2019 Round2 Car Kit Releases

[Mr mopar]

I want the Stingray  bike too ....

[Richard Bartrop]

I definitely want the T.

[niteowl7710]

COCA COLA ALL THE THINGS!!!! *sigh*

[hpiguy]

16 hours ago, Casey said:

AMT 1130  -- 1/25 1923 Ford Model T Roadster Street Rod

AMT 1131 -- 1/25 1965 Chevelle Surf Wagon

AMT 1146 -- 1/25 1953 Ford Victoria Hardtop with Coca-Cola machine

AMT 1149 -- 1/25 1963 Chevy Impala SS

MPC 914 -- 1/8 Schwinn Stingray 5-Speed Bicycle

MPC 918 -- 1967 Pontiac GTO Race Version with Starting Light

MPC 919 -- 1969 Dodge Charger R/T Snap - Coca-Cola

I'll take one of each, aside from the Charger Snap since I already have copies of the General Lee snap kits.

Love all those cool kits I've never had a chance to own or build.

[ChrisBcritter]

19 hours ago, Casey said:

AMT 1131 -- 1/25 1965 Chevelle Surf Wagon

AMT 1146 -- 1/25 1953 Ford Victoria Hardtop with Coca-Cola machine

So we hopefully get some surfboards (and maybe even a rack?) with the wagon kit, but I bet still no correct taillights - and is the Coke machine a pre-painted diecast again, or the one from the garage accessories kit?

[tim boyd]

22 hours ago, Mark said:

Yes.  The '23 roadster shares some parts with the delivery van and depot hack (another one-shot issue).  The rod version chassis parts were shared with yet another one-shot kit, that awful, awful '34 Ford three-window coupe...

x2 on all of Mark's comments. 

I have been after Round 2 for several years to consider a reissue of this '23 T Roadster kit.  Happy to see it is in the works.  Just be aware that the kit as it builds is substantially less attractive than the killer box art illustration! 

TIM 

PS = and FWIW, I have also counseled against a reissue of that dreadful '34 3 window.....TB  

 

Edited March 15, 2019 by tim boyd

[Rob Hall]

Is this the 23 T Roadster kit, older version?  Not familiar w/ it.

 

[Don Sikora II]

18 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

Is this the 23 T Roadster kit, older version?  Not familiar w/ it.

 

Yes, that's the only issue of it. Mid Seventies.

[Don Sikora II]

I'm very curious to see what's going to be included in the '67 GTO. And really looking forward to the Schwinn Stingray! 

[Rob Hall]

36 minutes ago, Don Sikora II said:

I'm very curious to see what's going to be included in the '67 GTO. And really looking forward to the Schwinn Stingray! 

I'm assuming the starting light is the 'Christmas Tree' that was in the 80s version of the '72 GTO kit (and maybe other kits?)  Maybe that and some of Round 2's new slicks, mag wheels and new decals? 

Edited March 16, 2019 by Rob Hall

[Don Sikora II]

3 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

I'm assuming the starting light is the 'Christmas Tree' that was in the 80s version of the '72 GTO kit (and maybe other kits?)  Maybe that and some of Round 2's new slicks, mag wheels and new decals? 

Yeah, was thinking it might include that Christmas Tree. The various MPC GTO kits had some neat drag stuff over the years, including a straight-axle front end. Kinda hoping they found some cool stuff in their collection of mold inserts and are doing some creative mixing and matching.

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, Rob Hall said:

Is this the 23 T Roadster kit, older version?  Not familiar w/ it.

 

You can see the instructions here. Looks like some interesting possibilities here, including maybe TROG-type stuff. 

https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/ford/1921-1930/amt-1923-ford-t-roa/

[Rob Hall]

4 minutes ago, Don Sikora II said:

Yeah, was thinking it might include that Christmas Tree. The various MPC GTO kits had some neat drag stuff over the years, including a straight-axle front end. Kinda hoping they found some cool stuff in their collection of mold inserts and are doing some creative mixing and matching.

