Here’s a bit more from the folks at Round 2. The acquisition of Lindberg and Hawk has caused some delays in their kit production. Many of the products announced for later in 2013 have been pushed back to 2014. Round 2 will be reissuing the old MPC Space 1999 kits – The Eagle, Moonbase, and [more]
Pete and Rick from Atlantis were showing a couple of new UFO inspired kits. They’ve sold off Megahobby to focus on producing kits. They are looking into reissuing the classic Aurora Gladiator kits as a set, with a new base.
Here’s a look at the upcoming Enterprise Bridge reissue. The kit features additional figures, added wall panels, Sulu’s viewer, Spock’s viewer, and new decals. You will now be able to build the full bridge. Look for this later in 2013.
Larry Thompson from Pegasus Hobbies was at Wonderfest and the Terminator 2 Aerial Hunter Killer was on display. Pegasus also had their upcoming dinosaur kits on display. These should be out later this summer. The dinosaur kits will include bases. They also had a couple of their newest releases at the table – Tarzan and [more]
Moebius Models continues it’s Galactica line of kits with the classic Battlestar Galactica. This is the mock up of the new kit, which will have some minor adjustment and then be tooled up. Look for this kit in 2014 A Cylon Raider mock up on display at the Moebius presentations. This is a painted test [more]
Our friends at Round 2 had a few things to show. Here is a look at the upcoming Superman kit, due later this year. Round 2 will also be producing a new a pair of new Batman kits. These will be Batman and Robin scaling a building with their Bat Ropes. Look for this to [more]
Wondefest 2013 is now a memory, but a wonderful memory. I’ve got tons of photos to share with you, and a bit of news to pass along. I’ll try and get a quick write up put together tonight or tomorrow. I’ve just gotten home and I have a lot of unpacking, inventory, and bookkeeping to [more]
We are on our way to Wonderfest this weekend. If you’ve been visiting this site for any length of time, you’ll know that Wonderfest is the center of the world for Monsters and Science Fiction model builders. You can check out previous years shows by visiting the Events page on this site. Of course you [more]
Just a fun shot to share…. party time!
Here’s a new base that will debut at Wonderfest. It is designed for 1:12 scale robot figures such as Robby or the LIS Robot. The base is designed by Rick Evans. Here’s a painted version with a kit: and all the Sci-Fi Scenes base together. Robot Monster is on a coffee break and the map [more]
UPDATE: Here is a photo of the assembled and painted conversion. Here’s the first of our sneak peaks at what we have coming for Wonderfest. The Monsters of the Movies King Kong conversion kit will be available at Wonderfest. The Kong parts were sculpted by Chris Elizardo. The base parts are by Rick Evans. [more]
A happy birthday shout out to our friend Bob Burns. Bob has been an inspiration to all of us as a gorilla man, monster maker, historian, collector, and model builder.
Chris Elizardo has sculpted these two figures to go with the Bob Burns/Tracy the Gorilla/Kogar kit from Moebius Models. This pair of figures will be available at Wonderfest. Rick Evans is preparing the base, which is also part of the Graveyard Scenes bases. The base will be sold separately.
I met Ray Harryhausen for the first time in 1995 at the Famous Monsters show in Los Angeles. He was a hero of mine, having animated the beasts in so many fantastic movies. Jason and the Argonauts, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and so many more. I wanted to be a movie animator and [more]
Moebius Models has produced a special Limited Edition of Aurora’s Forgotten Prisoner of Castle Mare Frightening Lightning Glow kit. This limited edition will be exclusively available through CultTVman. This will be a Wonderfest Exclusive, available for purchase at that show. Only 240 kits were produced. This limited edition is molded in all glow plastic and [more]
