MPC Dodge 'Country' Charger Open Box Review

[Motor City]

I think putting the money into a '70 Road Runner or GTX would result in far more sales than a '73 or '74 Charger.

[doorsovdoon]

18 hours ago, Bainford said:

I think Round2 took the wrong tack when they 'fixed' the rear window on the MPC Charger. With Revell's far superior 68-70 Chargers available, any attempt to directly compete with the MPC Charger is wasted money and effort. They should have gone in the other direction and improved the Charger 500 version of the MPC kit. Ditch the R/T stuff and give us a good 500 grill with separate headlights. That's something Revell does not have, and is therefore a potentially viable product. Over the years, I have built more MPC Chargers than anything else, but as long as Revell produces their excellent Chargers, I won't buy another MPC. Make it into an accurate Charger 500, and I'd buy one. Thankfully I still have an MPC 500 from the last release in the 90s, though the grill is only so-so.

Bottom line, there seems no point in spending money/effort in improving the MPC Charger R/T when there are so many other great projects for Round2 to tackle. My 2 cents.

I'd go for that. The 500 does away with the inaccurate rear window issue. Also, the 500's front grille, although is so-so, it's far better than the Country Charger with it's 3rd gen inserts. The hood that came with the 500 was also better fitting and more accurate to a '69. Some re-working on the front wheel arches and the cowl vent would make it a very nice 500 body.

[1972coronet]

A well executed 1969 Charger 500 model would be sweet ! Give it some 'Day Two' options (tyres, rims, ride height adjustments, etc.) as well. 

[Carmak]

On 11/27/2023 at 6:31 PM, doorsovdoon said:

Some good points raised. I don't think there is anyone more than me who would love to see this kit come back in it's original annual form, but with the mould being so badly worn out, not to mention the inaccuracies, it would probably mean a complete redo like the '68 Coronet. Unless R2 included all the custom parts that originally came with it I doubt it would sell much better than it already does if they just repaired the body and left it there. With that said, I'd recon it would sell extremely well if the custom parts were repaired and included. Maybe there's a licencing issue with the custom parts. Did Dean Jeffries actually design a Dodge Charger like that on the box art or was it just a marketing thing? ...like the Dirty Donny '71 Charger? 

Original Issue MPC 69 Charger built with the custom tail panel and the C pilar fillers like the rendering.

[doorsovdoon]

22 hours ago, Carmak said:

Original Issue MPC 69 Charger built with the custom tail panel and the C pilar fillers like the rendering.

 

 

Love the custom rear end with it's quarter bumpers. I have an unbuilt annual '68 and '69. I'll be making resin casts of them, and the parts, when I get time so I can do both the box art custom and the Dick Landy version.

[stavanzer]

On 9/20/2017 at 1:03 PM, stavanzer said:

Meh!  I'll spend my $$$ on the '75 Datsun instead.

Thanks for the preview Chris.

And Yesterday, I bought this kit. So much for what I said in 2017!

BTW I did buy the '75 Datsun Li'l Hustler kit back in 2017, as well.

[Bainford]

47 minutes ago, stavanzer said:

And Yesterday, I bought this kit. So much for what I said in 2017!

BTW I did buy the '75 Datsun Li'l Hustler kit back in 2017, as well.

Nothing wrong with second guessing. Heck, I did it three times just this evening at the hobby store.