Thinkful Wishing about Round2 Models, future Kits.

[mikos]

2 hours ago, Can-Con said:

I'm still thoroughly convinced Racing Champions only bought Ertl [AMT/MPC] for the NASCAR licensing and everything else was disposable, including everything associated with plastic models.

But, no, the MPC '69 Camaro may be bad but nothing is "Monogram '69 Camaro bad".  😄

The MPC ‘69 Camaro was the result of too many rounds of modifying the tooling for funny car/circle track race car issues.  The Monogram ‘69 Camaro was just bad from the start.   I think it was originally intended to be a simple processed plastic toy for kids and they decided to make a model kit out of it.  Actually, I feel bad for the hired builder who had to assemble and detail the model kit for the box art photo.

Edited 17 hours ago by mikos

[Stef]

3 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

You're right about that! At the time I was prejudiced against Lindberg because I had been given a bunch of their old kits to play around with. My uncle had bought them back in the day and then lost interest when he discovered girls. Anyway, some of those kits were almost at Palmer levels of crummy to a beginner with few skills.

Heh, we've all been there, Gary! Right you are; it's all about "point of entry". In the 70s, many old 1/32 Lindberg kits were pretty rough for a 10 year old. That bias carried with me into the early 90s, until Scale Auto raved about a bunch of all-new Lindberg kits, except that THEY WERE TOO BIG! Everyone begged Lindy to go 1/25, and so they did.

And what followed was an insane onslaught of state-of-the-art kits of long sought after subjects: 61 Impala, 66 Chevelle, 64 Dodge 330s, 53 Fords, 64 Belvedere, 67 Olds 442, 97 F-150, and more.

And so, by 1999 or 2000 when Lindy announced their upcoming 48 Lincoln, I was so excited. Home run after home run, Lindberg could do no wrong.

Heh.

Got mine, opened the box, and I was shocked, horrified, apoplectic, and crestfallen by what I saw inside the box. To me, it was utter trash. Unbuildable. Unworthy. Beneath me. An insult. Waste of time. How could Lindberg betray me like this? How could they get this so wrong? I immediately threw it in the garbage, and swore off Lindberg forever.

That was 25 years ago, and I've since learned that 48 Lincoln kit was actually an old Pyro, and Lindberg merely reissued it.

So yeah, "point-of-entry". I came into the new Lindberg not realizing their extensive back catalog, and was not prepared for something older and sucky. Sometimes old kits are mega awesome, and new ones are baffling, and then there's everything inbetween.

A couple years ago, I tracked down a decent 48 Lincoln buildup, and I plan to one day take it apart, clean it up, and do as nice a job on it as I can, warts and all.

And having said all that, I don't get angry at what's in the box anymore; I just realize there are SQUILLIONS of kits of all kinds of vintages, and I just enjoy 'em for what they are. If I want to go the extra mile, I have. I do. I will. And if I don't want to go the extra mile, just as well.

And yeah, girls have a funny way of making us lose interest in models!