Post by glpaquette on Oct 21, 2011 15:07:26 GMT -8
Revell
This is for first half of 2012 only. 2nd half will be announced in April time frame. Remember, the plastic manufacturers do not announce (or I believe even attend anymore) the New York Toy show.
Although previously announced, the full detail 2010 Camaro SS should be out in January. The delay is due to correcting the molds based on the test shots. Also, many Chinese factory workers have headed back to the farms (government upped subsidies due to food shortages) causing labor shortages
As a level setter to the overall market, Revell did say their biggest selling kits are Snaptite and wear the bow tie emblem.
Revell did indicate that 2012 2nd half will have some interesting announcements. Stay tuned for more on that.
Now here’s the detail and a picture album link.
Revell Label
• Tony Nancy 22JR Dragster Set - 1/25 - Reissue
• X-34 Landspeeder™ - ?? – No scale, but based on figures, looks to be around 1/25-24 scale
• Ferrari Enzo (Snaptite®) - 1/24 - Supposedly new tool. Likely based on previous Enzo kit, but by the time you simplify, new tooling is likely cheaper.
• Peterbilt 359 (Snaptite®) - 1/32 - Reissue
• ‘50 Olds™ Coupe 2 n 1 - 1/25 - New tool. Multiple options. Revell just received test shots so mounted on a display board. Expect late 2Q2012.
• ‘62 Corvette® Roadster 2 n 1 - 1/25 - New tool. Multiple options. Appears to be new body on top of Pro Modeler C1 Corvette chassis and engine. Revell just received test shots so mounted on a display board. Expect late 2Q2012.
• ‘57 Ford Custom 3 n 1 - 1/25 - New tool. Multiple options. Revell just received test shots so mounted on a display board. Expect late 2Q2012.
• ‘56 Ford F-100 Pickup - 1/25 - Reissue
• ‘67 Chevelle™ Pro Street - 1/25 - Reissue. Air cleaners may have been modified, but will need to dig out the Revell kit in the basement to confirm. I may be thinking of the AMT tool
• ‘65 Chevy® Impala™ Convertible - 1/25 - Reissue
• Audi R8 Spyder - 1/24 - Repackage of recently released Revell of Germany new tool. This kit does have an engine based on RoG photos
• Lamborghini Countach - 1/24 - Reissue
• K.S. Pittman Willys Drag Coupe - 1/25 – Modified reissue of Revell’s very nice Willys. The wheels on the box art look different but I was unable to get a confirmation
• Cadillac® Custom Lowrider - 1/25 - Reissue
• Corvette® Grand Sport - 1/24 – Reissue of last run of Accurate Miniatures’ Grand Sport. No plans to produce any new kits at this point, just sell off remainder of last run.
• Stacey David’s Rat Roaster - 1/25 – New tool based on Revell’s very nice 32 Ford. Too many mods needed to do a modified reissue. In my opinion, this may spread into early 3Q2012 given there are no test shots as yet
• ‘77 Chevy® Van - 1/24 - Reissue
• GMC® Pick up w/snow plow - 1/24 – Reissue, but with snow plow blade added.
Monogram Label
• ‘70 Plymouth Road Runner - 1/24 - Reissue
• Peterbilt 359 - 1/16 - Reissue
• ‘31 Ford Model A Rat Rod - 1/25 – Reissue
• ‘29 Ford Rat Rod - 1/25 - Reissue but looks like new decals. Will need to confirm by checking original in my stash
• Bad Medicine - 1/24 - Reissue
• ‘40 Ford Coupe Street Rod - 1/25 - Reissue
Revell of Germany
• London Bus – 1/24 – Just being released by RoG. It is full detail, including an engine
• No other RoG new announcements were available.
Album Link:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Revell/
Round2
We are still seeing main;y reissues, but in many cases these have been adjusted or damaged or missing molds repaired/replaced. Only new tools are the 2010 and younger Corvettes and Camaros in their Showroom Replica series. If they are the same as the Corvette’s already on the shelves, they are unassembled promos, but are glue kits. Here’s what I saw:
• 1951 Chevy Fleetline (tin packaging)
• 1965 Chevelle Wagon – older box art
• 1966 Mustang – older box art
• AMC Gremlin - stock. Coming in Original art series. It will be in a larger box that carries a picture of the original art that can be framed.
