Ollie's strike again

[rattle can man]

New Ollie's here still has pretty empty shelves. No kits since opening week.

[Tom99]

My local Ollie's has not had any new kits in about a year.

[atomicholiday]

16 hours ago, GT350 said:

Stopped by Ollies in Pottstown, PA today and saw a big pile of Monogram 57 Nomads for $15.99. While I already have had my fill of Monogram 57 Nomads with one, it may indicate other kits on the way soon?

Could be.  It’s getting closer to that time of year.  Seems like they show up in the fall.

[meechum68]

I will hit my Ollie's today and see if my luck is good.   During the summer, they had nothing I was interested in, just a couple smaller scale ships and at anyone time, it was no more than 7-8. 

[espo]

7 hours ago, Tom99 said:

My local Ollie's has not had any new kits in about a year.

The ones in the KC Metro area including a new one that just opened about 5 miles from my house haven't carried viable kits for more than a couple of years and I rarely even bother checking them anymore. 

[ewetwo]

My Ollies had the 1957 Nomad now. And a Bi-Plane I never saw before. Still had the same semi trailers.

[Dave Van]

Went to Lewisburg WV store:

Monogram 1/24 kits

69 Camaro Z288

57 Chevy coupe

57 Chevy Nomad

Lambo Diablo

32 Ford roadster

Revell 78 Firebird custom

My kits have a 6/18/25 date stamp so I feel these were made for Ollie's Christmas season. And at $16 now not a huge close out price. (I still have a number of Ollie's kits with $6.99 stickers! They were unboxing as I walked up. 6 kits 6 of each. Store employee asked where I found them....I think I found who buys a bunch of them and resells.....but at $16 not as easy now!!! Thanks

 

[bandit1]

Marietta Ohio location current availability as of Oct. 7th 2025

 

[Zen]

On 10/5/2025 at 5:28 PM, Dave Van said:

Went to Lewisburg WV store:

Monogram 1/24 kits

69 Camaro Z288

57 Chevy coupe

57 Chevy Nomad

Lambo Diablo

32 Ford roadster

Revell 78 Firebird custom

My kits have a 6/18/25 date stamp so I feel these were made for Ollie's Christmas season. And at $16 now not a huge close out price. (I still have a number of Ollie's kits with $6.99 stickers! They were unboxing as I walked up. 6 kits 6 of each. Store employee asked where I found them....I think I found who buys a bunch of them and resells.....but at $16 not as easy now!!! Thanks

 

Looks similar to the last go around when they were @ $12.99. I wonder if these are specifically made for Ollies to sell and not just a "clearance".

Edited Wednesday at 01:57 PM by Zen

[Mark]

7 minutes ago, Zen said:

Looks similar to the last go around when they were @ $12.99. I wonder if these are specifically made for Ollies to sell and not just a "clearance".

They were.  Price tags on most (if not all) were under the shrink wrap.

[Dave Van]

2 hours ago, Zen said:

Looks similar to the last go around when they were @ $12.99. I wonder if these are specifically made for Ollies to sell and not just a "clearance".

The date of manufacture and the way they were packaged tends me to think these are a Ollies only run. At $16 they will not be as easy a sell even if cirrent kits are $32 msrp. 

[Zen]

Yeah, especially if they are repeat run of the last batch. Just noticed that they are popping up on ebay for around $25.

[ewetwo]

On 10/5/2025 at 5:28 PM, Dave Van said:

Went to Lewisburg WV store:

Monogram 1/24 kits

69 Camaro Z288

57 Chevy coupe

57 Chevy Nomad

Lambo Diablo

32 Ford roadster

Revell 78 Firebird custom

My kits have a 6/18/25 date stamp so I feel these were made for Ollie's Christmas season. And at $16 now not a huge close out price. (I still have a number of Ollie's kits with $6.99 stickers! They were unboxing as I walked up. 6 kits 6 of each. Store employee asked where I found them....I think I found who buys a bunch of them and resells.....but at $16 not as easy now!!! Thanks

 

These are the same ones from a year ago aren't they?

[Dave Van]

10 minutes ago, ewetwo said:

These are the same ones from a year ago aren't they?

More than likely the tooling needs zero maintenance is ready to run and Ollie's sold out last time.....so why not! I do wish they'd find other tools to run for them.  

[HomerS]

Forest Park OH location....no 57 Chevy sedan or wagon.  Plenty of 69 Camaros, Lamborghini Diablo, couple of the Wacky Racer and the 1/32 semi trailers.