October 22,2024--Kevin
Hey! 3-D kits, resin kits are good for me! NO RECASTS... |
September 29,2024--Leonard
From Nashville Tn
You have some really great kits the only thing lately
that I find a little upsetting is that
everybody is going to 3-D it seems no one is using resin
anymore which is sad but I guess
you have to go with the times. I just wish you could
produce More resin kits i’m glad I live
close to Louisville because wonder fest is a fabulous
place to find kits of all kinds.
Keep up the good work guys.
I'm jealous of your proximity to
Louisville. I made it to WonderFest in 2023 but don't
know
when I'll be able to go back. As for 3D kits, I do
understand why some people aren't happy
with the changes. For me, though, the change has allowed
Escape Hatch to thrive and take
chance on subjects I would not have considered if I'd
had to undertake the time, expense
and risk of making silicone molds and resin castings.
Lots more in the works, perhaps some
of it will catch your eye. Thanks for the note. |
September 10,2024--Rafael
Chevere
Love your product awesome sculptures.
We love that people love them. Thanks
for getting in touch :) |
August 18,2024--Fred
Lewis
Not much to say other then I love your parts for older
kits! I have ordered several
from you as well as the full resin kits too.
You said a lot, Fred. Thanks. |
August 4,2024--Kevin
Hey there! Hope all is well, How about a 1/8 scale
figure of the Classic "Rocketman...?"
The one from 1949...!?!
Thanks for the suggestion,
Kevin. I assume you're talking about the character from
"King of the Rocket Men." Isn't that also the design of
Commando Cody?
We'll think about it!
August 19,2024--Kevin
Reply to Aug. 4
message: Yes, they are the same rocket suit... |
July 30,2024--Gary
S.
Hey guys! Monster from Hell just arrived and it's
jaw-dropping! I was a little kid in the 60s
and was there when Aurora started releasing the
Universal monster kits. The fact that
they're still being produced to this day is a testament
to how cool they are. That said, I
consider Escape Hatch the Aurora of the 21st century.
Outstanding quality and great
subject matter! Keep doing what you do and my display
cases will be GROANING under
the weight of your models! Thanks!!!
Gary, you've made my day.
Thanks for the very kind words. I hope you enjoy what we
have
in the works for the rest of 2024. |
July 22,2024--captbilly
I only clicked this because I thought this was a survey.
I am perfectly happy with everything.
I have not ordered from you, not because I don't love
your products. I am VERY slow to
build models, and still at starter level, but I plan on
ordering Dracula heads in the future,
because I have 2 Dracula re-issues with those terrible
balloon heads. Please keep me on
the e-mail list, I love getting them, Thank you
We
are glad you are enjoying our products and we would
never drop you from our list. If you
are just starting out with styrene kits, we recommend
sites like the
theclubhouse1.net you
can get great tips from some very friendly modeler's to
help beginners. And don't forget we
want to post your first completed kit, with our parts,
to the Gallery. |
July 18,2024--Steve
Damaska
I really appreciate your kits from lesser-known films
like Curse of the Faceless man, etc.
I am looking forward to ordering some of your
replacement heads and kits later this year.
We
are glad you are enjoying these Aurora scale kits and
look forward to supplying you
with more fun stuff in the coming months. |
July 14,2024--Bob
When is the London After Midnight model due out please?
It's been 'teased' for awhile!
We're working on it. There's
some extra coordination required and it's been difficult
to
get it all done. But hoping for this fall. Sorry for the
long wait. |
July 12,2024--Gary
S.
Sheesh, I'm absolutely losing my mind over the Hammer
kits and the
Saturday Morning kit!!! If you guys are gonna dip your
toe in the Hammer pond again,
how 'bout a kit of THE GORGON for the Ferocious Females
series? The 14-year-old
geek in my head can't hold still! HAH!
The Gorgon is a possibility!