 I need to dig out of some of my GTO annuals..I do recall some neat parts.  And the Bonnevilles had some also, like parts to do a mid engined drag car IIRC in the '67.

[Rob Hall]

4 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

You can see the instructions here. Looks like some interesting possibilities here, including maybe TROG-type stuff. 

https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/ford/1921-1930/amt-1923-ford-t-roa/

Looks like some different parts from the '25 Model T roadster kit.

[Dave Van]

18 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

COCA COLA ALL THE THINGS!!!! *sigh*

Bottom line.........IT SELLS!!!! we should be happy...it supports stuff for us lunatic fringe!!

[High octane]

1 minute ago, Dave Van said:

Bottom line.........IT SELLS!!!! we should be happy...it supports stuff for us lunatic fringe!!

PEPSI tastes better!

[niteowl7710]

13 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

Bottom line.........IT SELLS!!!! we should be happy...it supports stuff for us lunatic fringe!!

I can't wait for the '55 Chevy Hostess tie in...*eye roll*

[unclescott58]

On 3/14/2019 at 7:37 PM, Casey said:

AMT 1130  -- 1/25 1923 Ford Model T Roadster Street Rod

AMT 1131 -- 1/25 1965 Chevelle Surf Wagon

AMT 1146 -- 1/25 1953 Ford Victoria Hardtop with Coca-Cola machine

AMT 1149 -- 1/25 1963 Chevy Impala SS

MPC 914 -- 1/8 Schwinn Stingray 5-Speed Bicycle

MPC 918 -- 1967 Pontiac GTO Race Version with Starting Light

MPC 919 -- 1969 Dodge Charger R/T Snap - Coca-Cola

On the above list, the thing I'm interested in is the Schwinn Stingray. Everything else has basically been repoped so many times, and not all that rare. 

I hear the Stingray bike is not an easy build. And if I remember correctly it came with decals to build it as the Apple Crate version? I'm hoping they offer us more choices in decals this time, so we can build other versions.

[unclescott58]

Doing some research on-line, it looks like I'm mistaken on what version of the Schwinn Stingray was offer in the MPC kit. It was the Pea Picker. Not the Apple Krate.

Edited March 16, 2019 by unclescott58

[SfanGoch]

I was just about to post that. One of two Krate bikes I had as a kid. Pretty friggin' cool model.

[bbowser]

10 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

I was just about to post that. One of two Krate bikes I had as a kid. Pretty friggin' cool model.

Very cool!  Didn't we all have a Stingray back in those days?  Mine was direct-drive and the wheels were the same size .  Then I graduated to a 10-speed!

[Dave Van]

I had to be different.......AMF Wedge. This is not mine.....it was blue....but exact same otherwise. It got stolen after I had it about 5 years.....to bad too....it's worth as much or more than the Stingray's.......

 

[Snake45]

46 minutes ago, bbowser said:

Didn't we all have a Stingray back in those days?  

I didn't. My folks bought me a 26" bike just before the Sting Rays came out, and said no way I was "backing up." 

I DID, however, buy one--a red, early '70s 5-speed in VERY nice original condition--at a yard sale back in the late '80s for $35. Last time I checked, it's now worth about 10 times what I paid for it. 

[Casey]

19 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

So we hopefully get some surfboards (and maybe even a rack?) with the wagon kit, but I bet still no correct taillights

I hope the surfboard will be included, but I don't think there ever was a rack, just that funky roof top mounted cargo carrier:

 

19 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

is the Coke machine a pre-painted diecast again, or the one from the garage accessories kit?

I would expect it to be the same one they're including with the Cameo and '53 Ford pickups.

 

[echoxrayniner]

Any word on the AMT '77 Pinto re-release? Haven't seen a thing on it anymore for a while, weirdly into having one of those again even if its not the MPC one.