"Revell USA Bankrupt and Sold" Topic

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Bunkermeister	16 Apr 2018 2:04 p.m. PST
link It appears that Revell USA has gone bankrupt and sold, with all 15 employees let go and company closed. They have 30 days to clear out the warehouse in Champaign, Ill. So might be time for a warehouse sale if you live nearby, check it out! Sad news for the hobby industry. Seems Revell, Germany is the purchaser. Mike Bunkermeister Creek bunkermeister.blogspot.com
Garand	16 Apr 2018 3:30 p.m. PST
The US Model industry has been morbid for the last few decades, compared to the rest of the plastic kit industry. With both Revell & Monogram mostly concentrating on repops of decades old kits, with the occasional new car or aircraft kit, they are a shadow of themselves compared to what is going on in Asia, or even Russia. Revell.de is in much better shape, however, as they haven't stopped to rest on the laurels of past glories that are increasingly looking threadbare… Damon.
Cacique Caribe	16 Apr 2018 3:47 p.m. PST
Whoa. That's bad. Dan
Tgerritsen	16 Apr 2018 4:52 p.m. PST
I honestly assumed Germany owned them already. Sorry to hear that these folks will lose their jobs. Revell is as beloved a childhood friend to me as AirFix is to a lot of our friends across the pond.
WarWizard	16 Apr 2018 6:01 p.m. PST
End of an era.
bobspruster	16 Apr 2018 6:06 p.m. PST
That bites.
charared	16 Apr 2018 7:10 p.m. PST
Inhaled a lotta "airplane" glue putting together their models (NOT on purpose though!). Great memories. sad.
wrgmr1	16 Apr 2018 10:29 p.m. PST
+1 charared
79thPA	17 Apr 2018 5:13 a.m. PST
Revell US only had 15 employees? Wow.
Mick the Metalsmith	17 Apr 2018 7:44 a.m. PST
Production was gonna be outsourced eventually if it wasn't already.
14Bore	17 Apr 2018 2:56 p.m. PST
Bought many a model of theirs as a yound kid. Sad to see.
JAFD26	17 Apr 2018 4:57 p.m. PST
Sic transit gloria mundi… Recipients of much of my allowance, highlights of Christmas mornings…
Shagnasty	17 Apr 2018 6:57 p.m. PST
Lots of time spent accidentally smearing glue on the surface of tanks, planes and ships. Loved 'em even if I couldn't build 'em worth a dang. Sad news.
Marc at work	19 Apr 2018 2:47 a.m. PST
Revell US only had 15 employees? Wow. That is what makes GW a behemoth – most of our hobby, in its various incarnations, is teeny tiny. "Companies" that I think of as huge are often one-man bands – so in plastics terms, HaT is one man and a lot of outsourcing, Waterloo 1815 is one man and a lot of outsourcing, Esci/Italeri was/is I believe two brothers, and a lot of outsourcing… There's a pattern here. Our hobby brings a lot of joy to us, but compared to the toy market, we are small beer. Marc (the plastics fan)
Fitzovich	07 May 2018 4:43 a.m. PST
Sad

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