Moebius 1946/7/8 Chevy Announcements

[eastown]

Ace-Garageguy        You obviously didn't know MY mom.

 

 

 Nor mine.

[wrenchr]

Wow, nice job Moebius, great save and these will complement your other 40's and 50's kit offerings.    

[Zoom Zoom]

On 2/18/2025 at 2:41 PM, Erik Solie said:

Nope.  They're going to be pretty much as the Galaxie Ltd. ones were, with only a few small changes.  Mostly on the legal/licensing logos & such.

Too many other things in the works to find time to re-invent the wheel.  I've got three more Chevies I'll be announcing shortly (none of them a C-10), four Mercurys, and half a dozen Fords (some pickups in that batch) that ALL need to get instructions, decals, and boxart put together, proofread, and rechecked again.  And we're too slow already!

Erik

Secretly hoping one of the Chevies is a stock an/or restomod '65 Nova sedan. And will be awaiting to see what happens w/the Maverick and I assume Comet projects...the C10 is a must-have. Secretly hoping you have a deal with Foose to make a model of his amazing C/28 project 😁

[Ragtop Man]

Hell yes! Look forward to seeing them all!

Hope that Moby is keeping an eye peeled for other under-utilized assets (A-M?) to add to the line.

I missed the coupe, had a hard time telling it from the FB based on the box art. 

While I do Jarius' work  - I'm eager to see if Sean Svendsen will get to take a swing at them, or, if they will go to market with the same art but just a different logo on the box. 

[niteowl7710]

6 hours ago, Ragtop Man said:

While I do Jarius' work  - I'm eager to see if Sean Svendsen will get to take a swing at them, or, if they will go to market with the same art but just a different logo on the box. 

The box art was literally the first post of this thread.

[Ragtop Man]

On 2/18/2025 at 8:00 PM, PintoKING said:

3 Chevies; I'd dare to say one of them is gonna be a 46-47-48 Chevy convertible, and then 2 new versions of their earlies Novas.

4 Mercurys:  I'd again dare to say they are gonna be the 1964 Comet, 1971 Comet, 1965 Mercury pickup and 1967 Mercury pickup 4x4.

6 Fords;  I'd say 2 versions of the 1971 Ford Maverick, a 1-ton dump truck, and 3 new versions of 1-ton Ford trucks.

There is a very very faint possibility that they are gonna do a 1974ish Mercury Grand-Marquis and 1978 or so Chevy Impala, as seen on the background of their 1968 Mercury pickup box art?

Box '77-91 Caprice/Impala sitting there in the corner of the Jr. High dance, like the pretty girl the 7th grade boys are too scared to talk to. So many potential versions, appealing to so many different builders. 

[OldSkool81]

Dang... 2025 first seemed to be a lighter year for my wallet than 2024; we're only in late february and my want list just went from 11 to 14! I want all 3 of 'em!!!

[papajohn97]

Thank you Erik/ Team Moebius for reviving these wonderful kits and re-releasing them at a reasonable cost. I hope these kits help grow Moebius’s revenue stream and provide $ to tool additional future new kits of neglected American ‘40’s - ‘50’s classics (Cadillacs/ Packards/ Studebakers/ Kaisers/ Buicks/ Pontiacs….)

[OldSkool81]

Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but do any of you guys and gals in the US started to see the pricing for those kits yet? Here in Canada, one of my main go-to retailer, Sunward Hobbies, announced them today for pre-order, with an ETA of june 30, for.... 72 BUCKS CANADIAN!!!! That's a big "OUCH" for the wallet!!! That's about 53 freedom dollars!!!! Here, Round 2 car kits are usually between 45 and 50$ CAD (33 to 36$ US), Moebius are (were) typically between 50 and 55$CAD (36 to 40$US), with the new lifted F250 now going around 62$CAD (almost 47$US), which I think is pushing it a bit IMO. You're starting to see some properly high quality japanese kits in the 65$CAD (48$US) and up... It's a shame, because I was gonna buy all 3 versions of this kit, but I'm not sure I will at those prices...

