, maybe, around then in ads. 

[Casey]

Revell could simply straight reissue these and rake in the money:

• 1/25 '68 Pontiac Firebird
• 1/25 '67 Camaro
• 1/25 '77 Monte Carlo Snap
• 1/25 '49 Mercury Woodie Wagon
• 1/25 '41 Willys, race/gasser version
• 1/25 '60 Chevy Impala Hardtop
• 1/25 '99 Chevy Pickup
• 1/25 '57 Ford Sedan Gasser
• 1/25 '70 Plymouth HEMI Cuda
• 1/24 '70 Plymouth Road Runner
• 1/24 '55 Chevy Street Machine

Edited February 6, 2022 by Casey

[keyser]

Casey it is a Merc woody. But agree. 
If RoG could find the ex-Dragon E36 M3 molds they issued once, that’d be great too. 

[1930fordpickup]

You would think that these model companies would have someone looking at current trends on sales on web sites for pricing to figure out what needs to be rereleased. After how long some of the prices  stay strong I am thinking they do not.  It takes them years after a trend to put out kits they already have molds of. Brand Licensing must be the cause.  

[Casey]

4 hours ago, keyser said:

Casey it is a Merc woody. But agree. 

Doh. Fixed. Had the '48 Ford Custom on the brain and list, then deleted it because I wasn't so confident that'd be a good seller.

[Smoke Wagon]

On 11/27/2021 at 10:55 PM, keyser said:

GM called them Big Dooleys starting in 73, maybe, around then in ads. 

Yup, first year of the squarebody trucks, and IIRC Chevy’s first pickups with dual rear wheels and a pickup box together. Before that it was one or the other. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 hours ago, Casey said:

Revell could simply straight reissue these and rake in the money:

• 1/25 '68 Pontiac Firebird
• 1/25 '67 Camaro
• 1/25 '77 Monte Carlo Snap
• 1/25 '49 Mercury Woodie Wagon
• 1/25 '41 Willys, race/gasser version
• 1/25 '60 Chevy Impala Hardtop
• 1/25 '99 Chevy Pickup
• 1/25 '57 Ford Sedan Gasser
• 1/25 '70 Plymouth HEMI Cuda
• 1/24 '70 Plymouth Road Runner
• 1/24 '55 Chevy Street Machine

I'm late to this particular party, but it sure seems like every time I've seen a list anything like that in the past, the chorus starts singing that none of that stuff is "relevant" anymore, it would only appeal to past-it geezers with one foot in the grave, and that trainloads of money should be poured into new tooling for soulless, lookalike or downright ugly late-model shiboxes instead. 

People would stand in line to get models of this, right?

                                             

 

[Tabbysdaddy]

13 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I'm late to this particular party, but it sure seems like every time I've seen a list anything like that in the past, the chorus starts singing that none of that stuff is "relevant" anymore, it would only appeal to past-it geezers with one foot in the grave                                     

 

Lol.

At least there are two things on his list that interest me. I don't know if I should be happy or sad about that.

[P51Mustang]

9 hours ago, Casey said:

Revell could simply straight reissue these and rake in the money:

• 1/25 '68 Pontiac Firebird
• 1/25 '67 Camaro
• 1/25 '77 Monte Carlo Snap
• 1/25 '49 Mercury Woodie Wagon
• 1/25 '41 Willys, race/gasser version
• 1/25 '60 Chevy Impala Hardtop
• 1/25 '99 Chevy Pickup
• 1/25 '57 Ford Sedan Gasser
• 1/25 '70 Plymouth HEMI Cuda
• 1/24 '70 Plymouth Road Runner
• 1/24 '55 Chevy Street Machine

That's a great list !!