• AMT Amtronic– original box art and supposedly the glass is corrected to right color. Uncertain yet if the cardboard diorama and solar panel will also be included
• Arnie Beswick '69 Super Judge GTO Funny Car – older box art
• Barnabas Vampire Van – They just got the sample done in time for the show
• Chevy 100th Anniversary '57 Chevy Bel Air - (newer tool) with photo-etched parts and engine wire (tin packaging) it seems it is a repackage of the previous pro-series newer mold in the tin package
• Dirty Donny "Vantasy" Chevy Van - two full-sized decal sheets
• Ford Vantom Van
• Ghostbusters’ Ecto 1 – looked to be the AMT version not Polar Lights, but not sure.
• Hot Curl – Hot Shout, Gurl and Hot Curl
• Meyers Manx – Should be out late December/early January. Nostalgic box art and hamburger stand cardboard piece is included. Two metal flake Meyers Manx bodies will be available. The red one would be a chase one, packed one per case with no indication on the box that it is different. The purple one will be a limited edition offered only through Auto World's online store and the real Auto World store that just opened.
• Monkeemobile
• Petty 1/16 Nascar Charger – This was at last year’s show as well, but looks like it is getting closer
• White Western Star
• 2010 Camaro Convertible – Show Room Replica Series
• 2012 Corvette Coupe – Show Room Replica Series
• 2008 Corvette Convertible Pace Car – Show Room Replica Series
I didn’t see the slot car variations of previous plastic kits that were announced earlier, but I could have passed them up. Some neat die cast was also on display as well as their Star Trek series (I didn’t take any shots of those)
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Round2/
Lindberg/Hawk, IMC and Moebius
Lindberg/Hawk still pretty much looks like reissue only. There was no one for me to talk to, but the only news was the reissue of their Chris Craft Constellation and a 1/16 scale hot rod. They showed both at last year’s show as well.
IMC, in the automotive space is doing Jo-Han reissues, particularly the Olds Cutlass, Chrysler Turbine Car and 59 Rambler Wagon. They also are offering the plastic display case. There were also a few military models shown as well, but I passed on photographing them.
Moebius had a bunch of Sci-Fi and monster kits, but the automotive front only showed a new Hudson Convertible. There seemed to be some reticence in confirming or denying anything else at the time I chatted with them.
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/lindHawk-IMC-Moebius/
Other model and die cast
To me, the biggest news was
• A new Bullit detail set for the Revell 1/12 Mustang from Scale Motorsports. Matt Wells had a prototype there, and, as is usual for Matt’s offerings, looked fantastic.
• A 1/25 Packard Caribbean, 53 El Dorado Convertible and 427 Cobra from Creative Miniatures
• 3 new wheel sets from Pegasus as well as their now selling Model Parts Specialties cast metal engine parts and accessories.
Otherwise, no new model news was available from Trumpeter and some new Aoshima kits (many announced at the recent Japan Model show) were displayed.
Hobby Gear is updating their Car Show diorama set and has a tire shop and landscaper series coming out. Phoenix Toys showed a 1957 Chevy Convertible in 1/25 scale that is the equal of Danbury Mint/Franklin Mint and selling for $99.57. They have about 200 (it’s a limited edition) and is available from their website.
There were some interesting die cast including a 1/24 2010 Corvette Grand Sport and Pagoni Zonda from Testor’s. The Grand Sport wheels did not look prototypical though, although the body looked close.
Plus there are several new HO scale cars that can be added to Woodland Scenics fantastic (but Pre-Built) dioramas. There HO scale diner is fantastic.
Minicraft also displayed a series of 1/16 Model A kits, some with Flathead 4 and others with Flathead 8 engines.
