2022 Round2 Releases

[niteowl7710]

1 hour ago, Brian Austin said:

At first I thought these were going to be of the type included in the Cannonball Run "ambulance" van. 

Pretty sure the only Twinsonic Round2 would have access to prior to tooling this new one up was the one that came with the 2dr Monaco "Force 440" and Datsun "Tow Truck" Monster Truck.

[Luc Janssens]

11 minutes ago, niteowl7710 said:

Pretty sure the only Twinsonic Round2 would have access to prior to tooling this new one up was the one that came with the 2dr Monaco "Force 440" and Datsun "Tow Truck" Monster Truck.

In the past I've bought a few Force 440 kits, just for this lightbar....

[PintoKING]

Could it be that the "all new" movie car will be a proper 1977 Dodge van "Cannonball Run"?

 

[Oldcarfan27]

1 hour ago, PintoKING said:

Could it be that the "all new" movie car will be a proper 1977 Dodge van "Cannonball Run"?

 

I could only hope!!!

[Hondamatic]

3 hours ago, PintoKING said:

Could it be that the "all new" movie car will be a proper 1977 Dodge van "Cannonball Run"?

 

I WISH!

[niteowl7710]

I gotta say with the way the CAD package is being shopped around everywhere right now, I wouldn't be totally surprised if that movie car wasn't the quasi-'70 Dodge Charger/Challengerish looking Batmobile from the new movie.  Diecast seems to have done/are doing every scale other than "model scale", and Bandai announced a series of new Batmobiles from across the DC Multiverse that are all 1/35 scale of all things. Round2 has several Batman related models being reissued in 2022...me thinks...me wonders...

 

[SteveG]

7 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

I gotta say with the way the CAD package is being shopped around everywhere right now, I wouldn't be totally surprised if that movie car wasn't the quasi-'70 Dodge Charger/Challengerish looking Batmobile from the new movie.  Diecast seems to have done/are doing every scale other than "model scale", and Bandai announced a series of new Batmobiles from across the DC Multiverse that are all 1/35 scale of all things. Round2 has several Batman related models being reissued in 2022...me thinks...me wonders...

 

The TV/Movie car announcement we're all waiting on from Round2 is not "The Batman" movie car.  The current project has been in development for well over a year.   It's certainly possible we see may this new Batmobile one day from somebody but it's not on the Round2 drawing board, at least not yet. 

-Steve  

[Rob Hall]

8 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

I gotta say with the way the CAD package is being shopped around everywhere right now, I wouldn't be totally surprised if that movie car wasn't the quasi-'70 Dodge Charger/Challengerish looking Batmobile from the new movie.  Diecast seems to have done/are doing every scale other than "model scale", and Bandai announced a series of new Batmobiles from across the DC Multiverse that are all 1/35 scale of all things. Round2 has several Batman related models being reissued in 2022...me thinks...me wonders...

 

It will probably something old targeting the 65+ crowd that is Round 2's core audience.   

[s.p.e.c.t.r.e.]

If It's not the new Batmobile, Round 2 has the James Bond license , could we be getting a new Q branch Aston Martin DB5 with the No Time To Die upgrades and bullet shattered glass ?

It's been awhile since the Doyusha release in the 90's, and those have gotten pricey, and would sell like crazy to every age bracket. 

Old News There's a 1/24 "Wet Nelly" Lotus Esprit  from the The Spy Who Loved Me on Hobby Japan.

It's been there since 2015, but I just now noticed it.

https://www.hlj.com/1-24-scale-lotus-esprit-s1-james-bond-car-submarine-007-the-spy-who-loved-me-fuj09192

Edited April 4, 2022 by s.p.e.c.t.r.e.
update

[keyser]

Toyota 2000 roadster would be cool too. It has spy gear from You Only Live Twice, just never mentioned in only MPC issue. Airfix also had a coupe off same tool, but roadster only 1/24-5 one. Tool not seen in decades. 

[afx]

Hasegawa recently re-issued their very nice 2000GT kit (although it is a hardtop in lieu of the movie's convertible) I would be surprised to see them releasing the MPC kit.

Edited April 4, 2022 by afx

[Luc Janssens]

1 hour ago, keyser said:

Toyota 2000 roadster would be cool too. It has spy gear from You Only Live Twice, just never mentioned in only MPC issue. Airfix also had a coupe off same tool, but roadster only 1/24-5 one. Tool not seen in decades. 

Was it Mpc owned or Airfix sourced?....have to dig up mine to see, but bet some of our members here know.

 

[1972coronet]

Maybe Round2 is going to release the AMCs in The Man with the Golden Gun ! They have the licence [sic] for the Bond stuff after all, eh? 

Since their ostensible target audience is "65+", perhaps they could include a traveller's size bottle of Gold Bond -- a Nguyen-Win situation! 

[Slappylimper]

1 hour ago, Luc Janssens said:

Was it Mpc owned or Airfix sourced?....have to dig up mine to see, but bet some of our members here know.

