No more AMT kits

jhande · January 31, 2007, 3:27pm

AMT update:

So far there is no news regarding any company continuing production or purchasing the molds and toolings. BUT there will be some new releases from AMT during the 2007 year.

All 1:25 scale
38541 - 1958 Chevy Impala w/ 1:64 Die Cast already released
38457 - 1966 Buick Wildcat January '07
38592 - 1929 Ford Woody 4 'n 1 February '07
38594 - 1965 Pontiac GTO February '07
38597 - 1975 Chevy Blazer (snap) February '07
38588 - 1986 Chevy El Camino March '07
38591 - 1953 Ford Double Flip Pickup March '07
38595 - 1960 Corvette March '07
38596 - 1994 GMC Sonma March '07
38590 - Arnie Beswick’s The Super Judge GTO Funny Car April '07
38613 - Hemihunter Mopar Street Racer June '07
38593 - 1968 Dodge Coronet June '07

That’s all the info I have for now. When I hear more I’ll post it. [;)]

DURR · January 31, 2007, 6:13pm

Hey Durr, I remember long ago there were more manufactures of model car kits, just can’t remember all the names anymore. I did like the opening doors and trunks back then, made it easier to display the interior details. It seems to me that the quality of Revell has risen as far as fit goes, but AMT never improved. If anything AMT had gotten worse. I can remember sanding here and there to make parts fit, or holes might be slightly off. But it seems that more of AMT kits have parts that don’t even come close to fitting. It is almost as if it was molded for a different kit. Don’t get me wrong, I have built just as many AMT kits as Revell kits and probably would if they continue to be available. If I’m looking for a 1972 GTO to add to my collection, AMT has it and Revell doesn’t, oh well guess I break out the file and test fit the parts. One good thing about my local Wally World and Kinney Drug Store, they stock both AMT and Revell kits pretty equally and sometimes have a decent selection.

well lets see revell, mpc, amt, upc, monogram, renwal, lindberg, entrex, pyro, hawk,

jhande · February 2, 2007, 7:07pm

WOW Durr, you got me on a couple of those names.

Ok… I’ll admit it, when I was a little tike I didn’t pay too much attention to the manufacturers names on the shelves. I was more into looking for the cool car or truck that I wanted to build. Oh wait… I still do that. [:-^]

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kustommodeler1 · February 3, 2007, 9:30pm

I actually doubt AMT is gonna dissappear.

It’s Just like any other buisness that gets put up for sale. Someone will buy them, and maybe bring AMT back to the forefront.

Maybe , just maybe, whoever buys them will separate the true AMT tools from the MPC tools, and bring the MPC name back.[:P]

Yeah, don’t freak out. I’m kustombuilder1 over at Scale Auto, and there’s been lots of talk about this there too. Oh, yeah, AMT has been part of several companies over the last 25 years, and here they still are.[:)]

jhande · February 6, 2007, 6:47pm

I did hear rumor that a company was concidering purchasing the AMT line, but have not heard any more since. It could also be a possibility that either another company might spring out of nowhere and continue using the molds under a different name (they are produced under contract out of China) or the molds and toolings could be sold to exsisting companies. I realize that is a mouthful of options, but I am only relaying what my distributors have told me.

Out of the list I posted above for new releases do in 2007, already 5 have been canned (I don’t know yet which ones). Supplies are going quick and limited at the distributors, also a few are jacking up the prices of what they have left.

Speaking of price increases - I just received notice that this year we will see a price increase in our model kits along with many other collectables, such as die-cast (do to zinc rising cost).

It would be nice to see AMT continue with a retooling and revamping. I doubt Revell will start manufacturing all the products that AMT produced. Heck, Revell seem bent on swapping wheels on old releases and calling them something new. Oh well. We can always wait patiently for Model King.