Thanks for getting in touch. |
July 12,2024--Ken Kwilinski
I am surprised a kit of The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Has
never been done. It could be an
addition to the old Aurora UNCLE kits. One that could
connect with the “wall” of the
old Aurora ones. It would be like a connection to those
old kits. Of coarse she would
need to resemble Stefanie Powers, the actress that
played April Dancer in
The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Just a suggestion for Escape
Hatch Hobbies.
I confess I've never even heard
of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. but will look it up.
Thanks for the suggestion! |
July 9,2024--Mike Evans
These Kits are awesome..... highly detailed super easy
to build ... keep them coming!!
We
certainly will ! Thanks |
July 4,2024--Kurt
I very much appreciate Escape Hatch for providing us
builders & painters
some offbeat and eye-opening kits & accessories.
Thanks for the feedback, Kurt. |
June 28,2024--Steve Damaska
I appreciate your available products that give me the
chance to do projects
I have wanted to do for a long time. I will be visiting
your website to place
orders around my birthday and Christmas!
Thanks for the note! We always
get a kick out of seeing what people do
with our products, so please share photos of your
birthday and Christmas
projects when you have them. |
June 15,2024--Anon.
Hello again! Would like to respond to a
suggestion from 'Kevin' on May 20th asking
for the alien creep from SPACE PROBE TAURUS. That thing
gave baby boomers
nightmares and was recycled into another flick called
WIZARD OF MARS.
If Mike Berglund ever wants to tackle this, promise us
that he'll do the guy's tongue
sticking out...that image messed up LOTS of kids in the
60s!
That might be right up Michael's alley.
I'll pass along the suggestion. |
June 13,2024--Charles
Would love to see 1/8 scale, Aurora style
Rocky Horror Picture Show kits.
I'm reluctant to dash any hopes, but
truth is that it's unlikely you'll ever see a kit
of
Tim Curry in a corset from Escape Hatch. Sorry. |
June 11,2024--Kevin
How about a 1/8 scale kit of the monster from Horror of
Party Beach!
And please put the Hot Dogs in his mouth instead of
teeth!?!
Added 6/12:
They're not actually hot dogs but looks like them! Hot
dogs or pickles...
Hot dogs? I haven't seen the movie, does the monster
have hot dogs in his mouth?
We'll put it on the list of possibilities. Thanks! |
June 11,2024--Anon.
Why are your prices so high on your models. I love
building monster models
and I love your Wolf Woman, but $140 bucks is way out of
my range. Why so high?
Sorry to disappoint you, but it's common for garage kits
to be more expensive than
mass-market plastic models. Believe it or not, we're
hardly rolling in dough.
Escape Hatch does offer some cheaper options, as do some
other producers. |
June 11,2024--Ken
Kwilinski
Another kit suggestion from me.... The Astounding
She-Monster. It would have
to be something that makes her look menacing. After all
she's just a woman in
a skin-tight glittery outfit who has
"the-touch-of-death". So far love the
Wasp Woman and Terror From The Year 5000 kits. Keep um
coming!
I passed along the suggestion to Michael
Berglund. If Year 5,000 sells decently,
well, you never know. |
June 11,2024--Brian
Nobody has ever kitted up the She Beast.
I don't know if I'd ever heard of her but
looked her up. Creepy. I'll pass that suggestion
to the sculptor, Michael Berglund. |
June 11,2024--Kev TK
Received and built your Trog kit. Terrific! Made in
1970, I was around for the
movie, but don't remember ever seeing it. But with the
little nugget that the
Trog suit was taken out of the dumpster for the movie,
made it odd ball
enough that I had to build it. I just love the odd...
We love the odd as well. Very glad you
enjoy the kit. Thanks for the note. |
May
29,2024--Kevin
Would like to see a 1/8 kit of Ghost of Frankenstein
holding little Ann Galloway
in his arms!
😃
I'll put that on the list of possibilities. Thanks for
the suggestion! |
May
28,2024--Gary S.
