Big Texan Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Just saw on Facebook a post from the new Revell USA. Post was 38 mins old. It states: Dear Revell fans, Revell USA, LLC and Revell GmbH are now one consolidated company. We are currently producing new products for the US market, developing a new website and updating the consumer service process. Unfortunately we are unable to service parts requests at this time but we will resume as soon as possible. Your patience is greatly appreciated. Well, it should be very interesting to see what comes out in the near future! I know a lot of you aren't really big fans of the old kits, but some of us still are, and still very much enjoy them. Also, there are the 1/32 kits that Revell Germany had been putting out. This gives hope that they will continue in this as well. This is very good news. So, go to Facebook and search for Revell USA and see the site. That's all pardners! LSP_K2, MikeMaben, Southern Bandit and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelf75 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I hope so Revell Monogram are great kits Pascal and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Regardless if one builds these kits or not, it will be nice to see more availability for some 32nd kits. Rick Griewski, Bill_S and Pascal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Madelf75 said: I hope so Revell Monogram are great kits Indeed they are ! I just bought an original Monogram 1/48 F-14A Tomcat. Got the same kit from my mom in 1984 while we were visiting our uncle at Rammstein Airbase in Germany. Brings back some great memories. Bill_S and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelf75 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I have their1/48 pby kits talk about great models lot of detail . I remember my first kit was a 1/48 B-17 from Monogram this was back in 1987 for 14$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmro Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Big Texan said: Just saw on Facebook a post from the new Revell USA. Post was 38 mins old. It states: Dear Revell fans, Revell USA, LLC and Revell GmbH are now one consolidated company. We are currently producing new products for the US market, developing a new website and updating the consumer service process. Unfortunately we are unable to service parts requests at this time but we will resume as soon as possible. Your patience is greatly appreciated. Well, it should be very interesting to see what comes out in the near future! I know a lot of you aren't really big fans of the old kits, but some of us still are, and still very much enjoy them. Also, there are the 1/32 kits that Revell Germany had been putting out. This gives hope that they will continue in this as well. This is very good news. So, go to Facebook and search for Revell USA and see the site. That's all pardners! I have fond memories of the old kits and I have a few, but my problem with a lot of the reissues is that many of the molds are worn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Hopefully we will see those gorgeous 32nd scale Ju-88's and He -111's again very soon. Regards. Andy LSP_K2 and CATCplSlade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 27 minutes ago, monthebiff said: Hopefully we will see those gorgeous 32nd scale Ju-88's and He -111's again very soon. Regards. Andy Yes; I missed out on the second variety of each of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Big Texan said: Just saw on Facebook a post from the new Revell USA. Odd that they're maintaining the Revell USA page when there is no Revell USA anymore. Still hoping they find a USA distributor soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I have a few Revell kits to build. I'm glad to see them alive. Personally I can't imagine the modelling world without them. Hopefully they get back to shape and turning a profit. Gaz LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: This is confusing as heck. Revell, Inc went out of business. Reportedly, all of the old Monogram and other old (Aurora, etc) molds that Revell, Inc owned were sold to another company unrelated to Hobbico or Revell. Now Revell GmbH creates “Revell USA, LLC” to confuse matters. Will there be a physical presence in the US, or is this just a shell for marketing in the US? To me this move opens up more questions than it answers. A shell for marketing to be sure, but possibly also a physical presence such as Dragon and Zoukei-Mura have, which acts as a way to get product into the U.S. more cheaply and faster to the American consumer rather than ordering from an overseas warehouse. Nearly all my armor purchases have been from Dragon's California facility due to the deluge of sales and reasonable and quick shipping. If not for that, I would have been ordering from Chinese vendors on ebay and likely ordering less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 23 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: This is confusing as heck. Revell, Inc went out of business. Reportedly, all of the old Monogram and other old (Aurora, etc) molds that Revell, Inc owned were sold to another company unrelated to Hobbico or Revell. Now Revell GmbH creates “Revell USA, LLC” to confuse matters. Will there be a physical presence in the US, or is this just a shell for marketing in the US? To me this move opens up more questions than it answers. Revell USA went out of business. What used to be known as Revell of Germany still exists after being purchased by the German company Blitz (part of an international investment group called Quantum Capital Partners) and is now called Revell. They purchased all the Revell USA held trademarks Snap Tite and Snaptite, Junior Kit, Bad Medicine, Renwal, RM Kustom, California Wheels, Monogram, Pro Modeler, Revell Monogram, Red Baron, Ice T, and many more. A model company called Atlantis has purchased 'some' of the molds that are still here in the U.S. but it's not clear which ones. Some info here . It shouldn't be long to find out what they have as they say they'll be releasing in the first quarter of next year. It's not likely there will be another Revell USA but there will be a U.S. distributor. (still can't figure the Revell USA facebook page ) It all seems perfectly clear ... no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 My post wasn't just for 'your' edification. If you knew all that , why did you say you were confused ? Revell Gmbh has formed a consolidation with a new Revell USA (both still owned by Blitz). They may have 'legally' been Revell Inc and Revell Gmbh but they were 'called' Revell Germany and Revell USA. There used to be Revell subsidiaries in Great Britain, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil and Japan. (but of course you already knew that ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how it all falls out. It sounds like all of the molds have been bought by someone, so that’s good news. To be honest, it really won’t matter if the box says Revell, Revell USA, Pegasus, or whatever. No sense getting all spun up about this right now. The kits will come, or not, and we’ll deal with it. Arguing over the semantics of Revell and Revell Germany has no value. As long as there are two companies called Revell, one headquartered in the US, and one in Germany, putting out kits in boxes with different logos, people are going to use those names to differentiate them, regardless of their legal corporate names. If Revell USA is just going to be a distributor of Revell kits boxed in Germany, like Dragon USA is for Dragon, then it will just be Revell. If Revell USA puts out different kits, or kits in different boxes, as before, then it’s back to two names. It’s like trying to stop people saying “Me109”. Never happen. Why fight it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, Dave Williams said: It’s like trying to stop people saying “Me109”. Never happen. Why fight it? Or calling it a Porsche King Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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