Ollie's strike again

[bandit1]

18 minutes ago, FoMoCo66 said:

Not great. Its very square looking on the dimensions. Haven't actually built the kit so I can't comment on that.

Here is the original box art.

That kit I have a fondness for... It's a basic kit but does come with engine detail... I think I have all the different issues of the kit???

Again that kit is one of my childhood kits, so I kinda have a fondness for it

[ranma]

My closest Ollies is not that great: Dodge Viper, 32 Ford hot rod, 57 corvette and 64 1/2 Mustang That's it other than a Trainer bi-plane (pb-17) and ford tri-motor kits.... None of them followed me home!

[StanGlover]

East York, PA Ollie’s is STACKED! This store is much smaller than the others and usually only gets a couple cases of models so it’s interesting to see so many here. Those T-birds still have the old $12.99 price tags. The rest were $15.99. Be careful buying any of these from resellers online or in store - many of the boxes were missing plastic wrap (from the factory it seems), and there were no tape circles to seal the lids.

I decided against the Bel Air, and I already have most of these from the last batch. I did buy one Firebird today (despite not being a huge fan of custom-only kits) because I couldn’t leave empty handed! 

[bandit1]

12 minutes ago, StanGlover said:

East York, PA Ollie’s is STACKED! This store is much smaller than the others and usually only gets a couple cases of models so it’s interesting to see so many here. Those T-birds still have the old $12.99 price tags. The rest were $15.99. Be careful buying any of these from resellers online or in store - many of the boxes were missing plastic wrap (from the factory it seems), and there were no tape circles to seal the lids.

I have a fondness for that 57 bel air hardtop monogram kit, one of my childhood kits. 

[Dave Van]

Checked today at Lewisburg WV store. 

57 Chevy coupe and wagon

56 Chevy coupe

57 Vette

32 Fors roadster

Lambo

Firebird custom

64 1/2 Mustang convertible (new to our store) 

Viper

69 Camaro

[Mark]

The '57 Corvette and '56 T-Bird are very good kits, if you are open to 1/24 scale.  The '32 Ford roadster is actually what's left of the early Sixties Little Deuce kit, with a bunch of changes of course.  

The 1/32 scale semi trailers are puzzling...both Ollie's and Hobby Lobby carry these, but no trucks to go with them.

[Dave Van]

This is my version of the old 1/24 32 roadster........

[Deathgoblin]

I kinda want to get the 1969 Camaro kit.  I know they're WAY out of proportion, but I remember it being a nifty kit that builds up well.

[FoMoCo66]

Ollies, Iowa City, Iowa. They had a lot of the 64 1/2 Mustangs and the 82 corvette's plus other monogram kits.

[PatW]

Ollies! Something we don't see here in the UK, but a few Hobbycraft shops  with overpriced Tamiya, but never enough plastic cement only those tine blue squeeze bottles that don't last five minutes!

[1930fordpickup]

The north Toledo store has a few of the new Broncos that still have the hobby lobby pe tag on them. 

I didn't figure they would have anything new.

[larman]

Was at the Quakertown, Pa. store today, they had the usual Monogram kits they had before, some big truck trailers and the new style Bronco. Stuff was scattered here and there in the toy section. Turns out there was another lot I haven't seen yet: AMT kits. Big Rig GMC CO, 1948 Chevy PU, 1929 Ford PU/Woody, Ford Courier PU and the '65 Chevelle AWB. The Chevelle was marked $20 the rest were $15.99. Not sure about the GMC, I didn't check the price. They are not blowing these out like before, probably because the price point is too high for the resale piggies to make much on them. The Allentown stores at Airport Road and Tilghman St. had a lot of the Monogram kits, again seems the market may be a bit saturated.

[ewetwo]

The Ollies near me had a ton other the ones they had last year. All of a sudden every kits was gone in one day. Most likely headed to Ebay or Marketplace for double the money. I got what I wanted last year so no biggie to me.