WOW!!! Just got the TROG kit and it's
FANTASTIC. I thought the Wasp Woman
and
Octaman kits were cool. This ranks with the best of
them! Since I just retired, here's
my bucket list of monsters I'd like to see realized as
kits... The Hideous Sun Demon,
a hyper-accurate Green Slime monster, the Horror of
Party Beach critter with a
mouthful of hot dogs, the Projected Man (his face will
give you bad dreams), the
Chlorophyl Man from John Ashley's awful Blood Island
flicks, the monster from
Night of the Blood Beast (part bear, part parrot, all
creepy) and the mutant from
Terror From the Year 5000. That ain't much to ask, is
it? Hahaha.
We're delighted that you like the Trog kit and thank you
for your
business. I'll pass
along all of those suggestions to Michael Berglund, who
very much enjoys these
subjects. If you're not already familiar with
Chris Wooten's Terror from the Vault,
you might want to check out the
Green Slime offered there. It might not be the
hyper-accurate kit you hope for, but it's very neat
nonetheless. |
May
28,2024--Al
Pettiford
I think you should do a Claude Rains Phantom replacement
head, it’s a no brainer.
That's been on the list of possibilities
for years, although there never seems to be
quite enough money in the budget to make it happen.
We'll see what we can do.
Thanks for the suggestion. |
May
28,2024--Dave
Really
like the replacement heads - keep it up! Full kits are
great, too!
Appreciate
the feedback, Dave. Guys like you keep us trying hard. |
May
20,2024--Kevin
Just ordered the TROG kit, looks
great... Would like to see more kits of
rare figures like the alien from "Space Probe Taurus"
that would cool in a 1/8 scale.
Thanks for ordering Trog! Never heard of
"Space Probe Taurus" but we'll check it out.
Thanks for the suggestion. |
May 18,2024--Mike
Cereal
Monster sets!!!!
We've taken the Morning Monsters off the
market for now, I'm sorry to say, because of
production issues. We'll re-evaluate them sooner or
later. |
May 18,2024--Dr.
Paul N. McKenzie
More, more, more.. your parts open up a door to kits we
always wanted,
but never received!
We're glad you enjoy them. We're
pondering more replacement parts projects.
Do you have any suggestions? |
May 17,2024--Gary
S.
I love your merchandise! I've never been disappointed
with the goodies I buy.
Just ordered the TROG kit and wanted to suggest another
'grade Z' kit to
produce...the monster from 'Blood Waters of Dr. Z.' The
movie was craptastic
but that monster was actually pretty cool! Just my two
cents.
Never heard of it! But you're right, that
monster has potential.
Passed along the idea to Michael Berglund. Thanks! |
May 12,2024--Anton
Phibes
I loved your Wasp Woman. Literally a dream kit for me in
a nice scale.
Dracula's Daughter would be another in this scale that I
would love.
As well as a Chaney Kharis to match Glenn Strange
Frankenstein.
Looking forward to Wonderfest.
I'm glad you like the Wasp Woman. She's been a great
seller for Escape
Hatch.
I'll pass along the Dracula's Daughter suggestion to
sculptor Michael Berglund.
You might be interested in knowing he already has two
more Ferocious Female
figures almost ready to go on the market. And you
never know, I'm a big fan of
Kharis as well and he's long been on my production wish
list. As for WonderFest,
I'm sorry to say Escape Hatch won't be able to get there
this year.
We hope for a return in 2025. |
Apr. 14,2024--Dr.Greg
Hi - I love your site. have you ever
considered selling STL files of some of
your merchandise?
I'm glad you like the site. Yes, we have
considered the possibility of selling STLs
and have decided against it. |
Apr. 14,2024--Tim
Thompson
Is there any chance we will be seeing
any of the replacement heads that have been
"temporarily" out of stock, anytime in the near future?
I've been waiting for the
Count Orlok head since the kit was released last
year...it's frustrating but I know
you guys are super busy...I love this shop so much, you
guys are amazing!