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Other%20Models/
IHOBBY show report out. Final Piece, Tools and Paints
Not a lot of new tools were shown or announced. Most notable were:
A new cutting mat from Excel where both sides are usable and stamped with a grid. Excel also add a new set of fine tip tweezers.
Xuron was promoting their new PE cutter that they introduced last year. I just got one about two months and it is far more versatile than the original version.
Tool Tron showed some ergo handled cutters and an interesting rotating storage set with 4 stacked clusters that rotate. Retail is about $19. Looks useful for holding select parts.
Alpha Abrasives is expanding their line with micro polishing sheets and pads, including sets with foam blocks with a soft and harder side to control polishing. They are also offering 6x6 inch micro fine sanding sheets up to 12,000 grit.
Ram continues to expand their scale lighting options, particularly for cars. Now that LED’s are prevalent options continue to abound
On the paint and accessory side:
Grex had nothing new since their pistol grip air brush was announced a couple of years ago. The rep indicated they plan to have some new product at next year’s show but could not say anything at this point.
Badger has more lines of aqueous paint coming out. They also are selling sets for beginners which include air brush, compressor, hoses, paints, etc. They have several new compressors (some quite silent) and have a new chrome airbrush. They also displayed their Universal 360 set which includes the airbrush, hose and some bottles. The Universal 360 is a model that a gravity fed that can also be rotated to accept bottles. Very versatile. Finally badger was showing their battery powered paint stirrer. It has been around for years, but is very good at mixing paints in the jar and easy to clean
Testor’s has new color ranges coming out, including some new automotive colors in their synthetic lacquer range. I couldn’t get any info from the representative I talked to and the marketing information she gave me wasn’t useful either. She did say these would be released in February.
Finally, a company called E-Z-Mix had some paint accessories of note. Most interesting was a syringe with a micro brush on top. You remove the micro brush, load the paint, reattach the brush and apply color to the brush through the syringe. There also was a clear plastic canister with a closing lid like a paint can to hold mixed colors. Finally, there was displayed small micron filters to transfer paint and strain it.
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Tools%20and%20Paints/
Gerry Paquette
This is for first half of 2012 only. 2nd half will be announced in April time frame. Remember, the plastic manufacturers do not announce (or I believe even attend anymore) the New York Toy show.
Although previously announced, the full detail 2010 Camaro SS should be out in January. The delay is due to correcting the molds based on the test shots. Also, many Chinese factory workers have headed back to the farms (government upped subsidies due to food shortages) causing labor shortages
As a level setter to the overall market, Revell did say their biggest selling kits are Snaptite and wear the bow tie emblem.
Revell did indicate that 2012 2nd half will have some interesting announcements. Stay tuned for more on that.
Now here’s the detail and a picture album link.
Revell Label
• Tony Nancy 22JR Dragster Set - 1/25 - Reissue
• X-34 Landspeeder™ - ?? – No scale, but based on figures, looks to be around 1/25-24 scale
• Ferrari Enzo (Snaptite®) - 1/24 - Supposedly new tool. Likely based on previous Enzo kit, but by the time you simplify, new tooling is likely cheaper.
• Peterbilt 359 (Snaptite®) - 1/32 - Reissue
• ‘50 Olds™ Coupe 2 n 1 - 1/25 - New tool. Multiple options. Revell just received test shots so mounted on a display board. Expect late 2Q2012.
• ‘62 Corvette® Roadster 2 n 1 - 1/25 - New tool. Multiple options. Appears to be new body on top of Pro Modeler C1 Corvette chassis and engine. Revell just received test shots so mounted on a display board. Expect late 2Q2012.
• ‘57 Ford Custom 3 n 1 - 1/25 - New tool. Multiple options. Revell just received test shots so mounted on a display board. Expect late 2Q2012.
