Academy 2010 News

[ChernayaAkula]

Academy Europe has posted their 2010 catalogue on their website. >>CATALOGUE<< Turn the pages by clicking the edge of the page.

Lots of goodies:

1/32 F-16I Sufa

1/48 Bf 109E-3 "Heinz Bär"

1/48 F-111C RAAF

1/48 F-15C Eagle MSIP II

1/48 F-15I Raam

1/48 F-117A

1/72 F-4B Phantom (new tooling)

1/72 F-22A Raptor (new tooling)

1/72 F/A-18C Blue Angels

1/144 F-22A (new tooling)

1/144 F-35A JSF (new tooling)

1/144 Eurofighter Typhoon (new tooling)

1/144 JAS-39 Gripen (new tooling) :) No version is given, but the pic shows a double-seater

Armour:

1/35

CV9040 (new tooling)

K-9 Korean self-propelled howitzer

M50A1 Ontos USMC

Ships:

1/350

Graf Spee (new tooling)

HMS Queen Elizabeth (new tooling)

[Andre]

1/72 F-4B Phantom (new tooling)

1/72 F-22A Raptor (new tooling)

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

Now, let's hope their F-4B is a spanking new tool and the beginning of a new Phantom Phamily, and unrelated to the Fujimi kit as per their 1/48th F-4E...

Cheers,

Andre

[Matt Roberts]

Thanks Moritz,

An honorary Degree in Rumourmongering is in the mail for you.

It'll be interesting to see what 'additions' to the F-15C MSIP will be

[Matt Roberts]

I wonder, the F-111C has a new item number 12220 and the original release is still shown right next to it?

hmmm.....

[thegoodsgt]

Absolutely amazing. I'll never understand why a company would want to produce a kit that's already available, in this the F-22. The Revell kit is really nice. I'm sure the kit will be nice, but wouldn't those resources be better spent producing something to fill a bona fide gap in the market?

[Matt Roberts]

Absolutely amazing. I'll never understand why a company would want to produce a kit that's already available, in this the F-22. The Revell kit is really nice. I'm sure the kit will be nice, but wouldn't those resources be better spent producing something to fill a bona fide gap in the market?

How available is the RoG Raptor outside of Europe? It seems that we Stateside have seen two shipments that have gotten to the shops. Academy probably has a much greater distribution network in Asia and are more available here. Besides they have the design already done, so like Trumpeter it is not much of a stretch scaling down a release.

I am also willing to bet that this is a preemptive strike against Hasegawa probably releasing a new 72nd scale down of thier release in 2011.

[ChernayaAkula]

Thanks Moritz,

An honorary Degree in Rumourmongering is in the mail for you.

It'll be interesting to see what 'additions' to the F-15C MSIP will be

Whoa, from the master himself, that's the rumourmongering equivalent to knighthood, isn't it? :lol: ;)

<...> I'll never understand why a company would want to produce a kit that's already available <...>

Because it will sell. That's all there's to it. It seems that a kit of an F-22 is a "no-risk" choice at the moment. Why should Academy refrain from making a kit if they think it will sell well enough to justify the tooling costs? And the research has already be done in the form of the 1/48 kit.

A sold Revell kit is a kit not sold or produced by Academy. And I guess that Academy hopes this will sell well in Korea. The amount of modellers who import their kits from abroad is probably very small in comparison to the modellers who buy what's locally available, not just in hobby shops, but also in department stores (where a Revell kit can't be found).

<...> wouldn't those resources be better spent producing something to fill a bona fide gap in the market?

Not necessarily. Modelling-wise yes, but economically no. Take Revell's 1/72 Hawker Hunters, for example. Great kits, filled a gap, but Revell were unhappy with their sales numbers.

In that regard, I'd love to see a new family of 1/72 Mirage III/5/50s or MiG-23/27s. Whether they would be economically successful (and therefore ultimately responsible for the manufacturer's survival) is another thing, though.

[Kingoalie]

Thanks for the info Moritz! I can't wait for those new 1/144th birds (aside from the F-22, since I already have a few Trumpeter F-22s).

[MarkW]

Absolutely amazing. I'll never understand why a company would want to produce a kit that's already available, in this the F-22. The Revell kit is really nice. I'm sure the kit will be nice, but wouldn't those resources be better spent producing something to fill a bona fide gap in the market?

Forget the Raptor, do we need another 117 in 1/48?

[Fuji]

Forget the Raptor, do we need another 117 in 1/48?

The 117 is a repop, the Academy 117 was first released years and years ago. I'm interested in seeing what they do with the F-15C MSIP II and wonder if the cockpit breaks away just aft of the canopy. J/K guys

[Jennings]

Now, let's hope their F-4B is a spanking new tool and the beginning of a new Phantom Phamily, and unrelated to the Fujimi kit as per their 1/48th F-4E...

The Academy F-4E knock-off was done almost 30 years ago, long before Academy had done much of anything under their own steam. I sincerely doubt they're going to copy anyone else's kit these days. If anything, you'll see Chinese knock-offs of Academy kits.

J

[tsculton]

1/48 F-15C Eagle MSIP II

1/48 F-15I Raam

1/72 F-4B Phantom (new tooling) :lol:

1/72 F-22A Raptor (new tooling

[GreyGhost]

Thanks Moritz ...