Thanks for the kind words! Most of the
"out of stock" sets will probablyreturn when I can
get time to remold them, although the Orlok head is a
special case. That particular piece
was created from the original
Nosferatu sculpture by Jeff Yagher, which was then the
property of the late Denis McDougall, who was sort of a
co-producer on that project.
Since Denis's passing, I've been reluctant to return the
replacement head to the market.
But maybe it's time to make that happen; I'll give it
serious thought. |
Apr. 12,2024--Steve
Marciante
You guys are doing a fantastic job in the after market
world please keep up the
good work I have to get settled into my new house with a
new work shop and I
will be getting more products from you thank you for all
you do for this hobby.
Thanks Steve, we appreciate you
too. |
Apr. 12,2024--Tom
Hello. Any chance of a new sculpt for Mr. Hyde’s left
arm ? That hand has bugged
me since the sixes.
Honestly, it never occurred to me, and I think you're
the first person to ask.
I'll think about it ! |
Apr. 7,2024--Hammerfan
Love your website! Love your variety of fabulous kits?
Have bought a few resin
add ons for existing kits
and they’re great! Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks, we will try to keep the
website fun and introduce new product to keep
you coming
back. |
Apr. 4,2024--Bob
London After Midnight due anytime soon? It's been in the
"Coming Soon" area
for a while. Thank you!
I bought a Lon Chaney Phantom replacement head from you
and it's FANTASTIC!
Apologies for the extended "coming soon" period. The
London After
Midnight
really is progressing;
it's just been very slow. That's in part
because of the
art elements, which have
to be
coordinated with
Rainer Engel, who
lives in Germany.
It's taking me a long time to get
Rainer everything he needs,
but it's getting closer.
Right now, my hope if for
a late summer/fall 2024 release.
Glad you like the Chaney head! |
Mar. 30,2024--Johnny
Por Favor
Love your products ! I'd love to see an Aurora Original
Box Art tribute kit of Batman.
Tony Cipriano is working on a series of
Aurora superhero box-art kits and
what we've seen so far
is terrific.
As for Aurora fantasy kits, we agree, they'd be fun.
There are some possibilities in the works; we'll say
more if and
when they take shape.
Thanks. |
Mar. 30,2024--One of many
I like where Johnny is going. How about an Aurora Box
Art Superman or
Aurora Fantasy Kits like the Flash or
Phantom.
There are so many ideas
in Aurora Fantasy kits from
monsters to heroes.
See reply above |
Mar. 23,2024--Matthew S. Holder
Though...? New heads for Aurora/Monogram/Revell..."Superman"...or
new parts
to make Superman into
Shazam (a.k.a. Captain Marvel)
Sorry to say that the Aurora superheroes, including
Superman, are
unlikely subjects
for Escape Hatch projects
at this time unless a sculptor brings us a pre-existing
piece
he wants to see on the market,
which is what
happened
with Rob Mattison's Batman
head. The DC Comics
superhero kits haven't been reissued since, I believe,
the 1990s.
If the kits aren't easy to find in significant
numbers at decent prices, the
odds against
making back the cost of
commissioning a replacement part and getting it on the
market. |
Mar. 23,2024--Craig
Would love to see you offer a 3D printed Escape Hatch
door (your logo) in various sizes
for diorama builders &
gamers.
Oh, one more thing, how about some soldiers, civilians,
executioner, etc. to round out the
scene for the Aurora
guillotine kit ? It's an odd kit by itself with just the
guy lying there.
Offering an escape hatch through Escape Hatch is a neat
idea, but a bit outside our
usual projects. We'll keep
it
in mind. As for the soldiers, etc., to round out the
Guillotine kit, we did consider it but backed off for
financial
reasons. The cost of
commissioning a good sculptor to
create so many unique figures is going to run
in the
thousands of dollars, and unfortunately the Escape Hatch
budget was tied
up in other projects. |
Mar. 23,2024--Jeff
Loved the Ferocious Females kits - more B movie kits of
this quality and in this scale
please
and with UK distribution!!!
