http://cgi.ebay.com/1-24-MINI-CONVERTIBLE-CAR-AUTOMIBLE-MODEL-KIT_W0QQitemZ170247603497QQihZ007QQcategoryZ145974 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What in the hell!? Anyone else ever heard of this one being made from Academy? Looks fairly decent too.

Interesting...not interesting enough for me to buy, but interesting that there's another kit mfg. making new stuff...only Fujimi did the Cooper S, the Revell was pretty lame.

It looks good to me, surely worth a closer look. But it's interesting on the other hand as I didn't find any details about it at the Academy homepage, not even a word about it. Is it officially released, I guess not.

Ah, this is something fresh!

i'll get one when i have some $$$ in my paypal...
looks good to me...very crisp!

Is Academy creating new kits, or buying/licensing molds from other manufacturers, such as Tamiya? For example:

Lamborghini Countach:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-24-COUNTACH-LP500-MODEL-KIT_W0QQitemZ120176314287QQihZ002QQcategoryZ145974 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BMW M635CSI:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-24-BMW-M635csi-MODEL-KIT-MOTORIZED_W0QQitemZ110228842293QQihZ001QQcategoryZ 2581QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I believe that the BMW kit is an older Academy kit.
However the Countach is new to me, I never saw it before.

It's not a real 'MINI'...
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i still want it though. 26$ ain't bad these days. I promised myself that i would not buy anything i can't eat til payday though. #@%*