January 9, 2005

First off, we have a couple new images of kits from Revenge of the Sith!

• Droid Tri Fighter D
• Jedi Star Fighter [yellow markings - Anakin's?]

The tank looking thing is now referred to as "Corporate Alliance"

Added to the line of reissued kits:

• Large X-wing - this appears to be the original X Wing Kit, not the larger Pro Shop kit
• TIE Interceptor
• B Wing Fighter
• Millennium Falcon Cutaway Version - this is strange, in that they are differentiating this from the non cutaway version.

Racing Champions has indicated that the small X-Wing and the AT-AT are now in stock. This means they should be shipping to hobby shops now!

Current release dates [according to Racing Champions]

• January [but not yet in stock]: Darth Vader's TIE Fighter, Snowspeeder,  Millennium Falcon, AT-ST, Star Destroyer
• February: Large X Wing
• March: Death Star, Speeder Bike, Slave One
• April: TIE Interceptor
• June: Naboo Fighter
• July: Millenium Falcon Cutaway

Now, it seems that Revell-Germany is also doing a line of Star Wars kits. Coincidently, the list of kits is reported to include:

• Anakin's Jedi Starfighter
• Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter
• Droid Tri Fighter
• Arc 170 Fighter
• AT-RT [All Terrain Recon Transport]

At least 3 of the kits match the announced AMT kits. Could it be that AMT in the US and Revell Germany are doing a joint production? That's pure speculation on my part. We'll have to wait and see.

Nov. 20, 2004 

Racing Champions has released these two images of the two new Star Wars Revenge of the Sith kits due for release in June.