We're glad you like them! More are in the
works. Escape Hatch does sell directly to the
U.K. but
we know shipping prices
are intimidating. Unfortunately, the U.K. distributor we
work with most has found it too financially risky to
stock our larger
scale pieces. |
Mar. 6,2024--That Wily Otter
Love this site! Have
gotten some great custom pieces from here! Great stuff !
And we love you
too ! Thanks. |
Mar. 5,2024--Charles
Meadows
Love your products have
built quite a few 1960s Models using tour heads. Would
like
to see your
replacement bases get restocked, I have been looking for
the Dracula
replacement base for many months.
Mar.13--We
are amending our previous response due to the untimely
and unfortunate
passing of Rick Evans.
Rick was the sculptor/supplier for the bases as well as
other items.
Sadly we will not be able to stock them any
longer. |
Feb.24,2024--Dave
Any chance of a reissue
of the “angry man” replacement head for the hulk kit?
Sorry, it doesn't seem
likely at this time. |
Feb.17,2024--John
Delgado
Bought several products from
Escape Hatch....All excellent!
And we appreciate your
business. |
Feb.1,2024--Gregsed56
I absolutely love this site
and all the items offered !
Thank you ! We will try to keep
you coming back for more. |
Feb.1,2024--Steve
Walsh
What a fun site and your
range of replacement parts and full size kits is
terrific.
The fun is what makes it worth
it for us too. |
Feb.1,2024--ANON.
Absolutely floored by your merchandise and
website.Hoping to be able to afford
one of your kits
soon !
Thanks, we appreciate the
patronage. |
Jan.31,2024--Bob Fisher
Great site & great
products. I like that I can get products to enhance or
outright
mod the project I'm doing.
Thanks! Replacement parts remain Escape Hatch's bread
and butter, although we're
running a little thin on
ideas lately so,
please pass along inspirations if you have them. |
Jan.26,2024--Ken
Howdy! Would really like to see you make a kit of the
old
Rocketman vs. The "Water-Heater" Robot... Would be
awesome!
That's a new one for me. I just looked it
up and that robot is indeed spectacular.
We happen to
have a project in the works
to get some formerFuturistic Robots kits
back on the
market, revised for the Escape Hatch crowd. Keep an eye
out for
those, you might enjoy them. |
Jan.26,2024--Pat Nolan
Not sure if this is what you want being I have not
purchased anything from as
of yet but every time I check
out your website or click from the emails I am just
floored at what you produce. I have many models I need
to sit down and build but
I promise when the time comes
I will be purchasing a bunch of upgrades from you.
Thank
you
We never get tired of comments like that.
Much appreciated! |
Jan.26,2024--Carl
I love the magic you do!
Please consider adding Dracula’s Daughter and more Bela
Lugosi heads
(different Dracula expressions) thank you
We do have another Lugosi head in the
works, but the sculptor has his hands full.
If you're
not already on the mailing list,
you might consider signing up to get the news
when it's
ready. We promise not to flood your inbox. As for
Dracula's Daughter,
Shadow Kreations is getting ready to
put an old X-O Facto kit back on the market. |
Jan.26,2024--Ken Spriggs
Are you planning a figure
of IT! The terror from beyond space?
IIT!
is a great subject but we have no immediate plans for a
kit. You never know
what might happen. |
Jan.24,2024--Ken K.
How about a model of
Dr.Cyclops. Have it include the people he shrunk down to
size.
We do appreciate suggestions and Dr.
Cyclops would be a fun subject. He goes on the
list of
possibilities. Thanks! |
Jan.22,2024--ANON.
Howdy, I just ordered the full conversion kit for the
Moebius Grim Reaper as I am a
HUGE fan of Tombs of the
Blind Dead.
I ordered the replacement head for the
Moebius
Frankenstein and it was PHENOMENAL and I know this will
be as well.
Thanks so much!
Your Blind Dead set is on the way!
William Paquet did a fantastic job on the face and
graveyard bits.Rainer Engel rounded
it out fantastically with the hood and sword.
Please
share photos when you're finished. |