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[bluestringer]

My local HL had the Ford F-100 and the Dodge Demon today. I got the Demon, 40% off.

[slusher]

Someone buys all three 60 Fords when they put them out at my HL. That’s all they have new. Glad I got mine early..

[carrucha]

I went to my local HL last Friday and they finally had AMT's 1967 Mustang GT in stock.  I have been looking for this kit at HL for the last two years.  Every time I went it was sold out.  I picked up the last one at 40% discount.  I plan on building a scale replica of the 1967 Mustang GT my Dad drove in 1970.

[ewetwo]

Hobby Lobby has the 1971 Demon and the 1960 Ford pickup back in stock on-line with free shipping on orders over $50 this week. And they are 40% off.

Edited July 7 by ewetwo

[slusher]

6 hours ago, ewetwo said:

Hobby Lobby has the 1971 Demon and the 1960 Ford pickup back in stock on-line with free shipping on orders over $50 this week. And they are 40% off.

Man, that’s a great price..

[Tim W. SoCal]

13 minutes ago, slusher said:

Man, that’s a great price..

  Yep!  Earlier today, I came to the Hobby Lobby thread to post "Hobby Lobby has the AMT 1960 Ford Pickup and the MPC 1971 Demon back in stock on-line at 40% off with free shipping on orders over $50 this week", but ewetwo beat me to it!...  I got my order in for 2 of the '60 Ford Pickups this morning. I also recently saw pictures of a Clearwater Aqua '66 Ford Fairlane GT 427 that inspired me to build a 1:25 scale version, so I ordered that kit too. The sale total was more than 50 bucks, so shipping is free, which saved another $12.99...

[CabDriver]

I went hunting for the 60 Ford this evening but came up short…plenty of other stuff on the shelves tho!

Hadn’t noticed these before - looks like HL is making their own version of the Tamiya weathering powders:

[stavanzer]

I hope mine gets a re-stock on the Revell (Ex-Monogram) M-48 Patton tank. I'd like one, but they have been out the last couple of times.

I have 20 of the kits shown, in the exact boxings shown, purchased at H.L.

I have another 14 of them, in different older boxing purchased over the last few years.

That is 34 of the kits shown here. Of the remainder, none of them are kits I want or would build. I'm done buying kits for parts anymore, as they are too spendy.

Looking forward to seeing the '60 Ford Pickup, and some Moebius kits make it in.

[Tabbysdaddy]

I'll have to check mine to see if they have the Alaskan Hauler yet.

[Robberbaron]

1 hour ago, CabDriver said:

I went hunting for the 60 Ford this evening but came up short…plenty of other stuff on the shelves tho!

This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts: HL is getting fewer and fewer new releases as time goes on, yet they are taking up shelf space with THREE different versions of the AMT '53 Ford pickup!

[Mark]

Those '53 pickups SELL.  

[Dave Van]

7 hours ago, Robberbaron said:

This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts: HL is getting fewer and fewer new releases as time goes on, yet they are taking up shelf space with THREE different versions of the AMT '53 Ford pickup!

Seems the folks at R2/AMT are very good at marketing!!!!

[Robberbaron]

15 hours ago, Mark said:

Those '53 pickups SELL.  

 

12 hours ago, Dave Van said:

Seems the folks at R2/AMT are very good at marketing!!!!

Really, more power to Round 2 - not faulting them at all.  Every space they can claim on the HL shelves means one less Revell competitor.  But that's also one less purchasing option for the consumer.  (And for the record, I like the AMT '53 F100 as much as the next guy)

Just gotta wonder about who's making the purchasing/stocking decisions at the HL corporate level.  The three '53 F100's is the silliest example.  But just in the above photo, there are also multiple boxings of the '67 GTO and '67 Shelby GT350.

Since my LHS went extinct, HL is my only brick and mortar source for kits now.  So it's annoying to see them doing stuff like this repeatedly.

[rattle can man]

THat is a nicely stocked HL Wish mine was stocked that well.  My stash is so big I rarely see anything that isn't a re-release of something I already have. but the '60 and '63 F-100 are on my list If they ever come in.

[stavanzer]

3 hours ago, rattle can man said:

THat is a nicely stocked HL Wish mine was stocked that well.  My stash is so big I rarely see anything that isn't a re-release of something I already have. but the '60 and '63 F-100 are on my list If they ever come in.

I  agree with you, Harry.  H.L. seldom has anything that I don't already have. I had to go Online to get my '60 & '63 Fords, and my Revell '30 Coupe.

[mrm]

On 7/9/2024 at 11:28 PM, Robberbaron said:

This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts: HL is getting fewer and fewer new releases as time goes on, yet they are taking up shelf space with THREE different versions of the AMT '53 Ford pickup!

What drives me nuts is that manufacturers are actually rereleasing over and over the same old BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH in different versions, instead of actually offering something new and interesting to attract fresh blood to the hobby. 

