Status of Revell Products

[BlackSheep214]

Saw this in my email from Free Time hobbies.

Status of Revell Products

We have been getting several emails and phone calls concerning the status of Revell products, in particular the new PT-109 pre-orders.

Revell was recently sold and Revell USA (Monogram) and Revell Germany are in the process of being combined into one company which will be located in Germany. When this happened all Revell product shipments stopped.

We did receive our first, small, shipment of PT-109 kits (which is why some customers have received the product) but of the hundreds we bought, we only received a few dozen to begin with.

Our second (of several) shipments, that was stopped, has started moving again and we should receive it in the next week or two and we will continue to fulfill pre-orders. We can not, at this time, guarantee how many we will be getting on this next shipment. We will fill pre-orders in the order they were placed until all pre-orders are filled.

If you have not pre-ordered one, please do so but understand that it might not be filled until after the new Revell company is completely set up. From what we understand, these next few shipments that are headed to us (and the rest of the USA) will be the last Revell product that is available for several months until the new company is completely set up for business.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Thomas_M]

This stuff simply takes some time. Buying two companies, (re)join them, then set up a new business won´t be done on a weekend. But we know Revell still is alive, best news for now!

[jkim]

One of the ancillary effects of this is that Hasegawa no longer has a US distributor and you can no longer get any service (i.e. replacement parts) from Hobbico anymore.

[Stikpusher]

When all the dust settles from this event, I am curious to see where things will go both in selection and pricing.

[Medicman71]

One of the ancillary effects of this is that Hasegawa no longer has a US distributor and you can no longer get any service (i.e. replacement parts) from Hobbico anymore.

And Italeri as well. This is the most concerning part of all this.