2014?Silly season is about to start. Where are the rest of the 2013 kits

[Tom Geiger]

^{I buy new kits that I'm interested in, not everything that comes out. I did get the '50 Olds, '57 Ford, Mustang Coupe and the Mobius cars. I am anxiously awaiting the '70 Barracuda and Ford pickups!}

^{I don't buy a lot of the reissues because I no doubt already have the older issues of the same kit. For instance I didn't buy any Opel GTs because I already have two of the original issue.}

[Brett Barrow]

It wont be long and we will be chattering about what is in store for 2014. Im still waiting on a few that "should" be out by now.

Anybody heard from Mobeious on the Ford pick up that was promised for summer.

Or the Miami vice Ferraris

Is there a kit you wanted but has not hit the shelf yet?

Miami Vice Ferraris? Like these? Both have been out for several months...

And I don't remember ever seeing a Summer '13 promised date for the Moebius Fords, at least not from Mr. Winspur or Mr. Metzner or anyone officially affiliated with the company. Some hopeful, best-case-scenario, possibly-maybe dates at best... Or perhaps some folks confused tooling dates or production dates with release dates?

To add to what Mr Anderson said, a lot of the manufacturing schedule is out of the model companies' hands nowadays. About all they can do is approve the work at each step along the way and keep writing checks and paying the bills during the kits' development. They're at the mercy of the companies doing the actual tooling and production work and their own schedules.

BTW, only one model company in the entire industry controls every step from development to manufacturing and packaging of their products in-house, and that company is Fine Molds from Japan. Every other company relies on outside contractors or subsidiaries for some of, if not all of, the work it takes to bring a model kit to market.

[lanesteele240]

I have yet to see those ferraris on the shelf. I check every time i go in my hobby shop.

I must have to special order them

[martinfan5]

I have yet to see those ferraris on the shelf. I check every time i go in my hobby shop.

I must have to special order them

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