When i was little my uncle gave me two original Rommel's Rods. One i had painted but the other i kept just as he had built it when he was just a kid. Basically he just glued it together.
When it was released again i bought one in his honor and tried to make it a little cooler.
I never really finished it (even forgot to put decals on it, and no windows? duh. oh well. :( , but there was nothing updated about the kit. every thing in the box was exactly the same as the kits my uncle gave me.