Update on Revell Model A Coupe and Roadster kits

[MrObsessive]

Cool. Now maybe we can have 15 more pages of speculation and rumors about the new boxes.  

[FordRodnKustom]

Cool. Now maybe we can have 15 more pages of speculation and rumors about the new boxes.  

LOL now that's funny.

[horsepower]

Well maybe now I can find someone that has two they might be willing to sell in the original box art. One to collect and one to build, like I did on the roadsters.

Don't worry, there will still be shady types that will keep boosting the prices on the current releases and trying to sell them as rare collector versions since they are now officially discontinued. ???

Edited April 17, 2017 by horsepower

[Daddyfink]

Cool. Now maybe we can have 15 more pages of speculation and rumors about the new boxes.  

You're welcome! 

[socal76]

Daddyfink, according to Tim's post announcing this the new kit will have a new kit number. I guess I worded it incorrectly for what I wanted to try to get.

Horsepower the new releases will have a new kit number so the shady types will be easy to spot.

[lysleder]

I'm curious to see if the tools are just repaired, or wether the kit is "improved and better". That is, if they took the opportunity to fix those negative skeleton door panels and other known hiccups. 

[OldNYJim]

Cool. Now maybe we can have 15 more pages of speculation and rumors about the new boxes.  

I heard that there's an international conspiracy to do with the boxes and that someone in China doodled on the box art so they couldn't color copy the boxes anymore.  It's a secret tho

[The Junkman]

I heard that there's an international conspiracy to do with the boxes and that someone in China doodled on the box art so they couldn't color copy the boxes anymore.  It's a secret tho

Makes as much sense as any other theory.

[keyser]

They're trying out round boxes. The delay was retooling kit so the trees would fit in the new boxes.  

[Modelbuilder Mark]

I would assume they would change the box art so they can advertise them as 'NEW!'...otherwise, it would be a hard sell to push them unchanged.

just curious,  why would you think it hard to "push" them?  They were already selling very well before they became a hot ticket item to markup.  

[bobthehobbyguy]

Actually if they made changes to the mold it is smart to change the part number. When theey issued the charger with the chopped top they didn't change the partnumber and there was no way to determine if one was getting the kit with the revised body. 

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Actually if they made changes to the mold it is smart to change the part number. When theey issued the charger with the chopped top they didn't change the partnumber and there was no way to determine if one was getting the kit with the revised body. 

That makes perfect since, if they do indeed change anything. I just could not understand why they would sell any differently if the kit was released same as before with no changes.

[Rob Hall]

That makes perfect since, if they do indeed change anything. I just could not understand why they would sell any differently if the kit was released same as before with no changes.

it wouldn't be perceived as 'new' by the average modeler if they used the old box art.     New box art would help differentiate it from the previous issue.  

[Snake45]

They're trying out round boxes. The delay was retooling kit so the trees would fit in the new boxes.  

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Maybe next they can try round tubes, like Quaker Oats! Maybe THAT would work!

[ZTony8]

I can imagine the parts packaged like Pringle's potato chips,stacked on top of each other.

[Fordboy1975]

I never was able to get one of these kits, so this is great news for me.

[sfhess]

I can imagine the parts packaged like Pringle's potato chips,stacked on top of each other.

Mitch Hedberg said Pringles were the result of a failed attempt to market tennis balls.

[Brett Barrow]

Aw man, I used to be a big Mitch Hedberg fan. I still am, but I used to, too. 

[Snake45]

Aw man, I used to be a big Mitch Hedberg fan. I still am, but I used to, too.

That seems so very cruel!

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Has there been any recent news on the kits?

[High octane]

Those kits are coming and so is Christmas. Which comes first is beyond me?

[tim boyd]

They are continuing to work on the reissue(s).  No insider (or external) info on the timing, though, beyond what they said in the initial announcement about the reissues.  

 TIM

[Rob Hall]

Found mine in my recent unpacking of kits after my move.

[mod3l Lover]

     Nice pile of goodies there Bob!!

        David S.