Doomus RLC FINALLY gets to his top releases of 2024. Better late than never, eh?
Lamley Awards 2024: Doomus RLC’s Top 10ish and 10ish of 2024! (FINALLY)
The Weekly 5-Pack: February 10, 2025 Edition
The third edition of the Weekly 5-Pack is here! Check it out to read more about five of the biggest stories from this week in diecast.
Championdjk Sums Up 2023 in 1/64
Championdjk sums up 1/64 scale collecting in 2023 with a lot of pictures.
Lamley Awards 2023: Doomus RLC’s Top 10 and 10 of 2023!
It's that time again for Doomus's sometimes odd-ball top 10 lists for 2023! Check out his favorite 2023 releases, as well as his favorite releases from prior years added in the year!
Lamley Awards 2022: Doomus RLC’s Top 10 and 10 of 2022
It's that time for Doomus RLC to count down his top 10s of 2022! Featuring his favorite calendar year releases of 2022, as well as past items added during the year!
Lamley Awards: The 64 nominees for Best 1/64 Diecast Model of 2022. Let’s pick a winner.
The 2022 Lamley Awards culminate with a full Battle of the 1/64 Brands.
Doomus RLC’s 10 and 10 of 2021!
Doomus RLC lists off his 10 favorite 2021 releases, as well as his 10 favorite adds through the year!
Complete! 2017 Johnny Lightning Street Freaks Zingers 1962 Chevy Corvair
Johnny Lightning's Zingers line is always fun. After a mildly long search, I finally added the 4th color of the 2017 releases of the Corvair to my collection. Let's take a look.
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning Ford F-150
If you stumble upon any of these trucks from this release at less than eBay prices I would advise snapping them up.
Johnny Lightning turns a 24 Year Old Muscle Car Casting Into an Off Road Machine
Johnny Lightning turns a nearly 25 year old muscle car casting into a modern off road masterpiece.
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning Demolition Derby 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria
Today's Lamley Daily takes us to the demolition derby.
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning 50th Anniversary Custom Camaro
Johnny Lightning's take on the classic Custom Camaro 🏁
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning James Bond 1987 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
This recent release is one of the best looking JL's of the year.
Lamley Daily: Racing Champions Buick Regal Grand National & Hot Wheels GMC Syclone
Model: Racing Champions Mint Buick Regal Grand National & Hot Wheels GMC Syclone Line: 2017 series release 2 & 2020 mainline. Ebay links: Racing Champions Buick Regal & Hot Wheels GMC Syclone My car taste is as broad as it is long, but if you've been one of the people keeping up with my Lamley …
Automotive Icons of the 1950’s and 60’s
Drawing out the classics of decades past.
Baby you can drive my car! Johnny Lightning’s British Invasion
It’s 20 years since Johnny Lightning released its British Invasion sets of six classic British roadsters – including the only near-1:64 MGB until Matchbox's came along. Let's take a closer look
A Study in Studebaker
May 17, 2020 - by Doug Breithaupt While the Studebaker story begins with the production of wagons that carried families across America in the 18th and 19th Centuries, this toy car review only covers 13 years. A brief history of Studebaker follows before we get to the discussion of the miniature versions. There are plenty …
Lamley Daily: Evel Knievel’s Chevy-powered Aston Martin Lagonda
This Johnny Lightning Aston Martin Lagonda is a bit of an oddity. Its modified look includes side pipes and a rear wing, because the original version was issued as the only car in a 1998, four-model set of Evel Knievel’s vehicles. Knievel owned a Lagonda that had had its original 5.3-liter Aston V8 swapped for an 8.2-liter, big-block Chevy
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning 1976 Dodge Aspen R/T
I'm a fan of quirky looking cars and this qualifies. As far as I am aware this is the only representation of this car in the 1/64 scale car collecting world.
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning 1971 Dodge Challenger Indy 500 Pace Car
Back home again in Indiana: Johnny Lightning's awesome 1971 Dodge Challenger Indy 500 Pace Car
Metropolitan
April 6, 2020 by Doug Breithaupt The Metropolitan is not an American car. It was built in England by Austin, has a British engine and was a captive import car for Nash, Hudson and later, AMC. It was sold in the U.K. after 1955 as an Austin Metropolitan. The design, however, was American. Offered from …
Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning Porsche 911 Turbo
Model: Porsche 911 Turbo Release: Johnny Lightning Classic Gold Collection Release 25 Where to get it: There are usually a couple on eBay Why I am featuring it: This is one of the coolest JL toolings. I would really like to see them bring it back. As far as I know there have been 5 …
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Lamley Daily: Johnny Lightning 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1
Model: Johnny Lightning 1973 Ford Mustang Mach Release: Classic Gold Collection 2018 Release 4 (Version B) Where to get it: easy to find on eBay but I got mine from Lamley partner Modelmatic, an invaluable place for collectors in the UK. Why I am featuring it: I mean look at it. The '73 Mach 1 …
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Well these are looking pretty cool.
A scroll through Instagram instantly came to halt when I came across these: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh1WoNKnZvF/?taken-by=johnnylightningdiecast I don't have a lot of Johnny Lightning in my collection, as that itch is mostly scratched by other brands, but these two, especially the 240SX, look really nice. These castings are not new, but these details sure make them look …