[Stef]

1 hour ago, OldSkool81 said:

Here in Canada, one of my main go-to retailer, Sunward Hobbies, announced them today for pre-order, with an ETA of june 30, for.... 72 BUCKS CANADIAN!!!!

Right you are, Olivier; I paid about $75 for the Moebius 72 Wrecker in person at Sunward at Christmas 2024. That was a very special one-off that I was willing to pay quite a bit extra for. I'm usually OK with $45-50, but above that, it's really gotta be a special kit!

But the real problem is, EVERYTHING American has gone up, and I'm having a hard time paying $50+ for what was only $40 last year.

To top it all off, the secondary market has gone bonkers, too. Used domestic kits, opened kits, old kits, would usually be $10-15 CDN, and recently, people started asking $30-40, and I ain't havin' that, unless it's a grail. Ain't no tariffs on a 25-year old 58 Impala. Even $5 glue bombs are going for $20 now, and the market is overdue for a serious correction.

Having said all that, the Japanese kits have gone down in price! There's never been a better time to stock-up on Aoshimas, Tamiyas, Fujimis, and Hasegawas!

[Can-Con]

2 hours ago, OldSkool81 said:

Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but do any of you guys and gals in the US started to see the pricing for those kits yet? Here in Canada, one of my main go-to retailer, Sunward Hobbies, announced them today for pre-order, with an ETA of june 30, for.... 72 BUCKS CANADIAN!!!! That's a big "OUCH" for the wallet!!! That's about 53 freedom dollars!!!! Here, Round 2 car kits are usually between 45 and 50$ CAD (33 to 36$ US), Moebius are (were) typically between 50 and 55$CAD (36 to 40$US), with the new lifted F250 now going around 62$CAD (almost 47$US), which I think is pushing it a bit IMO. You're starting to see some properly high quality japanese kits in the 65$CAD (48$US) and up... It's a shame, because I was gonna buy all 3 versions of this kit, but I'm not sure I will at those prices...

 

34 minutes ago, Stef said:

Right you are, Olivier; I paid about $75 for the Moebius 72 Wrecker in person at Sunward at Christmas 2024. That was a very special one-off that I was willing to pay quite a bit extra for. I'm usually OK with $45-50, but above that, it's really gotta be a special kit!

But the real problem is, EVERYTHING American has gone up, and I'm having a hard time paying $50+ for what was only $40 last year.

To top it all off, the secondary market has gone bonkers, too. Used domestic kits, opened kits, old kits, would usually be $10-15 CDN, and recently, people started asking $30-40, and I ain't havin' that, unless it's a grail. Ain't no tariffs on a 25-year old 58 Impala. Even $5 glue bombs are going for $20 now, and the market is overdue for a serious correction.

Having said all that, the Japanese kits have gone down in price! There's never been a better time to stock-up on Aoshimas, Tamiyas, Fujimis, and Hasegawas!

Local shop here in Fredericton had the F-250 4X4 for 53.75 and the new '65 Novas for 46.25.

The '72 Ford wrecker was 59 even.

Most of his Revell car kits are around 40 and Round 2 around 50.

You may be getting ripped off.

Edited Tuesday at 12:45 AM by Can-Con

[bobss396]

I picked up 2 of the Galaxie issues last year, complete for $25 each, bad boxes and decals. Spotlight Hobbies had fresh decals for $8 per.

[thatz4u]

Me, I'm waiting for the C-10..

[PintoKING]

I recall a few months ago here, there was talks that Moebius was doing 3 other Mercury kits; One should be a Mercury Comet (very probably a 70-77). My personal guess is the other two

would be Mercury versions of their Fords pickups; I'd say a 1966 and a 1967. Anybody know more about that?

