Italeris 2018 catalogue is not fully confirmed yet, but it seems that we're going to see the following this year.
6182 - "Battle at Malinava 1944" WWII playset, 2 russian Izbas & a Barn with 2 Tiger I kits, IS-2, T-34/85 & germ. + sov. inf.
6183 - "Beau Geste Touareg Revolt", french north afrika playset (most probably Esci 237 "FFL", 238 "Muslim Warriors" with building & scenery ?)
6184 - "Vietnam War", playset (potentially Esci 229 "NVA/Vietcong", 228 "US Forces" & scenery ?)
6187 - "Colonial" Wars british Infantry/Sepoys (Esci set 232 ?)
6188 - Crimean War brit.11th Hussars (Esci set 220 ?)
6189 - WWII Free French Infantry (Esci set 205 ?)
6190 - Cold War/1980s Warsaw Pact Troops (Esci set 242 ?)
6191 - Cold War/1980s Nato Troops (Esci set 241 ?)
7074 - Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind, germ. WWII AA-tank (Esci 8063)
7075 - M60A1Patton, US/Nato cold war tank (Esci/Ertl kit 8315)
The presumable building & scenery items within the playsets aside, there's not much actually new here. Surely many hobbyists will appreciate the re-releases of the good old Esci sets nevertheless.
In the last years Italeri also released more kits & sets than they respectively announced. So, there could be more to come.
Anyway, I'm glad that at least all of the former "big three" (Revell, Italeri & Zvezda) still rummage in 1/72 to some extent.
If more news become available, I will post them here and there.
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