Brett Barrow Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 Got the word today Round 2 is canceling their announced "Special Edition" Zingers in metal-flake plastic. Is anyone really upset to hear about this? Now if we can get Revell to make the upcoming '48 Ford Coupe un-chopped, we'll really know they're listening to us!
David G. Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 That's ok, I'll just continue buying the Dolly Madison Zingers instead. Those metal flake ones would just irritate my thoat anyway!
coolplastic Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 I am actually looking foward to the Revell 48 ford kit.
Modelmartin Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 No metal flake Zingers? There goes Western Civilisation!
Modelmartin Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 How about metalflake glow-in-the-dark Zingers? Now THAT is over the top!
Luc Janssens Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 Got the word today Round 2 is canceling their announced "Special Edition" Zingers in metal-flake plastic. Is anyone really upset to hear about this? Now if we can get Revell to make the upcoming '48 Ford Coupe un-chopped, we'll really know they're listening to us! I assume there were not enough pre-orders to warrant a production run. Also think they don't want to step into the same trap like Lindberg, "some" old tooling has scrap metal value only. As far as listening, companies look at (past) sales revenue, when choosing new items, and look at consumer-feedback to see how products are received by the general public and how to improve the satisfaction rate, within boundaries. Again just my humble opinion. Luc
Eshaver Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 First, I'm with ya on the "Un-chopped " 1948 Ford coupe. I guess they think we're not capible of using tools . like the Government , you know , we as model builders can't live with the surrealistic forgettable early 1970's disco era reuns . An ya'all wanna know why I went on a hiatus from 1970 to 1988. gee wizz kids , I was havin too much fun buildin customized vans ! Ed Shaver
Brett Barrow Posted July 1, 2010 Author Posted July 1, 2010 Yes, actually I am. Not because I personally planned on buying them, though. Any annunced kits that don't get run are ultimately a bad thing. Especially those, like these Zingers, where there wasn't going to be a big (or any) investment needed to restore/create new tooling. These would have been basically nothing but extra revenue for Round2 which they could use to fund other projects. Obviously, it's better they cancel them pre-production than be left with a bunch of kits in a warehouse somewhere, but I don't see it as positive that any item doesn't draw enough pre-orders to sell. While these weren't for me...it's a shame someone out there didn't want them enough to ring the register for Round2 so they can tool up some brand-new kit, or restore a damaged old kit I do want... It does cost money for the distributors (which is the business I'm in) to buy these POS'es and we're the ones that get stuck with them if/when they flop. The regular Zingers have done alright, better than I expected, but I expected zilch out of them. Let this run die, and a couple of years from now, if guys are screaming to bring back the Zingers, then pop 'em in different plastic. You're just dividing your sales to do them this close together anyway.
Brett Barrow Posted July 1, 2010 Author Posted July 1, 2010 I am actually looking foward to the Revell 48 ford kit. First, I'm with ya on the "Un-chopped " 1948 Ford coupe. I guess they think we're not capible of using tools . like the Government , you know , we as model builders can't live with the surrealistic forgettable early 1970's disco era reuns . An ya'all wanna know why I went on a hiatus from 1970 to 1988. gee wizz kids , I was havin too much fun buildin customized vans ! Ed Shaver The '48 Ford coupe is supposed to be something along the lines of the Revell '49 Merc, now I wouldn't mind a not-totally-stock mild custom or hot rod, but I would rather have a stock-height body, which the concept drawings clearly were not. There's a big difference in the custom world between a '48 Ford and a '49 Merc, if you know what I mean?
Nick Notarangelo Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 How about metalflake glow-in-the-dark Zingers? I would whip out a buck or two for that,then again that reminds me of the early 90s eliminators in the clear neon plastic
coolplastic Posted July 2, 2010 Posted July 2, 2010 I hear ya. I can understand how "unchopping" can be a problem. I would have been just as happy with an unchopped coupe.
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