iHobbyExpo, the US's mega trade show for the hobby world, is taking place in Chicago as I write, and the first day has yielded some interesting--even exciting--news!
Revell/Monogram will be reissuing Aurora's Red Knight of Vienna and Black Knight of Nürnberg, as well as re-releasing the Creature from the Black Lagoon: the latter appears to have had the prominent(!!!) lateral step across the top of the head finally addressed. These are currently scheduled for the first half of 2010.
Moebius had any number of surprising announcements: noteworthy, at least to me, were the re-release of Aurora's mounted Confederate Raider and an all-new Bela Lugosi Dracula. The latter (due late 2010) ought to be VERY interesting. . . [FOLLOW-UP: The Moebius rendition will be based on the stage version of the Count, with full approval of the Lugosi estate, thus avoiding the potentially stigmatic Universal involvement. For those who are wondering about a conversion to the silver-screen rendition, if memory serves this should be well within the capabilities of any modeler beyond the entry-level.]
Full report can be found here.
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