[Dave Van]

Heading to HL now.......1.5 hour drive....wife has DR appt

[stavanzer]

1 hour ago, mrm said:

What drives me nuts is that manufacturers are actually rereleasing over and over the same old BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH in different versions, instead of actually offering something new and interesting to attract fresh blood to the hobby. 

Well, if you are new to the Hobby, by definition all those kits are new to you....,,

But, I hear you. But, the model companies are doing new kits. Round2 has given us at least three in the last 6 months. The 1960 & 1963 Ford Pickups, and the 1964 Chevy Malibu Chevelle. Plus the earlier pair of 1963 Chevrolet Station wagons. Atlantis and Moebius drop new kits, but much more slowly than Round2, and since not many of those kits make it to Hobby Lobby, you have to be more plugged in to be aware of them.

As for re-issues, I hear you. But Some kits just sell well. Round2 is not going to leave money on the table. That 1953 Ford Pickup must sell really well to justify leaving it in production all the time But, even if you and I don't need another copy, somebody new to the hobby might.

 

[Mattblack]

^ You guys don't know how lucky you are, I can only dream of a selection like that in a store in the UK.

(Probably a good thing for my wallet, though...)

[1930fordpickup]

Monroe MI had at least 1 Demon in stock Tuesday night. No 60 pickups. I already picked ip the Demon so I don't need another. 

[mrm]

3 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Well, if you are new to the Hobby, by definition all those kits are new to you....,,

But, I hear you. But, the model companies are doing new kits. Round2 has given us at least three in the last 6 months. The 1960 & 1963 Ford Pickups, and the 1964 Chevy Malibu Chevelle. Plus the earlier pair of 1963 Chevrolet Station wagons. Atlantis and Moebius drop new kits, but much more slowly than Round2, and since not many of those kits make it to Hobby Lobby, you have to be more plugged in to be aware of them.

As for re-issues, I hear you. But Some kits just sell well. Round2 is not going to leave money on the table. That 1953 Ford Pickup must sell really well to justify leaving it in production all the time But, even if you and I don't need another copy, somebody new to the hobby might.

 

What I meant by "new stuff" was new subject matter that can attract fresh blood. I have a 15year old and an 18 year old at home. And I am European and altho I've been "americanized" over the last 30 years I've been living here, I am still very much in touch and active on a lot of Euro platforms. And believe me, no teenager (or at least the very vast majority of them) gives two sheets for '60/'63 Ford pick ups. The reason why those kits like the '53 Ford trucks sell so well is because most of the hobby is comprised of people who grew up with cars from that era. Same demographic which is used to magazine subscriptions instead of instagram. And as much as I hate to say it, that group is on the exit stage not only of the hobby, but life in general. What my kids and their buddies consider an "antique car" nowadays and think is cool to "hot rod" - read make a stanced drift car, is a late '80s/early '90s Mercedes 190 or BMW e30 that they can buy for money saved over the summer. And the really cool one-off cars that we were drooling over like the Li'l Coffin, Ala Cart, Mysterion, Deora or Mongoose dragsters are now replaced by multi million dollar Paganis, Koenigseggs, Foose and Kindig creations associated with superstar personalities on social media and TV "reality" shows. Teenagers dream of owning or simply like Ford Raptors, Toyota FJs, convertible BMWs, AMG Benzes, LS swapped Miatas, Euro Exoticas and JDM hatchbacks in obnoxious colors with stickers on them. Whether we like it or not, if the hobby industry continues to completely ignore the need to attract newcomers to the hobby and caters only to the old geezers, myself included, it will die with them/us. Unfortunately a lot of people don't care if the hobby dies after they do and keep requesting ugly '60s grocery getters because that's what they got their first kiss in, back in high school in 1968.

[Can-Con]

42 minutes ago, mrm said:

What I meant by "new stuff" was new subject matter that can attract fresh blood. I have a 15year old and an 18 year old at home. And I am European and altho I've been "americanized" over the last 30 years I've been living here, I am still very much in touch and active on a lot of Euro platforms. And believe me, no teenager (or at least the very vast majority of them) gives two sheets for '60/'63 Ford pick ups. The reason why those kits like the '53 Ford trucks sell so well is because most of the hobby is comprised of people who grew up with cars from that era. Same demographic which is used to magazine subscriptions instead of instagram. And as much as I hate to say it, that group is on the exit stage not only of the hobby, but life in general. What my kids and their buddies consider an "antique car" nowadays and think is cool to "hot rod" - read make a stanced drift car, is a late '80s/early '90s Mercedes 190 or BMW e30 that they can buy for money saved over the summer. And the really cool one-off cars that we were drooling over like the Li'l Coffin, Ala Cart, Mysterion, Deora or Mongoose dragsters are now replaced by multi million dollar Paganis, Koenigseggs, Foose and Kindig creations associated with superstar personalities on social media and TV "reality" shows. Teenagers dream of owning or simply like Ford Raptors, Toyota FJs, convertible BMWs, AMG Benzes, LS swapped Miatas, Euro Exoticas and JDM hatchbacks in obnoxious colors with stickers on them. Whether we like it or not, if the hobby industry continues to completely ignore the need to attract newcomers to the hobby and caters only to the old geezers, myself included, it will die with them/us. Unfortunately a lot of people don't care if the hobby dies after they do and keep requesting ugly '60s grocery getters because that's what they got their first kiss in, back in high school in 1968.