[Erik Solie]

On 6/16/2025 at 3:23 PM, OldSkool81 said:

72 BUCKS CANADIAN!!!! That's a big "OUCH" for the wallet!!! It's a shame, because I was gonna buy all 3 versions of this kit, but I'm not sure I will at those prices...

Yea, you know we just don't have much (any) control over this?  I'm not going political on this, just looking at the bucks we gotta pay to get these here.  At least the 47 Chevies were from Korea, so you know, it could have been worse, eh?

[OldSkool81]

On 6/17/2025 at 6:44 PM, Erik Solie said:

Yea, you know we just don't have much (any) control over this?  I'm not going political on this, just looking at the bucks we gotta pay to get these here.  At least the 47 Chevies were from Korea, so you know, it could have been worse, eh?

Gotcha, I also don't want to get into politics. And it wasn't a stab at Moebius either, as I'm a BIG fan. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, and that's why my original question was if U.S. people started to see pre-orders and pricing on their favorite model shops' sites, so I can compare with mine. Right now, only one of my usual online shops has these listed for pre-order with price, and they are often hit-n-miss. They sometimes have the best prices around, but they can also be way out there on other occasions. That's what I'm trying to figure out; because don't get me wrong, I WILL get all 3 of these kits one way or another. Just trying to figure out where I'll buy them. And may I ask, still without being political, but more on a logistics standpoint, a question that I had about kits supply? Is the supply for Canada unloaded in the U.S. ports, then to be shipped up north by land, or do those ships unload at Canadian ports? I was just curious about the difference in time for a kit to make it to shelves between the USA and Canada!

[peter31a]

8 hours ago, OldSkool81 said:

Gotcha, I also don't want to get into politics. And it wasn't a stab at Moebius either, as I'm a BIG fan. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, and that's why my original question was if U.S. people started to see pre-orders and pricing on their favorite model shops' sites, so I can compare with mine. Right now, only one of my usual online shops has these listed for pre-order with price, and they are often hit-n-miss. They sometimes have the best prices around, but they can also be way out there on other occasions. That's what I'm trying to figure out; because don't get me wrong, I WILL get all 3 of these kits one way or another. Just trying to figure out where I'll buy them. And may I ask, still without being political, but more on a logistics standpoint, a question that I had about kits supply? Is the supply for Canada unloaded in the U.S. ports, then to be shipped up north by land, or do those ships unload at Canadian ports? I was just curious about the difference in time for a kit to make it to shelves between the USA and Canada!

Unfortunately for us most ships with kits for domestic(U.S.) kit manufacturers unload in U.S. ports and then are shipped by land to our distributors thus they are hit with tariffs. It may vary if the shipment is from a manufacturer (Tamiya, Heller, Airfix, Aoshima etc) from another part of the world. Some may come through U.S.A. or may come into our own ports.

[Luc Janssens]

1 hour ago, peter31a said:

Unfortunately for us most ships with kits for domestic(U.S.) kit manufacturers unload in U.S. ports and then are shipped by land to our distributors thus they are hit with tariffs. It may vary if the shipment is from a manufacturer (Tamiya, Heller, Airfix, Aoshima etc) from another part of the world. Some may come through U.S.A. or may come into our own ports.

Odd that merchandise which go through the US in transit to another country, are taxed by the US, or was that part of the NAFTA deal?

[Can-Con]

7 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

Odd that merchandise which go through the US in transit to another country, are taxed by the US, or was that part of the NAFTA deal?

NAFTA deal was replaced 5 years ago by the USMCA deal 

[Erik Solie]

No problem, actual conversation is always a good thing.  I’m going to try and answer these as best I can, sorry in advance if the answer is bit gruff.  I’ve put them below IN RED

OldSkool81 Olivier Asks:

