Moebius 1965 Chevy II Sedan Gasser - First Look Inside the Final Kit Release

[thatz4u]

[stavanzer]

Great Kit!

Lousy Box Art! I've seen more exciting bowls of cold oatmeal....... And the two decals options are pretty "Meh!" as well. You OOB box guys are going to be looking for Gofer or Slixx decals PDQ!

[Rob Hall]

1 minute ago, alexis said:

Great Kit!

Lousy Box Art! I've seen more exciting bowls of cold oatmeal....... And the two decals options are pretty "Meh!" as well. You OOB box guys are going to be looking for Gofer or Slixx decals PDQ!

Odd they don't show it with the decals applied.    The '64 ht kit illustration looks great, though.

[tim boyd]

6 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

Odd they don't show it with the decals applied.    

The box art side panels show the two decal treatments....see photos #2 and #3 at this review link....TB 

[Rob Hall]

57 minutes ago, tim boyd said:

The box art side panels show the two decal treatments....see photos #2 and #3 at this review link....TB 

I'm talking about the top of the box...odd to see the car shown w/o the decals.

Edited January 6, 2022 by Rob Hall

[stavanzer]

Yeah, Atlantis and Moebius are both getting to be pretty 'Hit or Miss' on their Box Art, IMHO. Awesome on one kit, Meh on the next. It really strikes me as odd, given that both Companies are run by Real Modelers who know the value of Boxart and Shelf Presence is selling kits.  When Atlantis re-uses old Revell art they seem to do well. When the commission their own, the results are all over the place. Witness the strange, hybrid cab on the 1/48 Chevy Truck, and the '57 Caddy with the flat tires on the drivers side.  The Moebius Ford Trucks and the Hudson's have had some outstanding Art, as have the Pontiac's. It seems to be just the newer kits that are going astray.  The Gasser kit, really needs a Blowout Boxtop Photo to sell the kit, I think. The Current version is bland enough to mislead the casual buyer into thinking that the kit is much less than it really is. Not a good thing.

[deuces wild]

I think those will sell Regardless of the box art....?

['70 Grande]

Having spent a good portion of my career in contact with retail product packaging artists, suppliers and printers, (and designing some packaging myself), I might suggest that in many cases product packages that seem like a "miss" become that way due mostly to time-constraints. 

Much time is invested in product development and production and as that comes to a finish, it's "Wait... what about the packaging?" This is certainly not the blame everytime, but many times it is... just sayin'.

[Fat Brian]

4 hours ago, '70 Grande said:

Having spent a good portion of my career in contact with retail product packaging artists, suppliers and printers, (and designing some packaging myself), I might suggest that in many cases product packages that seem like a "miss" become that way due mostly to time-constraints. 

Much time is invested in product development and production and as that comes to a finish, it's "Wait... what about the packaging?" This is certainly not the blame everytime, but many times it is... just sayin'.

The last minute retooling of the body of this kit probably did make it difficult to put together really good art in time.

[stavanzer]

Mark D. I completely overlooked the factors you spoke of. Brian C, also makes a point I had not considered.

I withdraw my critique of Moebius Boxart.

[Cool Hand]

Anyone have any updates when these will be available seeing as the date has been changed from late February to March ??

Edited February 17, 2022 by Cool Hand

[Snake45]

8 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Anyone have any updates when these will be available seeing as the date has been changed from late February to March ??

Uhhhhh.....March? 

[Rob Hall]

23 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Uhhhhh.....March? 

Yeah, probably March.   

[wrenchr]

Not far away at all!!

[Snake45]

9 minutes ago, wrenchr said:

Not far away at all!!

When you consider some of us have been waiting all our lives for this kit, what's another few weeks? 

[wrenchr]

20 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

When you consider some of us have been waiting all our lives for this kit, what's another few weeks? 

Good time to be a modeler, lots of cool stuff coming our way.

[Jim_Kampmann]

I just received one of each of the Novas from Pegasus today! Both kits look wonderful!

Thanks,

Jim Kampmann

[Luc Janssens]

2 hours ago, Jim_Kampmann said:

I just received one of each of the Novas from Pegasus today! Both kits look wonderful!

Thanks,

Jim Kampmann

Oh man!.....dunno when these will land in Europe, and mail order is a no no since the custom regulations changed here.

[mademan]

On 2/18/2022 at 8:36 AM, Snake45 said:

When you consider some of us have been waiting all our lives for this kit, what's another few weeks? 

Ive got a half case of each on order with my LHS...... I cannot wait for it, I have to many ideas. haha Building a 1:1 63 Hardtop and have 40 other 62-65  Novas and Acadians..... im going to be trying to get a 3d Acadian conversion going soon after the kits release.

[Justin Porter]

Arrived at my distributor yesterday so they should be on my shelves for the end of the week. Quite excited for this one! 

[wrenchr]

I ordered one from Modelroundup. The gasser. I'll buy more..... 

Edited February 22, 2022 by wrenchr

[Dennis Lacy]

Sounds like I need to make a trip down the street to Pegasus this weekend! ?

[ZTony8]

Seems like the kits ought to be plentiful at our D.A.A.M. show on March 27th. Hoooray!

[deuces wild]

Can't wait!!!!.....

I'm doing the happy dance over here....??

[Scott241]

My kit will be here today