Round 2 / iHobby question

[slantasaurus]

I remember many months ago that Round 2 announced that they were going to reissue the 1/16 Richard Petty Nascar Charger kit. I've looked through all of the threads about the iHobby expo a few weeks ago and I can't find it anywhere in any of the announcements. Looking at Round 2's website, I can't find any mention of it either. I know they had some pictures there several months ago. Does anyone know the current status of this reissue ???

[crispy]

If I remember correctly Round 2 threw a picture on their web cam. That is what sparked everything. I think, as Mark suggested, is that they may have found some of the tooling. I'm sure they've been looking into it. They never announced it as a re-issue kit though. At least not this or last year.

Chris

[Scott - Elm City Hobbies]

While I haven't heard or seen this rumor, what I have been told by some folks at Round 2 is that all the molds are still in AMT's warehouse, and that AMT's book keeping isn't exactly up to snuff/accurate. So when going to location A, to find kit X, they end up finding kit Z, which according to records either wasn't in the warehouse, or was lost long ago.

Essentially, AMT doesn't even know what they have, so it is entirely possible that they have found part of that mold....but not the rest of it.

Apparently both the 1/32 Aurora Batmobile as well as the Spock figure they are coming out later this year were both surprise finds, and that there was no record of them in AMT's inventory.

I too would love to see this kit. Another I would love to see again is the old Dodge Powerwagon.....but I am told that AMT modified the mold so much that it is just a former shadow of itself!