• ‘56 Ford F-100 Pickup - 1/25 - Reissue
• ‘67 Chevelle™ Pro Street - 1/25 - Reissue. Air cleaners may have been modified, but will need to dig out the Revell kit in the basement to confirm. I may be thinking of the AMT tool
• ‘65 Chevy® Impala™ Convertible - 1/25 - Reissue
• Audi R8 Spyder - 1/24 - Repackage of recently released Revell of Germany new tool. This kit does have an engine based on RoG photos
• Lamborghini Countach - 1/24 - Reissue
• K.S. Pittman Willys Drag Coupe - 1/25 – Modified reissue of Revell’s very nice Willys. The wheels on the box art look different but I was unable to get a confirmation
• Cadillac® Custom Lowrider - 1/25 - Reissue
• Corvette® Grand Sport - 1/24 – Reissue of last run of Accurate Miniatures’ Grand Sport. No plans to produce any new kits at this point, just sell off remainder of last run.
• Stacey David’s Rat Roaster - 1/25 – New tool based on Revell’s very nice 32 Ford. Too many mods needed to do a modified reissue. In my opinion, this may spread into early 3Q2012 given there are no test shots as yet
• ‘77 Chevy® Van - 1/24 - Reissue
• GMC® Pick up w/snow plow - 1/24 – Reissue, but with snow plow blade added.
Monogram Label
• ‘70 Plymouth Road Runner - 1/24 - Reissue
• Peterbilt 359 - 1/16 - Reissue
• ‘31 Ford Model A Rat Rod - 1/25 – Reissue
• ‘29 Ford Rat Rod - 1/25 - Reissue but looks like new decals. Will need to confirm by checking original in my stash
• Bad Medicine - 1/24 - Reissue
• ‘40 Ford Coupe Street Rod - 1/25 - Reissue
Revell of Germany
• London Bus – 1/24 – Just being released by RoG. It is full detail, including an engine
• No other RoG new announcements were available.
Album Link:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Revell/
Round2
We are still seeing main;y reissues, but in many cases these have been adjusted or damaged or missing molds repaired/replaced. Only new tools are the 2010 and younger Corvettes and Camaros in their Showroom Replica series. If they are the same as the Corvette’s already on the shelves, they are unassembled promos, but are glue kits. Here’s what I saw:
• 1951 Chevy Fleetline (tin packaging)
• 1965 Chevelle Wagon – older box art
• 1966 Mustang – older box art
• AMC Gremlin - stock. Coming in Original art series. It will be in a larger box that carries a picture of the original art that can be framed.
• AMT Amtronic– original box art and supposedly the glass is corrected to right color. Uncertain yet if the cardboard diorama and solar panel will also be included
• Arnie Beswick '69 Super Judge GTO Funny Car – older box art
• Barnabas Vampire Van – They just got the sample done in time for the show
• Chevy 100th Anniversary '57 Chevy Bel Air - (newer tool) with photo-etched parts and engine wire (tin packaging) it seems it is a repackage of the previous pro-series newer mold in the tin package
• Dirty Donny "Vantasy" Chevy Van - two full-sized decal sheets
• Ford Vantom Van
• Ghostbusters’ Ecto 1 – looked to be the AMT version not Polar Lights, but not sure.
• Hot Curl – Hot Shout, Gurl and Hot Curl
• Meyers Manx – Should be out late December/early January. Nostalgic box art and hamburger stand cardboard piece is included. Two metal flake Meyers Manx bodies will be available. The red one would be a chase one, packed one per case with no indication on the box that it is different. The purple one will be a limited edition offered only through Auto World's online store and the real Auto World store that just opened.
• Monkeemobile
• Petty 1/16 Nascar Charger – This was at last year’s show as well, but looks like it is getting closer
• White Western Star
• 2010 Camaro Convertible – Show Room Replica Series
• 2012 Corvette Coupe – Show Room Replica Series
• 2008 Corvette Convertible Pace Car – Show Room Replica Series
I didn’t see the slot car variations of previous plastic kits that were announced earlier, but I could have passed them up. Some neat die cast was also on display as well as their Star Trek series (I didn’t take any shots of those)
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Round2/
Lindberg/Hawk, IMC and Moebius
Lindberg/Hawk still pretty much looks like reissue only. There was no one for me to talk to, but the only news was the reissue of their Chris Craft Constellation and a 1/16 scale hot rod. They showed both at last year’s show as well.
