After watching one of these go for silly money on eBay yesterday, I'm even more enthusiastic for a re release. How about just doing a regular re-release?
From everything I've read Airfix's 1/72 Seasprite kit is considered very nice, better than the Fujimi version. The kit dates from about '83. I'd love to get my hands on a couple of these (since I work on them, or at least the newer version).