Round2 Acquires Star Wars License

I'm having deju vu, wasn't there a retooled landspeeder promised last year by Round2 that never came?

P.s. I was right, is was 2023's Wonderfest with what was supposed to happen this year... Guess it got pushed back another year :(
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Maybe I missed this. What keeps Round2 from releasing stuff from Fine Molds' tooling? Seems like the 48th scale x-wing would be printing money. And the 48th scale TIE?
Mike Todd
 
Welp, I was strongly considering going to Wonderfest this year for the first time, but now I'm glad I decided to spend the weekend in Chicago instead eating deep dish and Italian beef sandwiches. Even the dealer and model contest room videos I've seen have looked pretty... meh. Maybe next year.
 
Dedalus5550 said:
FM plastic has been re-popped for Revell. In fact, that's why I asked the question.
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A quick way for Revell to save money on R&D is to already buy approved moulds from the previous license holder. Other than reboxing and re-instructioning (probably not a word) the FineMolds line, I don't think they did much. I'm not sure if Revell actually owns the moulds or just uses FineMolds as a contractor.

Round2 does the same thing with most of their licensors and initially just repops the contents of old kits, but in some cases makes improvements.

TazMan2000
 
TazMan2000 said:
A quick way for Revell to save money on R&D is to already buy approved moulds from the previous license holder. Other than reboxing and re-instructioning (probably not a word) the FineMolds line, I don't think they did much. I'm not sure if Revell actually owns the moulds or just uses FineMolds as a contractor.

Round2 does the same thing with most of their licensors and initially just repops the contents of old kits, but in some cases makes improvements.

TazMan2000
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It would my question if I met someone from R2. However, FM molds might bring up the issue of how to box it. If R2 only uses old AMT molds and its own molds, it can get away with labeling them all "AMT." If the molds were previously under the FM name...? (And am I the only one who would much prefer the MPC logo and boxing style? Although I don't know R2 is limited to the AMT name.)
Mike Todd
 
Dedalus5550 said:
It would my question if I met someone from R2. However, FM molds might bring up the issue of how to box it. If R2 only uses old AMT molds and its own molds, it can get away with labeling them all "AMT." If the molds were previously under the FM name...? (And am I the only one who would much prefer the MPC logo and boxing style? Although I don't know R2 is limited to the AMT name.)
Mike Todd
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When Revell repopped the FM kits, they added little text in the bottom corner of the box that says, "A Fine Molds model".
 
First video I found: You can very briefly see the TIE Bomber, Luke's Landspeeder and the Shado Mobile vehicle:

 
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