New 1:35 italeri schnellboot ?!??! (1 Viewer)

[Plastic General]

I just saw a sneak preview from the 2017 Nuremberg Toy Fair!
It says 100% NEW MOLDS!
But its the exact same S-Boat as the other one released 7 years ago!!??
Its officially called: SCHNELLBOOT S-38.
Why would they do that!? 100% NEW MOLDS!! What an opportunity wasted!!
Does anyone out there have an answer!?
I would rather have had them do something new like a 1:35 TYPE VII U-BOAT or something.
Anything instead of wasting new molds on a brainless repeat!


Can anyone explain this??

Plastic General

 

[thebritfarmer]

Maybe the old moulds were no longer viable?

 

[Plastic General]

I wrote ITALERI and they just wrote me back!
I don't know why they would use that illustration, but THIS is the earlier version that they will be doing!


Thank God.
Nothing is worse in our hobby than a wasted opportunity.

Plastic General