IMC, in the automotive space is doing Jo-Han reissues, particularly the Olds Cutlass, Chrysler Turbine Car and 59 Rambler Wagon. They also are offering the plastic display case. There were also a few military models shown as well, but I passed on photographing them.
Moebius had a bunch of Sci-Fi and monster kits, but the automotive front only showed a new Hudson Convertible. There seemed to be some reticence in confirming or denying anything else at the time I chatted with them.
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/lindHawk-IMC-Moebius/
Other model and die cast
To me, the biggest news was
• A new Bullit detail set for the Revell 1/12 Mustang from Scale Motorsports. Matt Wells had a prototype there, and, as is usual for Matt’s offerings, looked fantastic.
• A 1/25 Packard Caribbean, 53 El Dorado Convertible and 427 Cobra from Creative Miniatures
• 3 new wheel sets from Pegasus as well as their now selling Model Parts Specialties cast metal engine parts and accessories.
Otherwise, no new model news was available from Trumpeter and some new Aoshima kits (many announced at the recent Japan Model show) were displayed.
Hobby Gear is updating their Car Show diorama set and has a tire shop and landscaper series coming out. Phoenix Toys showed a 1957 Chevy Convertible in 1/25 scale that is the equal of Danbury Mint/Franklin Mint and selling for $99.57. They have about 200 (it’s a limited edition) and is available from their website.
There were some interesting die cast including a 1/24 2010 Corvette Grand Sport and Pagoni Zonda from Testor’s. The Grand Sport wheels did not look prototypical though, although the body looked close.
Plus there are several new HO scale cars that can be added to Woodland Scenics fantastic (but Pre-Built) dioramas. There HO scale diner is fantastic.
Minicraft also displayed a series of 1/16 Model A kits, some with Flathead 4 and others with Flathead 8 engines.
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Other%20Models/
IHOBBY show report out. Final Piece, Tools and Paints
Not a lot of new tools were shown or announced. Most notable were:
A new cutting mat from Excel where both sides are usable and stamped with a grid. Excel also add a new set of fine tip tweezers.
Xuron was promoting their new PE cutter that they introduced last year. I just got one about two months and it is far more versatile than the original version.
Tool Tron showed some ergo handled cutters and an interesting rotating storage set with 4 stacked clusters that rotate. Retail is about $19. Looks useful for holding select parts.
Alpha Abrasives is expanding their line with micro polishing sheets and pads, including sets with foam blocks with a soft and harder side to control polishing. They are also offering 6x6 inch micro fine sanding sheets up to 12,000 grit.
Ram continues to expand their scale lighting options, particularly for cars. Now that LED’s are prevalent options continue to abound
On the paint and accessory side:
Grex had nothing new since their pistol grip air brush was announced a couple of years ago. The rep indicated they plan to have some new product at next year’s show but could not say anything at this point.
Badger has more lines of aqueous paint coming out. They also are selling sets for beginners which include air brush, compressor, hoses, paints, etc. They have several new compressors (some quite silent) and have a new chrome airbrush. They also displayed their Universal 360 set which includes the airbrush, hose and some bottles. The Universal 360 is a model that a gravity fed that can also be rotated to accept bottles. Very versatile. Finally badger was showing their battery powered paint stirrer. It has been around for years, but is very good at mixing paints in the jar and easy to clean
Testor’s has new color ranges coming out, including some new automotive colors in their synthetic lacquer range. I couldn’t get any info from the representative I talked to and the marketing information she gave me wasn’t useful either. She did say these would be released in February.
Finally, a company called E-Z-Mix had some paint accessories of note. Most interesting was a syringe with a micro brush on top. You remove the micro brush, load the paint, reattach the brush and apply color to the brush through the syringe. There also was a clear plastic canister with a closing lid like a paint can to hold mixed colors. Finally, there was displayed small micron filters to transfer paint and strain it.
Link to photo album:
s150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/exotics_builder/2011%20IHOBBY%20Show%20Report%20Out/Tools%20and%20Paints/
Gerry Paquette