Trumpeter in trouble with Ford GT40 1/12 license ?

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Re: Trumpeter in trouble with Ford GT40 1/12 license ?

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Maybe they sold not so much as they thought?
The first batch was sold but not fast enough to make a second run of it?

The kit was rated as not so good as far i remember.People always search the negative things and forget to be thankful that a new car in 1/12 was made.
I got one here,and i think its a great model of an iconic car.

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Yes agree Christian,have built the car via locate&cement forum
It's very enjoyable build,a few things could have been a little better
but I''m thankful they released it!
At the time I thought Trumpeter will follow the GT40 with Porsches&Ferrari's :)
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Maybe, just like all lost molds, a hoax?

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This might be more complicated than you might think. The last time I heard Ford does not hold the rights to the name GT40, as crazy as that sounds way back in the day a gentleman here in Calgary applied for and got the rights to the name and that is why the new Ford GT was not called a GT40. I know this gentleman personally so this is not an urban legend, I have not talked to him much in the last couple of years but as far as I know the situation has not changed. That being said Ford holds all of the rights to the car and it's design, just not the name as I understand it.
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The next bunch of GT40 can be preordered from Hiroboy and others.
So everything should be fine now.
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yes, seen this too on hiroboys page, so it might be true!
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IanMcLaren wrote:This might be more complicated than you might thinkeem. The last time I heard Ford does not hold the rights to the name GT40, as crazy as that sounds way back in the day a gentleman here in Calgary applied for and got the rights to the name and that is why the new Ford GT was not called a GT40. I know this gentleman personally so this is not an urban legend, I have not talked to him much in the last couple of years but as far as I know the situation has not changed.
Yes it's true...that is also the reason why the new one is a Ford GT and not GT40...
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