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01-06-2006, 08:53 PM
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PL's Demise
Hi! Just wondering if anybody knows for sure (Officially) whether RC2 has stopped planning future, NEW TOOL, Trek releases. Or is it just a case of no announcements of new kits until they hit the store shelves. I know that we can speculate all day long but I was hoping somebody had a definitive answer or might have heard or read an official "The Line Is Dead" notice.
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01-06-2006, 09:40 PM
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I knew the site was'nt being updated but that does not necessarily mean production is dead. It could just mean they are not going to be open, like the Polar Lights crew was, about new releases. Hence the question of whether any new Trek line was DEFINATELY dead!
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01-06-2006, 09:41 PM
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If there are any new tooling of Star Trek kits by RC2 in the future, you can bet that they will be under the AMT banner instead of PL.
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01-07-2006, 06:09 AM
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even if it is dead, do you think rc2 is going to come out and say that?
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01-07-2006, 09:43 AM
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I think the PL name is gone for good. As for new stuff- do not believe you will see that either. Just about any new stuff from RC2 is a repop, that includes even their cars. From what the rep said at the IMPS nat'l Revell is doing likewise- more repops and only a few all-new kits planned, and that is the cars. The sci-fi and figures are not coming from either of these groups, but thats my take- Ii could be wrong.
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01-07-2006, 10:38 AM
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I don't know if PL is dead but I will tell you this. The two Hobby shops I go to are virtually out of PL kits and they used to always have them. I asked and they don't see any restock either.
Cheers,
Max Bryant
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01-07-2006, 10:49 AM
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Vacation Needed
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I've heard that RC2 is still producing the PL Enterprise kits, and will be as long as they sell.
Other than that, I wouldn't count on anything.
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01-08-2006, 05:41 AM
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I hope PL is not dead but I did stock up on the 1:350 Refit just in case. Not to speculate but because I love the kit and ship so much I did not want to run out.
Alex
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01-08-2006, 06:01 AM
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Not too long ago I saw a kit from MPC even though they were gobbled up by AMT/ERTL about 20 years ago. The kit I saw was at the hobby shop. As for new kits by ERTL under whatever name time will tell.
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01-08-2006, 04:15 PM
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Pl
It was a GREAT ride that PL took us on..Kits that we never dreamed of seeing again became available, and at an affordable price..Sure, There were still a few other kits Id like to have seen from them, but hey, no company is 100% on the mark with thier clientele, but I'm still very GREATFUL from what PL put out during thier run..Who truly knows what RC2 will do?..I too doubt we'll ever see the kits PL put out in the figure, Classic Sci fi, and pop culture subjects again..But one never knows..I'm just glad I stocked up when I did...
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01-08-2006, 05:07 PM
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Polar Light ki cked a$$ I loved Them!!It was a great ride!
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01-08-2006, 11:52 PM
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AMT is releasing the Polar Lights Ford GT and the 2004 Pontiac GTO under the AMT name. Not Polar Lights.
That right their told me something.
Chris
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01-09-2006, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by superduty455
AMT is releasing the Polar Lights Ford GT and the 2004 Pontiac GTO under the AMT name. Not Polar Lights.
That right their told me something.
Chris
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Yeah, but what did it tell you exactly, other thaan a couple of kits from PL will be comeing out under the name of AMT? Also are they new kits or reissues? |
01-09-2006, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by irishtrek
Yeah, but what did it tell you exactly, other thaan a couple of kits from PL will be comeing out under the name of AMT? Also are they new kits or reissues?
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They are straight re-issues, only change is unpainted plastic. Same kits, different box and company name.
It also means to me that the Polar Lights name will be shelved at RC2.
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