charlie8575 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 Been wondering this myself, and AMT's plans for next year, too.Charlie Larkin
aurfalien Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 Man I'd love if AMT re issued the Superbug Gasser.
Snake45 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 Man I'd love if AMT re issued the Superbug Gasser.If you mean that short-body on the Manx frame, I'd like to see that again too. But we've already seen the Manx and the TeeVee, so I think it's definitely possible.
aurfalien Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 If you mean that short-body on the Manx frame, I'd like to see that again too. But we've already seen the Manx and the TeeVee, so I think it's definitely possible. Yep that be the one. Selling on eBay for a Benjamin or so.
iangilly Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Revell is just now getting 2nd quarter releases out. Maybe by March will have the 4th quarter announcements ?
Greg Myers Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) RoG : http://www.revell-news.de/display.php?M=113816&C=aae492cd1a2110055200a0f903bdeb4b&S=439&L=36&N=173 Edited October 7, 2015 by Greg Myers
Art Anderson Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Moebius, Revell, and Round2, all three to be at the NNL Nationals this weekend (Friday & Saturday). Why not at "i Hobby"? I Hobby, just with what it was named previously, "RCHTA", is and always has been, oriented to the R/C hobby (it's manufacturers and wholesalers), with not all that much consumer traffic, and certainly not that much traffic for plastic model company's booths. I learned this back in the fall of 2004 when I was part of the RC2 display there, representing Johnny Lightning and Polar Lights (this was after RC2 had bought out Playing Mantis, the manufacturer of both JL and Playing Mantis kits). I stood around for two whole days, maybe talked with 50 interested retailer parties. This is also why Revell, and to an extent, Moebius and Round2 have set up at NNL-East, to interface directly with model car builders and enthusiasts who are, of course, the end-users, the consumers, of model car kits.In today's world, at least here in the US, it makes more sense to pitch new products, make new announcements directly to the hobby itself, in hopes of creating what economists have always called "Demand-Pull" interest (back in the days of HIAA, it was to create the other incentive, "Supply-Push" interest to hobby retailers and the wholesalers who were then prevalent, complete with "sell sheets" and catalogs for hobby shop owners to take back to their stores to entice you then-young model car builders, THEIR customers. That got followed up by "Demand-Pull" advertising in real car magazines, most notably the Petersen Publishing Company mags such as Rod & Custom, Car Craft, even Hot Rod Magazine. Unfortunately, the advertising rates in real car magazines have gone "Off the Charts" where model car kit mfr's are concerned--but with the spread of the Internet, the Web, and forums such as this one and others, better to go directly to the consumer (us modelers) whenever possible--the news of upcoming releases spread like wildfire!I'll see a lot of modelers, many of whom I've known for years, at Sylvania, where I'll be a guest of Moebius. Art
Brett Barrow Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) There's no iHobby this year, they're "retooling" it to a more consumer-oriented show that travels to different locations each year. It will now be in the spring starting next March in Edison, NJ. The internet and social media have rendered traditional "trade shows" worthless. Edited October 7, 2015 by Brett Barrow
Greg Myers Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 This is interesting in light of all the nay sayers that insist these people DON"T listen to the little people in the hobby.
Mike Chernecki Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Any news yet from Revell? Or are they too involved with the new Star Wars kits and likely won't hear of any new Automotive kits?
Rob Hall Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Speculating...given that they still have 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarter items yet to be released, I doubt we will see anything new for the 4th quarter...if anything, maybe 1st quarter 2016 items will be announced before the end of the year... Edited October 20, 2015 by Rob Hall
Brett Barrow Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 The only thing I've seen so far regarding 4th QTR has been Star Wars only. That's not to say they won't do anything besides Star Wars kits, but like Rob said, they do still have some previous announcements that still aren't out.
Tom Geiger Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 The only thing I've seen so far regarding 4th QTR has been Star Wars only. That's not to say they won't do anything besides Star Wars kits, but like Rob said, they do still have some previous announcements that still aren't out. They're following the money! The sci fi market apparently has a lot more fans and potential than model car builders.
High octane Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Uh-oh, looks like some guys are runnin' out of kits to build, or is that buy?
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