When Revellogram failed a couple years ago in the collapse of Hobbico, the new German Revell did not want all of the assets of the old companies. Revell bought only the newest molds they felt were most economically viable. Atlantis came along and bought up a lot of the 50s/60s and Aurora oldies that the new Revell did not want, likely saving these molds from the scrapper. Including the Mercury Atlas kit among many others.