Gotcha, I also don't want to get into politics. And it wasn't a stab at Moebius either, as I'm a BIG fan. Thanks!  It’s much appreciated!  I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, and that's why my original question was if U.S. people started to see pre-orders and pricing on their favorite model shops' sites, so I can compare with mine. Because we were uncertain exactly how much the tariffs were going to hit these with, we didn’t put much info out on these.  Many of the shops only list something if they know what the price is, so they just didn’t.   Right now, only one of my usual online shops has these listed for pre-order with price, and they are often hit-n-miss. They sometimes have the best prices around, but they can also be way out there on other occasions. That's what I'm trying to figure out; because don't get me wrong, I WILL get all 3 of these kits one way or another. Don’t panic on these.  When this run sells out, there will be another run.  It may take some time, but it will happen.  We all can buy much faster than we can build anyway (except for Bill L.)  Just trying to figure out where I'll buy them. And may I ask, still without being political, but more on a logistics standpoint, a question that I had about kits supply? Is the supply for Canada unloaded in the U.S. ports, then to be shipped up north by land, YES, very much so or do those ships unload at Canadian ports? A common mis-perception I keep seeing over and over is Canadians under-estimating just how FEW kits actually go to the Canadian market.  Yes, Canadians buy a lot of kits, there just are not that many Canadians!  We’re in California, and the overall population of Canada and California are a-boot the same.  We’d go out of business if we expected the California market alone to carry us along.  I was just curious about the difference in time for a kit to make it to shelves between the USA and Canada!

On to the next one!

Peter31a says:

Unfortunately for us most ships with kits for domestic(U.S.) kit manufacturers unload in U.S. ports and then are shipped by land to our distributors thus they are hit with tariffs. Correct, very much so It may vary if the shipment is from a manufacturer (Tamiya, Heller, Airfix, Aoshima etc) from another part of the world. Some may come through U.S.A. or may come into our own ports. Oh Peter, you sweet, sweet dreamer!  Tamiya is the only one with a production volume even close enough to try and do so, plus they’ve got the advantage of having a lot of manufacturing in the Philippines, but sadly they do not.  Heller?  Oh, I wish.  I’ve loved Heller kits for years now, and greatly respect their history and legacy in the industry.  But their production is nothing compared to their heyday of the 1970’s.  Airfix is too focused on the European market (how many new tool aircraft kits have we seen in the last 5 years that the North American market has to wait for 6 months after Telford because they Bogarted the whole production run for themselves (answer – All of them)), plus the US operations is just an afterthought to them.  Aoshima?  Love them too, but their focus (like most smaller Japanese companies) is all about the Japan market.  We get scraps (and are grateful for them!).  I’m getting off my soapbox now!

 

 Luc Ponders:

Odd that merchandise which go through the US in transit to another country, are taxed by the US, YES, very much so, but them’s the breaks.  Brexit is causing a similar situation where US based small businesses now may need to submit tax info to the UK if they wish to sell direct.  Several smaller US model companies have switched over entirely to eBay/Etsy type operations to avoid this or was that part of the NAFTA deal? Steve beat me to this part.

 

 Can-Con Steve states:

NAFTA deal was replaced 5 years ago by the USMCA deal Exactly!

[Can-Con]

1 hour ago, Erik Solie said:

 

 

Erik, quick question on another subject, If I may, I'm wondering about the status of the '67/'68 Chevy pickups?

I hope all this wackyness that's going on hasn't killed the project. I'm very much looking forward to these. 

[Erik Solie]

6 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Erik, quick question on another subject, If I may, I'm wondering about the status of the '67/'68 Chevy pickups?

I hope all this wackyness that's going on hasn't killed the project. I'm very much looking forward to these. 

Oh they are very much still on.  I could show you the current 3D, but then I'd have to......  well, you know the joke.

[Can-Con]

5 minutes ago, Erik Solie said:

Oh they are very much still on.  I could show you the current 3D, but then I'd have to......  well, you know the joke.

