Graham Heeps spends some cold winter afternoons assembling a grid of 1:64 race cars
Fifty years of Formula 1: Building 20 Kyosho/DyDo F1 Ferraris
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
NASCAR, F1, Indy, Le Mans and more: Time to fill a race car display case
Welcome to the latest chapter of Operation: Get more cars out of their boxes
All I wanted for Christmas was a (Kyosho) Ferrari
A set of Ferraris from the 1990s and 2000s joins the F1 fleet
Parcel of the day : M2, AutoWorld and Aoshima
Just a quick write to share with you my latest parcel from eBay France, containing US diecast. We have M2 Machines, Aoshima Gran Champion and AutoWorld
Lamley eBay picks: Yot Datsun 510, an unsung Hot Wheels Mercedes, bosozoku beauties, and fresh fruit.
Finding the strange, unhyped, and obscure on ebay.
Parcel of the day : ModelMatic box !!
ModelMatic offers a system of collectors box. My box arrived last day. I wanted to share with you the unboxing, and the content.
Matchbox Formula 1 grid walk, Part 2: 1970s-1990s
Welcome to Part 2 of my walkthrough of Matchbox’s Formula 1 cars. We’d reached 1978 and the demise of the Team Matchbox, a generic formula car that had been part of the Superfast range since 1973. That left the No.36 Formula 5000 as the only single-seater in the lineup, but some of the best Matchbox F1 cars were still to come
Plastic fantastic: F-Toys, Aoshima and Japanese plastic miniatures
A bit like any diecast collector, I spend a lot of time trawling through eBay listings looking for bargains and oddities, restoration opportunities and our personal holy grail cars. It's on these eBay trawls I discovered all these cars, and while they're the scale we are used to on Lamley, they're perhaps not the material …
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Aoshima Grachan Series 10 is now available to pre-order at Japan Booster
Many of you have asked, and here is the answer. Â Japan Booster has secured its order of Aoshima Grachan Series 10, and they are available now to reserve at japanbooster.com. Aoshima Grachan at Japan Booster The series consists of 12 cars, and like all Aoshima Grachan series, the price is bound to go up. Â So …
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Aoshima announces Grand Champion Collection 10. JDM and 1/64 fans rejoice.
These are always happy announcements. Â Aoshima, known more for their incredibly detailed model kits, announced the 10th release of their incredibly cool 1/64 Grachan series. This is about as Japanese as it gets. Â The Grachan (Grand Champions) models are essentially bosozoku cars, which were inspired by the popular Super Silhouette race cars of the 80's. …
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The Lamley Daily: Aoshima 1972 HC130 Nissan Laurel
#lamleydaily - July 14, 2017 Model: Aoshima 1972 HC130 Nissan Laurel Line: Grachan Best Where to get it: Aoshima Grachan on ebay Why it's in the collection: Everyone needs one of these in the collection. Â I'm serious. Â Just like everyone needs a hot rod in the collection, and a muscle car, and an 80's era …
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Aoshima Grand Champions "Best" Series goes on sale this week, but you can order it now at Japan Booster…
Just a heads up that Aoshime Grachan ("Grand Champions") BEST comes out this week, and it is available to order now at Japan Booster:Aoshima Grachan BEST at Japan BoosterIf you are not familiar with the Aoshima Grachan series, you really should be. Â Aoshima is well known for their model sets, but they do dabble in …
Aoshima Grachan 9 featuring the LB Works Kenmeri is so cool I have no idea how to title this feature…
Find Aoshima Grachan 9 at Japan Booster...There are some posts that are just plain fun to do. Â The models are easy to photograph, and the photos turn out stunningly. Â This is one of those posts. Â But hell if I am having a time trying to figure out a title for this feature. Â I could say …
The joy of opening the Aoshima Grand Champions Series 9…
Cars like these deserve two posts.Aoshima GraChan (Grand Champions) Series 9 is out, and Part 1 of our coverage will be the box opening and model showcase on the Lamley YouTube Channel. Â You can see it below.Part 2 will be later this week, with a full photo showcase straight from the Lamley studio. This is …
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Hold on tight! The brand new Aoshima Grachan Series is now available at Japan Booster…
Alright, let's be honest. Â You read Lamley for the articles. Â I know, I am kidding. Â In fact, you are not reading this at all. Â You are looking for the link to Japan Booster, especially after looking at the photos accompanying this piece. Â Here it is:Aoshima at Japan BoosterThe brand new 1/64 Grachan Series (Grand Champion), …
A look at the new Kyosho Nissan Skyline C110 Kenmeri, as well as the entire Lamley Kenmeri collection…
Spend some time on this post. Â There is a lot to look at, and a lot of it should be pretty easy on the eyes. Â A took awhile to photograph all of these, but it was a lot of fun. Â Sit back and take all these beauties in.These "beauties" we refer to are the numerous …
The bosozoku stylings of the Aoshima Grand Champion 1:64 Series…
You may have noticed a heavy presence of "non-Mattel" brands on Lamley lately. Â There has been a fair share of Greenlight and Tomica Limited Vintage to say the least. There are two reasons for this. Â First, there has been little action from Hot Wheels and Matchbox in the last couple of weeks. Â That is to …
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Just Unveiled: Aoshima Grand Champions Series 7 Mazda Cosmo AP Secret Chase Car…
Just wanted to throw a quick post up to let you JDM nuts know that yet another Aoshima Secret Chase car has been found.Last week we reported that the Nissan Cedric appeared with a chase version, and it was our assumption that it would be the only one in the set. Â We were wrong. Â Our …
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Soul Train…
Remember when humans knew how to dance?Sometimes the outfit was a little awkward, other times the moves didn't work, but the blood was always pumping, soul was the name of the game, and when it clicked IT CLICKED.Remember when cars knew how to dance?Have a nice weekend everyone...
Just Unveiled: Aoshima Grand Champions Series 7 Nissan 330 Cedric Secret Chase Car…
A late night jump-in to show you the first pics we have seen of the Secret Chase Vehicle from the latest Grand Champions set from Aoshima.If you have followed the blog for any period of time, you know that Aoshima 1:64 models are some of our favorite. Â These racers just scream Japan, and they are …
First Look: Aoshima Grand Champions Series 7…
As we go into the weekend, we wanted to preview some models we will be showing over the next few weeks. Â Aoshima has just released its seventh Grand Champions series, and it is quite a set. Â We will dig deep into each model as we profile them, but here are some quick photos of the …
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Model of the Day: Aoshima Grand Champions 1971 Nissan 240ZG…
We haven't profiled an Aoshima model in awhile. Â That will change, as Aoshima has just released their Grand Champions Volume 7 series, and one will be at Lamley Headquarters soon...In the meantime, one of the previous models, the 240ZG. Â I don't have the time to do a writeup today, so enjoy the pics. Â We will …
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Model of the Day: Aoshima Nissan C110 Skyline 4-door in purple…
Whether you are aware or not, you have looked at the photo above for quite a long time. Â After about a month of experimenting with styles, we settled on the layout we have now, plus a title with this purple beauty in the background.Well today we rearranged the furniture a bit, and decided it was …
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