3 New Round 2 releases indicated as "New Tooling"

[Custom Hearse]

OK..now the next question for the 74 Roadrunner. Will the body have the molded in Roadrunner emblem on the front header panel like the original issue kit, or will the Roadrunner character emblems be removed from the tooling?

I have both the 73 and 74 original issue MPC Roadrunner kits and they both have the Roadrunner character emblems molded onto the bodies... I'm just curious.

Here's the answer I got back from John....

Hi Marshall,

The body will be the same as what was in the '74 GTX kit. RC2 had removed all Road Runner related emblems and markings because they did not want to pay the licensing fee for the Warner Bros. character. We ARE paying the licensing fee and will be including the emblems on the decal sheet.

Thanks,

John Greczula

AMT / MPC / Polar Lights / Auto World

http://www.round2models.com

http://www.autoworldhobby.com

Man....

I CAN"T WAIT!!!!

I have to say that John, Tom Lowe, Tony Karamitsos, and everyone at Round 2, are the BEST thing to happen to this hobby in years!

[93Z34]

Here's the answer I got back from John....

Hi Marshall,

The body will be the same as what was in the '74 GTX kit. RC2 had removed all Road Runner related emblems and markings because they did not want to pay the licensing fee for the Warner Bros. character. We ARE paying the licensing fee and will be including the emblems on the decal sheet.

That is indeed great news! Oneof the biggest pet peeves I have is having cars like the Roadrunner without the emblems on the body. This news alone will make this kit worth buying and I'll be adding quite a few to my collection.

[Rob Hall]

I wonder if there are any plans to reissue AMT's Opel GT kit?

That was just reissued within the last 5 years, I wouldn't think so again so soon...

Edited August 6, 2009 by Rob Hall

[Chuck Most]

I wonder if there are any plans to reissue AMT's Opel GT kit?

Wow. I'm not the only one hoping to see that one back!

Rob, you may have a point, but... all the kits mentioned in this thread have been reissued within the last five years as well, yet here they are ,back for another go! I think the Opel last popped in '01 as a Buyer's Choice issue. I'd rather see this one back ONCE this year than the '67 GTO for the third time in two years!

Wonder if they'll be bringing back the Diamond Reo tractor anytime soon? THAT one's been out longer than five years!

Edited August 6, 2009 by Chuck Most

[93Z34]

How about the International Transtar II cabover? Now THAT kit would sell like hotcakes if it was ever reissued. It was an awesome kit back in the day and is still widely popular today for us big rig builders...

[Rob Hall]

Wow. I'm not the only one hoping to see that one back!

Rob, you may have a point, but... all the kits mentioned in this thread have been reissued within the last five years as well, yet here they are ,back for another go! I think the Opel last popped in '01 as a Buyer's Choice issue. I'd rather see this one back ONCE this year than the '67 GTO for the third time in two years!

Wonder if they'll be bringing back the Diamond Reo tractor anytime soon? THAT one's been out longer than five years!

Time flies... didn't realize it had been that long on the Opel. The Diamond Reo was last out sometime in the last 10 years as a Stevens International release, I think, maybe 20 years ago from AMT as a regular issue.

I'd just like to see them either tool some more new items or dig up some obscure items rather than the same old, same old that they keep reissuing over and over again. Maybe I'm cynical or have too many unbuilt models, but anything previously released in the last 10-20 years (1989 doesn't seem that long ago to me, but it is 20 years!) seems to be too much of 'been there, seen that' to me...

Rob

Edited August 6, 2009 by Rob Hall