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Author: Graham Heeps

Posted on January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

Fifty years of Formula 1: Building 20 Kyosho/DyDo F1 Ferraris

Graham Heeps spends some cold winter afternoons assembling a grid of 1:64 race cars

Posted on January 6, 2022January 5, 2022

Lamley Daily: Lionel/Action Janet Guthrie 1976 Laguna

Graham Heeps takes a look at a cool Laguna driven by Janet Guthrie, who blazed a trail for female drivers in the 1970s

Posted on December 10, 2021December 19, 2021

Lamley Awards 2021: Graham Heeps picks his Top 10s of 2021

Graham Heeps counts down his Top 10 new models and favourite buys of 2021

Posted on November 26, 2021

Every casting counts! Another five Matchbox models for Mission 800

Graham Heeps provides an update on his ongoing search for rare Matchbox

Posted on November 6, 2021November 10, 2021

Diecast highlights from the 2021 SEMA Show

There’s always some 1:64 diecast news to report from the SEMA Show. Graham Heeps runs through some of this year's highlights!

Posted on October 22, 2021

Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels Shelby Cobra Daytona

Graham Heeps was surprised to find this loose Daytona Coupe at a toy show in Calgary last weekend

Posted on October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Hot Wheels UK news update: IWC Mercedes and a Legends Tour Volvo Gasser

Graham Heeps looks at two cool Hot Wheels stories that came out of the UK this week, involving two very different race cars...

Posted on September 11, 2021September 12, 2021

Lamley interview: Ian Callum – car design maestro, diecast fan and Hot Wheels Legends Tour UK judge

Graham Heeps catches up with the legendary designer of cars like the Nissan R390, Ford RS200 and Jaguar F-Type

Posted on September 4, 2021September 4, 2021

Lamley Daily: Mini GT HKS Toyota GR Supra

Graham Heeps was wowed by the tuner Supras at SEMA in 2019. Now they're emerging in model form

Posted on August 29, 2021September 3, 2021

Lamley Daily: Tarmac Works Wynn’s Mercedes-AMG GT3

This retro-inspired deco was an instant classic when it raced in IMSA in 2019, says Graham Heeps. Great to see it on a new release from Tarmac!

Posted on August 14, 2021

Six months later: a Tarmac Works Owners Club update

Six months have passed since I last wrote about joining TWOC and I just received a package from Hong Kong. Let's take a look at my Tarmac year so far

Posted on June 23, 2021June 20, 2021

Special delivery! Mini GT’s Land Rover and Royal Mail in 1:64

Graham Heeps cracks open some 1980s models to revisit an old collecting theme

Posted on June 19, 2021June 17, 2021

More pictures of the upcoming Hot Wheels Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2!

Casting designer Mark Jones shares some close-up shots of the new rally machine with Graham Heeps

Posted on June 17, 2021June 13, 2021

Mail call: Looks like we got ourselves a (Premiere) Convoy

Three great premium Matchbox rigs are the highlight of a box from California. By Graham Heeps

Posted on June 12, 2021June 11, 2021

A case of mistaken identity: The Para64 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4

Graham Heeps finds that Pentti Airikkala is inadvertently erased from history on Para64's new VR-4

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021

Life finds a way! Mission 800 enters The Lost World

Graham Heeps explains why a recent auction win delivered more than he bargained for

Posted on May 28, 2021June 5, 2021

Drivers, start your engines! Matchbox at the Indy 500

With the Indianapolis 500 coming up this Sunday, Graham Heeps takes an in-depth look at the Matchbox IndyCar models from the early-1990s

Posted on May 22, 2021May 21, 2021

Lamley Daily: Aoshima Williams-Renault FW15C

It’s the Monaco Grand Prix this Sunday, so Graham Heeps digs into the 1:64 F1 collection for a machine from Monaco races past

Posted on May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Mail call: Tomica trio spans 20 years of Japanese motorsport awesomeness

Three new arrivals remind Graham Heeps that collecting Tomica is always a journey of discovery

Posted on April 22, 2021April 21, 2021

Lamley Daily: Tomica Cadillac Escalade Limo

Graham Heeps digs into his collection to match an amazing stretch Escalade with some vintage Majorettes

Posted on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

Mail call: Quality not quantity when adding to the Schuco 1:66 collection

The Capri is the star as Graham Heeps revisits his 1970s Schuco collection with four new arrivals

Posted on April 12, 2021April 11, 2021

Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels Boulevard Subaru WRX STI

Graham Heeps takes a closer look at the latest Boulevard Subaru, which sports an authentic US rally paint scheme

Posted on April 4, 2021April 3, 2021

Lamley Daily: Greenlight 2014 Falken Jeep Wrangler

I couldn't pass up the combination of a Falken deco and a half-price deal at my local hobby store...

Posted on April 2, 2021April 10, 2021

Still under construction: five more Caterpillar Matchbox castings join the Mission 800 collection

Getting down and dirty with these awesome CAT models from 1998-99

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