Two Top 10s with a heavy emphasis on race and rally cars!
Lamley Awards 2020: My Top 10 new models and best buys of the year, by Graham Heeps
Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels 1957 Oldsmobile
Relieved that I managed to remove the perished rubber bands with only minor damage to the paint...
Lamley Daily: Kyosho McLaren F1 GTR
A Le Mans-winning McLaren...and not a Gulf logo in sight
Majorette motorsport: A closer look at a Corvette, 911 and Celica I didn’t expect to find
I had eyed up three recent Majorette race and rally releases without ever expecting to see them in Calgary. But here they are!
Lamley Daily: Norev Simca 1000 Rallye
Many of the Norev rally cars are too big for my 1:64 display, but I made an exception for this one!
Lamley Daily: Oxford Diecast Outspan Orange
One of the earliest models from Oxford Diecast. Juicy!
Lamley Daily: Matchbox Aqua King Dream Halloween
Satisfy your zombie's thirst with a bottle of high-energy, low-calorie Zombie Elixir!
Martini and more: Rally Lancias in 1:64 scale
The newly issued Hot Wheels Lancia Rally 037 prompted me to pull some of my favourite small-scale rally Lancias together
Lamley Daily: Auto Rozza Subaru Impreza WRX STI
I have quite a few Imprezas in model form but Auto Rozza was new to me when I picked up this unusual 1:64 Subie
Lamley Daily: Doyusha Suzuki Wagon R
I still know very little about Doyusha, other than to say that they produced a few series of 1:64 Kei car models around 10-12 years ago, including Daihatsus, Mitsubishis and this Wagon R
Lamley Daily: Inno64 Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
No one is yet offering the range of rally subjects that CM’s once did, but Inno64 is one of several brands coming out with some impressive rally models
Collection Update: Hot Wheels Ford Escort RS1600
This RS1600 has fantastic proportions and a great stance. Add in the Mk.1 Escort’s incredible race rally and pedigree, plus a high-profile movie connection, and it’s a winning recipe
24-hour teal and blue: Falken at the Nürburgring in 1:64 scale
The Falken Motorsports team will field two Porsches at the Nürburgring this weekend. Here's a look back at 20 years of Falken racers in 1:64
Filling some Matchbox gaps: Four more on the road to 800
I'm still trying to collect each of a series of 800 Matchbox castings but as time goes on, it becomes tougher and more expensive to plug the gaps. Here are some I've found this year...
Lamley Daily: Sparky Alpine A450
Ahead of this weekend’s delayed 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours, here's a great model of the Signatech/Alpine LMP2 car from 2015. It's just been announced that Alpine will back a higher-profile LMP1 machine next season
Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels NHRA Morris Wagon
I confess I’d never paid this model much attention until I found this one recently in a $1 bin at a model shop. It was the Real Riders that caught my eye...
Greenlight’s new baby joins a line of great Escort RS Cosworth models
Not surprisingly for such a distinctive-looking car with lots of rally history, there are some fine models of the 'Cossie' to enjoy
Lamley Daily: Mini GT Acura NSX GT3
This NSX the first Mini GT I’ve bought for my collection. Naturally I’ve been watching the #lamleyhype around the brand for a few years and even picked up a Civic Type-R for a friend who owned one, but this beauty now has a spot in my 1:64 race car display
Lamley Daily: Matchbox Chevy Van
The modern incarnation of the Chevy Van is just as nice as the classic Lesney release, especially in this Superfast version
Mail call: Filling the distribution gaps with a box from Jcar
With several things coming out at once that I wanted to add to my collection, I decided to beat Calgary's patchy distribution by ordering a box from the States
Lamley Daily: Hot Wheels Datsun 200SX
A couple of months ago I showcased a Blackwall Toyota Supra from my collection. Here's a contemporary two-door from Datsun
Lamley Daily: Shelby Collectibles Cobra Daytona Coupe
I have a Hot Wheels Daytona Coupe but it’s a bit cartoony. This Shelby Collectibles version is more like the real deal
Three Cherry Gasser: What happened when Michael Heralda got his hands on the ’55 Chevy
Michael takes us behind the scenes on the limited-run Weekend of Wheels Gassers – and reveals first details of a new collaboration with pro-customizer, Chris Stangler
Mail call: NASCAR truckin’ with vintage Matchbox Convoys
Four releases from the White Rose era of the early-90s join the collection