[Dave Van]

Went to a ffew stores while on Thanksgiving travel. All had normal stuff. I have to keep an eye out for the new AMT/R2 wave......anyone else???

[FoMoCo66]

1 hour ago, Dave Van said:

Went to a ffew stores while on Thanksgiving travel. All had normal stuff. I have to keep an eye out for the new AMT/R2 wave......anyone else???

Yeah, the monogram stuff is okay, but a new Round 2 wave would be awesome.

[johnyrotten]

16 minutes ago, FoMoCo66 said:

Yeah, the monogram stuff is okay, but a new Round 2 wave would be awesome.

The Bronco showed up at mine last week. There's a hobby lobby sticker under the Ollie's sticker

[Rodent]

9 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

The Bronco showed up at mine last week

My LHS has three of the Broncos on the discount shelf at $19.99/ea. Maybe this kit has turned out to be a dog in the market? I don't think this generation of Bronco is especially loved, and this box art certainly wouldn't make me buy it. 

[johnyrotten]

3 hours ago, Rodent said:

My LHS has three of the Broncos on the discount shelf at $19.99/ea. Maybe this kit has turned out to be a dog in the market? I don't think this generation of Bronco is especially loved, and this box art certainly wouldn't make me buy it. 

Good point on popularity,and the box art isn't that appealing, for sure. I'm not familiar with the kit all, it was more of an opportunity buy. Haven't opened it yet, looking on the box it doesn't look like a horrible kit. Separate frame,exhaust, floorpans and seats. It might build up nicely or be decent donor material.

Edited Thursday at 09:29 AM by johnyrotten

[Beans]

5 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

Good point on popularity,and the box art isn't that appealing, for sure. I'm not familiar with the kit all, it was more of an opportunity buy. Haven't opened it yet, looking on the box it doesn't look like a horrible kit. Separate frame,exhaust, floorpans and seats. It might build up nicely or be decent donor material.

Overall it isn't a bad kit.  I have one that I am using to replicate a Bronco I owned back in the day.  My only issue with it (and it is minor and fixable) is that the rear roof section doesn't fit the body all that well.  Then again, neither did my 1:1.  

[Sledsel]

On 12/4/2025 at 4:26 AM, johnyrotten said:

Good point on popularity,and the box art isn't that appealing, for sure. I'm not familiar with the kit all, it was more of an opportunity buy. Haven't opened it yet, looking on the box it doesn't look like a horrible kit. Separate frame,exhaust, floorpans and seats. It might build up nicely or be decent donor material.

It is actually a pretty good kit, I have several.

[RSchnell]

Stopped by the Merritt Island, FL Ollie's this morning on my way to Aldi. This is what they had on the shelf. I snagged a couple of the Model A kits and left the rest for the resellers LOL. The kits I got have a 2022 date on them so they've been sitting somewhere the past few years!

Edited Saturday at 06:52 PM by RSchnell

[Dave Van]

Good thing they raised the price of the kits......less chance I'll load up!!!

[62SY4]

No pics. 
All of my local SW Pa Ollies have the Monogram kits. One store has some wild hoss HL closeouts and an interesting mix of other R2 goodies including the Ivo dragster, 65 Chevelle funny car, 29 Ford A with the bike, Hotwheels Viper, Concord Slammer and Coke KW w925. The W925 and Chevelle and some of the Monogram kits were priced at $19.99, the rest were $15.99. 

Edited Saturday at 09:53 PM by 62SY4

[oldcarfan]

On 10/29/2025 at 6:19 PM, FoMoCo66 said:

Not great. Its very square looking on the dimensions. Haven't actually built the kit so I can't comment on that.

Here is the original box art.

Monogram's 32 Ford is still a favorite, and even though their 57 Chevy and 69 Camaro aren't super accurate, they hold a sentimental attachment back to my childhood!

[oldcarfan]

I recently bought their Lamborghini Diablo kit, the first time I've one since they first came out. I'm looking forward to doing something with it.

We went back today for some stocking stuffers and I almost got this one. I assume its the old Revell kit?