Some nice kits on the horizon from Academy ....

Gregg

[spejic]

Thanks for the info Moritz! I can't wait for those new 1/144th birds (aside from the F-22, since I already have a few Trumpeter F-22s).

Yeah, this will be great. The Revell Eurofighter is totally awful and the Revell Gripen is largely awful and the Pit Road F-35 is a toy. There's supposed to be a new Revell Eurofighter this year as well, but having a selection is never bad.

[Andre]

The Academy F-4E knock-off was done almost 30 years ago, long before Academy had done much of anything under their own steam.

Be that as it may, I believe it was announced and repopped again quite recently, which obviously led to a lot of disappointment to anyone expecting a modern tool.

Edit: "new" F-4E on Academy's site here.

Cheers,

Andre

Edited February 1, 2010 by Andre

[Scotsman]

The old ship modeller in me just howled at the Queen Elizabeth class in 350th .. WARSPITE.. WOO HOO!!!

Lets hope thr 32nd Sufa is better than the original 32nd F-16 ....

[blackhawk7]

Some nice stuff there! 1/32 F-16I... 1/32 F-16F maybe in the future??

Any one know if the F-111C is a new-tooling? Or is it just a re-release with some new decals or something?

Tom

Edited February 1, 2010 by blackhawk7

[Matt Roberts]

Here is something I added to a thread about the Hobbyboss 'Vark yesterday, just my speculation

Just something to add into the fray concerning Aardvark kits....

In the new Academy catalog they are showing a 'new' boxing of the F-111C. The number is in the current series (12220) that the 'revised' F-15s are in AND more strangely yet - the original release of the F-111C IS STILL THERE - right across the page from the new boxing. And the prelimanary artwork shows a Pig landing (or taking off) with wings forward and slats and flaps deployed. Makes one wonder if Academy is 'tweaking' thier F-111 series as they did with the Strike Eagles in 2009. Considering that only a couple of sprues from the original 1988 or so vintage F-15s were untouched in the new releases makes one wonder what they may be doing. And I suspect that the Aussie Pig is first because of two reasons, they are the last operational ones AND they are operated by people in the neighborhood, the Aussies. So I'd suspect that more 'Varks may be returning to the market in 2010/11

Nothing concrete yet, but maybe some further news will come out of the Toy Fair this week.

[Jennings]

Be that as it may, I believe it was announced and repopped again quite recently, which obviously led to a lot of disappointment to anyone expecting a modern tool.

Edit: "new" F-4E on Academy's site here.

Cheers,

Andre

I know, but my point is, that's simply a reboxing of an existing 30 year old kit they already have the tooling for (and which is long paid for). I don't think in 2010 they're going to put their resources into copying the 25 year old Fujimi 1/72 F-4B, given their current state of the art.

J

[JeskiM]

Is that a C-5 on Page 17 ? What scale ?

[ST21]

Is that a C-5 on Page 17 ? What scale ?

1/480 i believe...

Thanks for posting, Moritz. Cant wait for the 1/72 F-4B.

[Andre]

I know, but my point is, that's simply a reboxing of an existing 30 year old kit they already have the tooling for (and which is long paid for). I don't think in 2010 they're going to put their resources into copying the 25 year old Fujimi 1/72 F-4B, given their current state of the art.

Well, here's hoping - I sure wouldn't mind a new tool F-4B in Gentlemen's Scale that is more available than the Fujimi and more affordable than the Hasegawa.

Cheers,

Andre

[nfiler]

The Academy F-4E knock-off was done almost 30 years ago, long before Academy had done much of anything under their own steam. I sincerely doubt they're going to copy anyone else's kit these days. If anything, you'll see Chinese knock-offs of Academy kits.

J

I would agree Jennings. Considering that the Academy F/A-18 series made dumpster ammunition of my Hasegawa stash.

If they do the Phantom to the same standard, it would be hard to keep from buying a whole bunch of them.

The only real problem for many would be price and availability. Academy, or maybe the US distributor (MRC?) has a very bad habit of long delays and spotty restock of Academy kits here in the US. The latest version of the F/A-18, the 1/72nd D model is a good example. I have several in the stash that I purchased from overseas over four months ago at very reasonable prices. The US suppliers finally started listing them as available last week. And the price is about twice what I paid from Hong Kong, including shipping.

I can somewhat understand price, but why four months? Sure, surface shipping is slow, but not that slow. Wouldn't it be wonderful if MRC was the winner of the Dragon/Hasegawa seperation?

Norm

[Flippermatt]

Hi,

Weren´t there Academy rumours of an F-4B also in 1/48, as well as the F-5 a couple of months ago !! ??

To sum up from the catalouge, there seems to be NO new toolings in 1/48 Aircrafts, for 2010...correct ?

reg

Matt

Edited February 8, 2010 by Flippermatt

[Matt Roberts]

As far as we know yes.....

The F-5 seems to have disappeared, the Phantom was the limited reissue of the old Fujimi clone in ROK markings.

There are a bunch of reboxings and revisions due in 48th, the Hobbycraft 109s are being reissued, a pair of revised Eagles (Ra'am and F-15C MSIP) and an unknown reissue of the F-111 - Unknown if it is a revised kit ala the Eagles or just a rebox.

Matt