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As usual, it started with a vague idea of a theme, which was in this case citrus inspired colors when looking at my Kyosho collection. One may say that I often share my Kyosho collection, and many posts are Kyosho related, but I must admit it is still today the largest part of my collection …
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Model: Ferrari 512M Line: Hot Wheels Mainline Ferrari 5-pack Ebay link: Hot Wheels Ferrari 512M Why I am featuring it : where else can you do this ? This car is insanely cool, and is typically an illustration of how sad it is that Hot Wheels lost Ferrari license. Even if when documenting this short …
Model : Ford GT 2017 Release : Greenlight Barrett Jackson 2017 Hobby Hobby Hobby Exclusive, in liquid blue Ebay link: Greenlight 2017 Ford GT Why it is in the collection : this is by far the best Ford GT version of the market (I'm writing these lines in march 2020). This is maybe just the …
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Call it the Bentley Monster. I was just about to make a quick report of the new Mini GT Bentley Continental from Bentley Shop, with 2 exclusives colors, and then wanted to compare them to other Bentley, then other colors, and then shoot them, and then bring big Kyosho's in the party, and then shoot …
Here we are. The first day of Spring, also the memorable date of the birth of a Champion. Ayrton Senna would have turned 60 this year. Sadly life decided that another story took place in this day of May 1994. I decided to do this post this late morning, while reading as usual some articles …
Model: Ford GT40 Release: Kyosho 1/64 USA Sport Car Collection 2 Ebay link: Kyosho Ford GT40 Why it is in the collection : This car and this livery are in the Pantheon of Automobile. You almost cannot go more mythic than a racing Ford GT40 in Gulf livery. It reminds of course LeMans, vintage racing, …
Model: Toyota Tundra Nascar Truck Release: Lionel Racing 2016 Where to get it: eBay seems appropriate. Why it is in the collection : I am a Nascar Fan (there are many of us in France), and while I mainly own a collection of the Sprint Cup / Monster Energy / Nascar Cup Series 2020 car …
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Heavy metal fans, you won't like it. Resin fans, be careful to your wallet ! Take an Autoworld, and imagine it twice more detailed. But 10 times lighter. But 3 times more expansive. All right, enough about figures, let me illustrate : It hardly fits into the studio. For sure it doesn't fit in my …
Continue reading "Big boats go resin : Neo 1/64 massive classic cars"
Model : Mercedes AMG GT3 Release : Spark (Sparky), released this late 2019 - Team Driving Academy FIA GT World Cup Macau 2017 Where to get it : eBay is the best option Why it is in the collection : I loooove GT3, and I am a strong collector of Spark models. Their main production …
Model: Alfa Romeo 75 T.Spark (yellow) Release: Kyosho Minicar Collection Alfa Romeo series 4 Where to get it: eBay is the best way Why it is in the collection : I am (was) a Kyosho collector, and I love Alfa Romeo, which make 2 good reasons to have it. Plus, this late 80's car has …
Model : Nissan GT-R LB Release : Mini GT n°66 Malaysia Exclusive Where to get it : eBay mainly Why it is in the collection : I love collecting some Mini GT, and particularly love to go a little deeper with exclusives, that I often prefer. I'm trying to get a tooling of each and …
Model: Tarmac Works Lamborghini Aventador SV Release: Tarmac Works Global64 Where to get it: Tarmac Works website, or even eBay. Why it is in the collection : I love collecting Tarmac Works. I am not so fan of Global64 line, I prefer the Hobbt64 full premium line, but I try at least one tooling of …
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(Inno64 on eBay) What better for a third Inno64 article than focusing on a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III. Let's be clear since the beginning : it is stunning. The Lancer Evo III (1995-1996) has had quite a short career. Hopefully it did not stop Inno models to replicate it. Frankly, I like JDM and all …
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Model: 1970 Datsun 510 Release: M2 Machines Auto Meets (7000 pieces worldwide) Where to get it: Hobby dealers, eBay, got mine on ModelCarWorld. Why it is in the collection : loved it when I saw it listed. Did not really plan to get it, but it is my first 510 3-doors from M2 Machines (well, …
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Today I want you to travel a little more deeper into my collection, and I want to make a more transversal article, less focused on a particular car or manufacturer. More on a subject. Today we are going to talk about white rims. Why white rims ? Because I love it (at least on diecast), …
I am more than happy to be able to relate here the news shown in Toy Fair 2020. Toy Fair (called the Spielwarenmesse) is holding every year in Nuremberg, Germany and it is the biggest Toy Show of the world. And of course most of the manufacturers are present to show all news, future releases …
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Model: 1993 Subaru Legacy RS New Zealand Rally Release: CM's Colin McRae Memorial Set Where to get it: CM's corporation is sadly long gone, so ebay seems the best option. Why it is in the collection : CM's are jewels. They used to produce Rally Cars like no other (well, maybe Inno64 is in the …
On this fourth article, I want to share with you another manufacturer I love to collect : Hobby Japan. Hobby Japan is a news magazine publisher and manufacturer but at the same time a retailer that owns the Post Hobby shops chain. It is also known to own the "Mark43" brand for the 1/43 model …
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This is sick. Crazy. Unbelievable. Astonishing. Enormous. Where to start ? I'm so excited to write about it! Imagine the situation, we have an almost unknown manufacturer with that strange name called Timothy & Pierre (mostly known for their Gemballa Enzo MIG-U1 in 1/18 scale), popping up from nowhere with Singer Porsche models. If that …
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I'm writing as promised my second article about Inno64 models, focusing on a particular model I have in my collection. Today i would like to focus on the Honda Civic Ferio, a sedan car of 1995. The Ferio is the sedan version of the 5th generation of Honda Civic (it existed 3 types of bodies …
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So. Here we go. Let’s talk about one of my favorite new brands of the moment : Inno64. When John asked minicar lovers to write articles for the Lamleygroup blog, I was pleased (I had already written for the blog though, an article about Nascar minicars made by Lionel Racing), and asked myself what I …