Hobbico acquires Revell Germany

Personally-I'm hoping for the NCC-1701 USS Enterprise!

tigerman

I haven't bought said brand in almost 40 years!

Your missing out. They do some very nice Bundeswehr AFVs in 1/35. Leopards and Foxes and Lynxes, oh my!

tHAD

From what I'm readin' the biggest change will be more US Revell/Monogram kits going to Europe and more R/C models being developed for both markets...

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a "flood" of new kits to hit the US Market, Kiddies... 'Cept maybe some car kits...  Wouldn't count on anything already in existance being re-tooled either...

There certainly wasn't when they took over Revell/Monogram.. 

tigerman

I haven't bought said brand in almost 40 years!

Which brand? Airfix or Revell of Germany. Both have great kits in their lines and both have ancient and/or horrible kits in their line (I'm not implying that a kit is horrible because it is old).

Speakingof floating thingies. I just wish they would re-release some of their old great ships one more time RoG style.You know ,sharply molded and good looking when done.I wonder what the SOYA would,ve beenlike had REVELL of the U.S.A. and,or RoG did her?Then there,s the passenger ships.I went to the SAVANNAH museum site, whatta ship! I have always thought REVELL,S was better than anyone elses. I do miss the C-3 class freighter though , plus the BRAZIL/ARGENTINA .I have built her stock-OOB,and modified her into the ANDREA DORIA and sich.Their ships modify so well.In the case of the early ones I don,t care about bottom detail , especially if it,s on a stand.No one cares about props and rudders anyway! Now that tha,s said I do also hope to see the later U.S.S. HORNET and the space recovery version again.SOON , PLEASE ?????I need to convert her to the MIDWAY, the ship I was last stationed on.Thank you REVELL, and RoG for many wonderful products. Flaws and all !By the way I am working on the very old ENTEX DORNIER DOX whatta bird !         tankerbuilder

you know I bought a RoG Dornier Do-X......it was missing parts.....had to take it back...me//return a floatie thingie....it just hurt..,,I hope they fix that..

Manstein's revenge

 

stikpusher:

 

I do hope that Revell USA brings over more RoG original molds for a Revell USA price tag.

 

As far as I'm concerned RoG is a lot of model for the money and they still come under the Asian companies in terms of price, particularly the Japanese-based companies...

 

I have been really impressed with the level of detail and value you get from RoG of late...when you can beat a Hasegawa in terms of accuracy and detail AND in price---well, that's no mean feat...

Definitely !!

I haven't bought said brand in almost 40 years!

I wonder if they will try to out-do Airfix's Swordfish?

Manstein's revenge

stikpusher:

I do hope that Revell USA brings over more RoG original molds for a Revell USA price tag.

 

As far as I'm concerned RoG is a lot of model for the money and they still come under the Asian companies in terms of price, particularly the Japanese-based companies...

I have been really impressed with the level of detail and value you get from RoG of late...when you can beat a Hasegawa in terms of accuracy and detail AND in price---well, that's no mean feat...

I have had no complaint about any RoG kits vs price I've purchased (RoG repoping somone else's is another matter, but those prices are usually lower anyways)

VanceCrozier

Hercmech:

Maybe they wil make RoG get rid of those end opening boxes!

 

  Hadn't thought of that!!

+1

Good luck & much success to you in this highly competitive market place in the middle of a stagnant economy. 

stikpusher

I do hope that Revell USA brings over more RoG original molds for a Revell USA price tag.

I have been really impressed with the level of detail and value you get from RoG of late...when you can beat a Hasegawa in terms of accuracy and detail AND in price---well, that's no mean feat...

Hercmech

Maybe they wil make RoG get rid of those end opening boxes!

  Hadn't thought of that!!

Hercmech

One can only hope they use the Ford model of using thier overseas branches to make thier North American products better. Not taking the North American stuff and downgrading thier overseas stuff.

As the owner of a 2012 Ford Focus (who waited literally eight years for the Euro Focus to make its way into the North American product line), I wholeheartedly agree!

Thing is, Revell USA's new kits are really pretty great - that PV-1 Ventura is an awesome kit, and if I'm not mistaken isn't the F-84G of relatively new design? I think the issue is that they rerelease so many legacy kits compared to new molds that the new stuff does little to counter the general perception of "cheap and old". 

Perhaps combining or sharing development costs and ID'ing engineering best practices, etc, will yield some faster, better development time. Who can say...I think the proof will be in what their new product pipeline looks like 12-18 months from now. Fortunately kit development timelines are a lot shorter than car timelines!

I just hope they are going to sell monogram, revell and Pro-modeller stuff down here in Europe, Because we can't get those at all around here, except for some kits like the bf 109 and p-51D, planes that other brands sell over here to....

Maybe they wil make RoG get rid of those end opening boxes!

Anything that puts more new kits on a shelf in front of kids (or grown-up kids I suppose) has got to be a good thing these days. Thanks Tim!

Vance,

As an associate editor for Model Retailer magazine, I had to keep close tabs on these movements. 

I can say that with regards to HobbyTown stores, what they don't purchase direct from HQ distro, they buy from other distributors, which includes Great Planes (Hobbico's distribution arm). So, at the very least, HobbyTown stores will have access to the products. Whether a manager or owner brings them in is another story. 

As far as Michael's, HobbyLobby, or other big-box style hobby/craft stores, they might carry more, but I wouldn't hold out hope that there will be a huge surge in model products due to this or any other acquisition in the hobby industry. 

Best,

TK

One can only hope they use the Ford model of using thier overseas branches to make thier North American products better. Not taking the North American stuff and downgrading thier overseas stuff.

What are the odds of RoG kits arriving on shelves of "entry level" retailers like Hobbytown / Michaels etc.??

Manstein's revenge

Al I know is that of late RoG has been putting out some really fine kits, particularly in 72nd scale---such as the B-17G, the Halifax, Lancaster, P-47, etc...Hope this change doesn't affect this string of "hits"...

We can but hope they won't be dumb enough to mess with what works. Still, stranger things have happened. Need I mention Lindberg?

I don' t think it'll have a very big impact, it's really just that now, the same parent company owns both as subsidiaries.

Medicman71

stikpusher:

I do hope that Revell USA brings over more RoG original molds for a Revell USA price tag.

 

I agree. Let's just hope since they own Hasegawa, we don't get those kinda prices.

Medicman71

stikpusher:

I do hope that Revell USA brings over more RoG original molds for a Revell USA price tag.

 

I agree. Let's just hope since they own Hasegawa, we don't get those kinda prices.

I doubt it. Just look at the new 1/48 Revell Ventura. If that was Hasegawa it would cost 2-3 times as much for the same subject.

Al I know is that of late RoG has been putting out some really fine kits, particularly in 72nd scale---such as the B-17G, the Halifax, Lancaster, P-47, etc...Hope this change doesn't affect this string of "hits"...

I hope the new management will continue new kit research and creation by staff in Europe.

DoogsATX

Maybe we'll see awesome 1/32 RoG kits of things that aren't German.

OS2U Kingfisher please...

how about someone re making a 1/48 Jake.....we need another option other that that POS Nichimo put out