Excellent. I'm very much looking forward to dropping a few of those down low over some 20s in the near future. 😁

[OldSkool81]

2 hours ago, Erik Solie said:

No problem, actual conversation is always a good thing.  I’m going to try and answer these as best I can, sorry in advance if the answer is bit gruff.  I’ve put them below IN RED

 

OldSkool81 Olivier Asks:

 

Gotcha, I also don't want to get into politics. And it wasn't a stab at Moebius either, as I'm a BIG fan. Thanks!  It’s much appreciated!  I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, and that's why my original question was if U.S. people started to see pre-orders and pricing on their favorite model shops' sites, so I can compare with mine. Because we were uncertain exactly how much the tariffs were going to hit these with, we didn’t put much info out on these.  Many of the shops only list something if they know what the price is, so they just didn’t.   Right now, only one of my usual online shops has these listed for pre-order with price, and they are often hit-n-miss. They sometimes have the best prices around, but they can also be way out there on other occasions. That's what I'm trying to figure out; because don't get me wrong, I WILL get all 3 of these kits one way or another. Don’t panic on these.  When this run sells out, there will be another run.  It may take some time, but it will happen.  We all can buy much faster than we can build anyway (except for Bill L.)  Just trying to figure out where I'll buy them. And may I ask, still without being political, but more on a logistics standpoint, a question that I had about kits supply? Is the supply for Canada unloaded in the U.S. ports, then to be shipped up north by land, YES, very much so or do those ships unload at Canadian ports? A common mis-perception I keep seeing over and over is Canadians under-estimating just how FEW kits actually go to the Canadian market.  Yes, Canadians buy a lot of kits, there just are not that many Canadians!  We’re in California, and the overall population of Canada and California are a-boot the same.  We’d go out of business if we expected the California market alone to carry us along.  I was just curious about the difference in time for a kit to make it to shelves between the USA and Canada!

 

On to the next one!

 

Peter31a says:

 

Unfortunately for us most ships with kits for domestic(U.S.) kit manufacturers unload in U.S. ports and then are shipped by land to our distributors thus they are hit with tariffs. Correct, very much so It may vary if the shipment is from a manufacturer (Tamiya, Heller, Airfix, Aoshima etc) from another part of the world. Some may come through U.S.A. or may come into our own ports. Oh Peter, you sweet, sweet dreamer!  Tamiya is the only one with a production volume even close enough to try and do so, plus they’ve got the advantage of having a lot of manufacturing in the Philippines, but sadly they do not.  Heller?  Oh, I wish.  I’ve loved Heller kits for years now, and greatly respect their history and legacy in the industry.  But their production is nothing compared to their heyday of the 1970’s.  Airfix is too focused on the European market (how many new tool aircraft kits have we seen in the last 5 years that the North American market has to wait for 6 months after Telford because they Bogarted the whole production run for themselves (answer – All of them)), plus the US operations is just an afterthought to them.  Aoshima?  Love them too, but their focus (like most smaller Japanese companies) is all about the Japan market.  We get scraps (and are grateful for them!).  I’m getting off my soapbox now!

 

 

 

 Luc Ponders:

 

Odd that merchandise which go through the US in transit to another country, are taxed by the US, YES, very much so, but them’s the breaks.  Brexit is causing a similar situation where US based small businesses now may need to submit tax info to the UK if they wish to sell direct.  Several smaller US model companies have switched over entirely to eBay/Etsy type operations to avoid this or was that part of the NAFTA deal? Steve beat me to this part.

 

 

 

 Can-Con Steve states:

 

NAFTA deal was replaced 5 years ago by the USMCA deal Exactly!

 

Erik, your answer is much appreciated. I don't think it's quite gruff, but rather straight to the point, which is what I like. Also, it answers some questions that I didn't even ask yet! And you've got a major point with population (market) that I never thought about... And the fact that there's about as much people in Cali as Canada; I heard that numerous times but still can't get my head around that! Well, I guess it makes sense as a business to unload and stock your red-hot market zone, and then spread the rest by land to secondary markets, which would explain the delay. BTW, I'm also happy about your reponse to Can-Con, as that Chevy pick-up was/is also on my radar, and was also starting to worry about these. Good news!!!!😄🤙