Casey Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Speaking of Surf Woody, I wonder if that could ever be brought back?RC2 reissued it in 2003, so it's only a matter of time before Round2 reissues it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Speaking of Surf Woody, I wonder if that could ever be brought back?A reissue with the cardstock display would make sense!!! Seems to be the current trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 RC2 reissued it in 2003, so it's only a matter of time before Round2 reissues it again.I don't think showcars sold too well for them. I bought a couple of sealed Surf Woodies really cheap at shows a few months after their release last time. The big secret is that a really cool chassis sits under it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I don't think showcars sold too well for them. I bought a couple of sealed Surf Woodies really cheap at shows a few months after their release last time. The big secret is that a really cool chassis sits under it!What an ugly reissue.........R2 does a better job than RC2 did......retro box, display stand and go back to duel skinny slicks on rear and I'll buy two more.Maybe a 'Surf Hearst' box and display would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack rat Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 R2 does a better job than RC2 did..... Agreed...presentation has a lot to do with it, and John would do it right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) This version with the card stock display..........hmmmmmmm Or a new spooky display for Hearst Woody.... Edited October 17, 2015 by Dave Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 .. Per John Greczula at Round 2, he has confirmed our speculation in earlier in this thread that the '70 Monte is indeed a straight reissue of the late 1990's tool as designed by John Mueller. It turns out that this truly spectacular, all-new new box art, first unveiled at the 2015 NNL Nats a week ago, was developed by former AMT commercial artist Don Greer. As John told me, "I'm very excited to be able to work with an original Kat from AMT."... I've always felt that the "Mueller era" (as John G. calls it) AMT-Ertl kits were heavily compromised by poor box art from RC/Ertl that didn't even begin to convey how clever and well-engineered these kits were. It seems oh-so-appropriate to me that the Monte Carlo tool is now getting this retro-box-art treatment (along with other previous Round 2 reissues like the '60 Starliner, the '62 T-Bird, and the '62 Catallina), and I hope other Mueller era kits (such as the excellent '68 El Camino in both its restored stock and street machine versions) get a similar treatment in the future. Best regards....TIM . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 .. Per John Greczula at Round 2, he has confirmed our speculation in earlier in this thread that the '70 Monte is indeed a straight reissue of the late 1990's tool as designed by John Mueller. It turns out that this truly spectacular, all-new new box art, first unveiled at the 2015 NNL Nats a week ago, was developed by former AMT commercial artist Don Greer. As John told me, "I'm very excited to be able to work with an original Kat from AMT."... I've always felt that the "Mueller era" (as John G. calls it) AMT-Ertl kits were heavily compromised by poor box art from RC/Ertl that didn't even begin to convey how clever and well-engineered these kits were. It seems oh-so-appropriate to me that the Monte Carlo tool is now getting this retro-box-art treatment (along with other previous Round 2 reissues like the '60 Starliner, the '62 T-Bird, and the '62 Catallina), and I hope other Mueller era kits (such as the excellent '68 El Camino in both its restored stock and street machine versions) get a similar treatment in the future. Best regards....TIM . That box art is gorgeous, and will no doubt sell some kits. However, they need to start tooling up some new kits, as I have just about everything they made that I want. I am not a big showrod collector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Amazing what box art can do in getting me to buy a model. The Ertl era kits with their photograph box art in particular turned me cold to a lot of kits. The old, maybe less accurate, book art art has convinced me to buy several models I passed over during the Ertl era reissues. Have I been disappointed when I opened the boxes and found the model may not be exactly like the one shown on the box art? Yes and no. In my mind I've always know a that some of the kits didn't look as good as they did on the box art. Despite that, I was and am still okay with it. For the most part. There have been one or two that were disappointing. But, in general I've gotten about what I've expected. And been happy.Speaking of disappointments when looking the box art. Old Palmer kits. Sometime the box art would be great. But, never the kits. But, I got enough Palmer kits as a kid to know what was in the box, and not buy Palmer kits. I rarely found that to be a problem with AMT, MPC, Monogram, or Revell kits. And so far, never with Moebius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I would love to see the '68 El Camino back in good box art. I would love it even more if they could kill the vinyl top and fix those sink marks on the pillars. The rest of that kit was superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Speaking of disappointments when looking the box art. Old Palmer kits. Sometime the box art would be great. But, never the kits. But, I got enough Palmer kits as a kid to know what was in the box, and not buy Palmer kits. And today we buy Palmer kits just for the box art! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) I would love to see the '68 El Camino back in good box art. I would love it even more if they could kill the vinyl top and fix those sink marks on the pillars. The rest of that kit was superb!hExcellent points Dave. I have often thought this myself. On my build of this kit, I got around the sink marks with some two-part filer...but the point is, I (we) shouldn't have to. And I generally prefer to have my kits sans vinyl roofs - thus giving the builder the option of doing this himself (often with better scale appearance as a result). Also, little known is that the Street Machine version of this kit had a different pickup bed with mild tubs added - done very tastefully. This is a great example of the type of detail and attention to detail of the Mueller-AMT/Ertl era kits had, that the AMT-Ertl/Racing Champions era box art approach totally failed to convey. TIM Edited October 21, 2015 by tim boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 My crystal ball shows the Lindberg '37 Ford Convertible kit might be re-issued soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Round 2 is going to make me a bit poorer in '16! This is some of the NICEST box art I've seen come from a kit manufacturer in years! RC2's box art was simply TERRIBLE, and I do believe that really good box art can sell the most mediocre of kits. The '68 El Camino I believe also would be a smash hit with some terrific box art. I have the first issue, and yes, I would like to see them eliminate the vinyl roof texture! El Camino's look much better (to me) without it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 and I do believe that really good box art can sell the most mediocre of kits. Palmer and Premier built entire businesses around that theory! Back in the day we cringed when our aunt gave us one as a present. Today we buy them for the nostalgia of the box art! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I'm all for nice art, but at the same time, all those kits I bought in my youth where pretty box art often meant a vaguely car shaped lump of plastic inside. So, while art is prettier than a photo of the model, my first reaction to no photos tends to be, "Okay, what are they trying to hide?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I don't buy kits for the "box art," but for it's subject matter and contents. If I want box art, I'll get out my grandson's crayons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader101 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Round 2 is going to make me a bit poorer in '16! Same here.....I'm going to need to open a new savings account at my bank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) This version with the card stock display..........hmmmmmmm Or a new spooky display for Hearst Woody.... What's a "Hearst Woody" ? or for that matter a 'Surf Hearst' ? Edited October 29, 2015 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Maybe ? " Hearse " ? Edited October 29, 2015 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Hey Man I just saw this over on FB man on a very big model car page, does anyone know if this is true or not?? "Round2 are gonna reissue all 11 3-1 kits from 1958. My first model car kit was the 58 Ford" Peace How about some one posting it here ? For those of us that don't face plant. For that matter, how about some new kit photos from NNL ? Edited October 29, 2015 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathgoblin Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'd kinda like to get one of the "Tiger Shark/Dream Rod" kits. The asymmetry baffles me on the design, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Just found out that the Sand dragon is an Exclusive only at Auto world only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Just found out that the Sand dragon is an Exclusive only at Auto world only.If it ends up like the Paddy Wagon, it will be available to all us plebs, too. Edited October 30, 2015 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRodnKustom Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'd kinda like to get one of the "Tiger Shark/Dream Rod" kits. The asymmetry baffles me on the design, though. That might be cool, in it's original form and box art. I was never a big fan of the 1:1 but I'd probably pick up a reissue of the kit in this form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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