So, what kind of car kits do your teenagers and their friends build Michael? 

Might be good for the model companies to know what kind of models would sell to the younger generation to get them interested in building models.

[mrm]

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

So, what kind of car kits do your teenagers and their friends build Michael? 

Might be good for the model companies to know what kind of models would sell to the younger generation to get them interested in building models.

I don’t know the exact answer or the solution, but then again, I don’t own a model company. But I was to start somewhere, I would try to see what got the current hard core modelers in the hobby and when did it happened. And then maybe try to convert it to the current generation. And I would definitely be targeting a little younger age group to introduce to the hobby. My kids built models with me. Even attended shows and entered contests. Won prizes and one of them even got his models in the magazines a couple of times. That was when he was still loosing teeth. And back then even, he thought the Beatnik Bandit II was cool, but the original one did nothing for him. And he built a purple corvette with a blower sticking through the hood on Alluma Coupe wheels/tires. Because I’ve had Vettes, his mom loves purple and he just thought that’s what looks cool, because these were the trends he saw at the local Good Guys show I took him to. He built the Boothill Express with me, because he thought the story of the real thing was fascinating and he just loved how unreal it looked. Then he moved to Fast and Furious Supra and then an Integra, because THAT’S what he dreamed to have in high school. Now he is into Porsches and more sophisticated cars, but he doesn’t built models anymore. When at HL he looks at the very well stocked isle and goes “Mehh… mid”. Which in today’s teenage lingo means that there is nothing interesting for him. I ask hi why he doesn’t build anymore, he says that there isn’t anything cool to build and when he builds something like the last model I got him - a cool tuned Mercedes Benz, he hates it at the show as he feels - and I quote: “ like it is a popularity contest for old people who know eachother and don’t appreciate anything other than ugly old cars that nobody cares about anymore.” Not my words. Just the perspective of a young kit, who is really good with his hands. I have a very open relationship with him and hang with his friends and him quite often and they have no problem talking about pretty much anything in front of me. From girls to party to cars to money, jobs and school to personal stuff. I am yet to hear any one of them or his brothers friends to ever say how they would love to have a Plymouth Duster, how cool would it be to slam a ‘60 Ford truck, that they dream of hooking up a Chevy Nova or how if they are rich they would be rollin’ in a Shelby Daytona. It’s all about Trucks, JDM and the bling supercars. 
   I personally am not into trucks at all. But I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that the entire Truck/ SuV industry for the last 30 years is represented by a handful of models, while just as many variations, if not more have been made of just the ‘53 ford or a ‘55 Chevy. What’s the latest year Chevy truck made in 1/25 scale? I can build ‘30s Fords and ‘70s F1 cars for the rest of my days and die a happy man. But the reality is that for the car model building hobby (and the diecast industry) to survive, it will need to adapt to current trends, whatever they may be. Tamiya and Aoshima don’t make ‘70s Dodge Demons, but I don’t see them going bankrupt. Just like at the end of the 2000s Toyota and Audi were not the ones being bailed out by their countries tax payers. Maybe it is time to learn that progress can be a good thing. 

[redscampi]

3 hours ago, mrm said:

Whether we like it or not, if the hobby industry continues to completely ignore the need to attract newcomers to the hobby and caters only to the old geezers, myself included, it will die with them/us.

I think the main reason for this is that the old fogeys like us are the ones with disposable income. Companies have to chase the dollars in order to stay in business, at least short term. I mean a single average kit is around thirty bucks. Also, younger generations are focused on social media and have incredibly short attention spans. Nowhere near long enough to actually spend the time creating something like a model car kit. Sadly, I just don't think most of the big model manufacturers will survive the demise of our generation.

[Dave Van]

Hobby Lobby was well stocked today. Even had 2 Demon kits. The kit is not on my list so I passed. There were 3-4 kits I could pick up but ended up with my 3rd AMT 60 Ford P/U kit. Each time I buy one I think of new ways to build it so for $21 a good deal!!!!!

 

Took the wife to JoAnns Fabrics and I found a Atlantis Ex Monogram Mack stake bed truck. JoAnns had a 50% off coupon so this kit was only $15!!!! JoAnn's does carry all the Atlantis kits but good to check when near by and at 50% off a great deal.

Thanks