Some kits you know will never be available again . . .

[Greg Myers]

Yeah, I know never say never. Some of these have certainly been shot down for ever, but a few could possibly be resurrected.

Edited May 10, 2019 by Greg Myers

[fredo84]

[Richard Bartrop]

As much as I love the Jo-Han classic car ktis,  I think it's pretty clear that they aren't coming back.

[Justin Porter]

1 hour ago, Richard Bartrop said:

As much as I love the Jo-Han classic car ktis,  I think it's pretty clear that they aren't coming back.

You would suppose that the Johan lineup would be a good "just tool these" list for Moebius or Revell if they ever get a bit fuzzy on what to do next. The world needs an AMX kit that isn't antiquated.

[styromaniac]

Those Revell Double Car Kits were big in the 60s....extremely hard to find now. Basically a collection of their Parts Packs put together in the form of a kit...youd think they could re- do them if the molds still exist.                                 As for extinct kits never to come back...I suppose the Uncertain T must top the list?                                              And what about that companion kit to Revell's relatively recent '29 2in1 Model A roadster ....the '30 Coupe? Were the molds really stolen/vandalized in China?

[styromaniac]

That Sizzler dragster kit was certainly a classic back in the day...albeit a weird scale...1/20th?  The recent Slingster re-do seemed smallish in scale to me.

[Richard Bartrop]

1 hour ago, Justin Porter said:

You would suppose that the Johan lineup would be a good "just tool these" list for Moebius or Revell if they ever get a bit fuzzy on what to do next. The world needs an AMX kit that isn't antiquated.

I was talking about the Cadillac V-16 and Mercedes-Benz 500K kits, but a decent AMX or Javelin would be nice..

[Scott8950]

5 hours ago, fredo84 said:

wow i never knew the matador was available. 

[Mike999]

Does anybody know why the Beverly Hillbillies truck can't be re-issued?  If it's a licensing problem, seems like Round 2 could dodge that by just dropping the name of the TV show. Call it a "Vintage Olds"  or "Okie Moving Truck."  Or have the molds been damaged or lost?

That last AMT/ERTL re-issue, shown above, was in 2004. So 15 years ago. And it sure seemed to be popular.  Many people automatically bought 2 of them, to build the TV version and Granny's hot rod. 

Edited May 10, 2019 by Mike999
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[Richard Bartrop]

And if Revell thinks there's a market for nostalgia about Grease, and Starsky and Hutch, why not The Beverly Hillbillies?

 

[Tom Geiger]

52 minutes ago, Richard Bartrop said:

And if Revell thinks there's a market for nostalgia about Grease, and Starsky and Hutch, why not The Beverly Hillbillies?

 

It's an AMT kit, and AMT is owned by Tom Lowe who is a very astute licensing guy for TV and movie memorabilia. If there's a market, he'll reissue it.

We can be pretty sure it still exists, they even had the Jolly Roger version parts.

Last time around I did this....

[Eshaver]

L2 Right : AMT Leva Car , Hubley 1960 Ford Country Squire wagon  , AMT 1961-3 Ford F-100  , AMT 1961-2 Buick Special wagon . all these subjects are in the "Obscure " category , thus rendering them not popular enough to resurrect

[Tom Geiger]

I wouldn't be so quick to rule this one out.  Much of it still exists as the Barnabas Vampire coach.  I wouldn't put it past Round 2 to restore it.  I've learned never to say never. Sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised!

[Dave Ambrose]

I built a couple of the double car kits when I was a kid. I liked them a lot. They're rare and crazy expensive now. I would absolutely love to see those reissued. I'd buy a couple copies of each one. 

Unless my memory has fallen to excessive nostalgia, the Slingster kit is basically Sizzler 2.0. It too is a nice kit, and lots of fun to build. 

[Mike999]

42 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

I wouldn't be so quick to rule this one out.  Much of it still exists as the Barnabas Vampire coach.  I wouldn't put it past Round 2 to restore it.  I've learned never to say never. Sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised!

Even more of the stock version should still exist as the ex-MPC '32 Chevy Cabriolet. I think it was last issued as the AMT-ERTL "Connoisseur Classics" version, back around 1987.

I found the "Gangbusters" version of the Panel Truck/Cabriolet at a flea market a few months ago. That was one of my Grail kits. A few parts are glued together, mostly wheels/chassis. But everything is there, including the very hard-to-find divider panel for the paddy wagon version, the machine gun and other Gangbuster parts.

[Bucky]

Sure would like to see these come back:

[iBorg]

I'm betting these won't be reissued in my lifetime.

[Bucky]

[Greg Myers]

5 hours ago, styromaniac said:

That Sizzler dragster kit was certainly a classic back in the day...albeit a weird scale...1/20th?  The recent Slingster re-do seemed smallish in scale to me.

Yes, my first impression

[Toner283]

11 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

 

I thought Round 2 announced fairly recently that they had found 90% of the missing tooling for this one and they were looking into the viability of retooling what was missing for a reissue?

[Greg Myers]

That would be great

[StevenGuthmiller]

The only ones that will be guaranteed to never come back, are the unusual cars.

I suppose if you're talking about exact copies of a lot of the kits shown above, I suppose you're correct.

But does anybody really think that there is absolutely no possibility that there will ever be a '28 Model A, a '68 Coronet or a '72 Roadrunner?

I think that these are pretty high possibilities.

If we are really talking about kits that will never return, and will never be replaced with a new tool, pretty much any Johan kit prior to about 1967 is a pretty good bet.

There is zero possibility that you will ever see a Johan 1966 Chrysler 300 again, and an almost zero probability that anyone else will ever do a new one.

This can be said for hundreds of old models, not just Johans.

 

 

Steve

 

[Bucky]

If the '68 Coronet and '72 Road Runner have not been modified beyond repair, that would be great! I'd certainly love to see them on the shelves!

[Can-Con]

[Bucky]

I built the Astro I as a kid. It would be nice to see it, again.

Was the tooling messed up for that one?

Edited May 11, 2019 by Bucky