Both MPC "Bond" kits were Airfix tools. It is unlikely the molds ever left England. The DB-5 Bond car was retooled into a DB-6 so that version is certainly gone,, and was released by MPC after the Bond kit's run. The the MPC release of the 200GT was the first revision of that tool, most of the Bond gadgets were omitted. However, that kit was converted to a 2000GT hardtop (fastback not the fictional clear hardtop in the roadster kit). All of the vintage 1/24 Airfix car tooling has been out of production since the 1960s, and are presumed lost with all the other tooling that hasn't been reissued by Airfix/Heller many times since. The Bond/Oddjob 1/12 figures and the 1/24 Bond Autogyro kit have been reissued many times since the 1990s. As you can probably tell I am a James Bond fan. 

 

1 hour ago, Luc Janssens said:

 

 

[Oldcarfan27]

3 hours ago, s.p.e.c.t.r.e. said:

If It's not the new Batmobile, Round 2 has the James Bond license , could we be getting a new Q branch Aston Martin DB5 with the No Time To Die upgrades and bullet shattered glass ?

It's been awhile since the Doyusha release in the 90's, and those have gotten pricey, and would sell like crazy to every age bracket. 

Old News There's a 1/24 "Wet Nelly" Lotus Esprit  from the The Spy Who Loved Me on Hobby Japan.

It's been there since 2015, but I just now noticed it.

https://www.hlj.com/1-24-scale-lotus-esprit-s1-james-bond-car-submarine-007-the-spy-who-loved-me-fuj09192

I'm in!!!

[niteowl7710]

4 hours ago, SteveG said:

The TV/Movie car announcement we're all waiting on from Round2 is not "The Batman" movie car.  The current project has been in development for well over a year.   It's certainly possible we see may this new Batmobile one day from somebody but it's not on the Round2 drawing board, at least not yet. 

-Steve  

I'm O.K. with that, getting confirmation of what it's not is almost as good as what it is...

 

4 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

It will probably something old targeting the 65+ crowd that is Round 2's core audience.   

Geez I hope it's a little younger than that, otherwise Round2 is gonna implode in less than a decade.

[Slappylimper]

3 hours ago, s.p.e.c.t.r.e. said:

 

Old News There's a 1/24 "Wet Nelly" Lotus Esprit  from the The Spy Who Loved Me on Hobby Japan.

It's been there since 2015, but I just now noticed it.

 

There's a "street" Fujimi S1 Esprit from the same tooling, and the one with the (wait for it) white car on the box includes the "Spy Who Loved Me" correct plates so you can do a set, wet or dry.

 

[s.p.e.c.t.r.e.]

 I wish  Round 2 had a AMC Hornet tool, with the 77 AMX parts ,I would have to buy a few ,but all I know Is they used have AMC Gremlins ,Pacers , 1 Mandator, AMXs from several years ( 68-74 that I wish they would reissue) but Jo Han seemed to have most of the AMC license . They do however have a Sunbeam Tiger tool  that could be used as the car from Dr. No. (and please Include the Get Smart parts this time)

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after digging around, it's seems AMT did a Hornet after all, if it's the same tooling as the Johan Hornet, it may be lost forever.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 5, 2022 by s.p.e.c.t.r.e.
new info

[martinfan5]

5 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

It will probably something old targeting the 65+ crowd that is Round 2's core audience.   

It's not the Bluesmobile that a lot of us were hoping for either sadly.

Edited April 4, 2022 by martinfan5

[250 Testa Rossa]

7 hours ago, s.p.e.c.t.r.e. said:

If It's not the new Batmobile, Round 2 has the James Bond license , could we be getting a new Q branch Aston Martin DB5 with the No Time To Die upgrades and bullet shattered glass ?

It's been awhile since the Doyusha release in the 90's, and those have gotten pricey, and would sell like crazy to every age bracket. 

Old News There's a 1/24 "Wet Nelly" Lotus Esprit  from the The Spy Who Loved Me on Hobby Japan.

It's been there since 2015, but I just now noticed it.

https://www.hlj.com/1-24-scale-lotus-esprit-s1-james-bond-car-submarine-007-the-spy-who-loved-me-fuj09192

I would say yes on this too!

[250 Testa Rossa]

7 hours ago, afx said:

Hasegawa recently re-issued their very nice 2000GT kit (although it is a hardtop in lieu of the movie's convertible) I would be surprised to see them releasing the MPC kit.

Yes to this one as well!

[Brian Austin]

Maybe It'll be the Goldfinger Continental...in its cubed form.   ?

[Luc Janssens]

12 hours ago, martinfan5 said:

It's not the Bluesmobile that a lot of us were hoping for either sadly.

Darn....What other famous movie car (or could it be a truck too)  then, isn't available in 1:25th scale?

An Aston Martin also makes more sense in a global market.....but on the other hand it will be a one trick pony.....hmmm

Edited April 5, 2022 by Luc Janssens

[PintoKING]

What other movie car? What about a 1975 Mercury Marquis, from Hawaii 5-0?

What else?

[Smoke Wagon]

Hard to say. There’s a lot of movie cars that haven’t been kitted. It would make sense to have the subject be of something that can also be sold as a kit without a movie tie-in. So the chances of it being something out there like the dog van from Dumb and Dumber are probably far less than it being something like the Fratellis’ Jeep Cherokee from the Goonies, which is a subject that could easily be made stock and could be reissued even after the film studio’s licensing agreement elapses. Just my .02.