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Archive for October, 2007

The 1967 Shelby GT350 was a transitional car, bridging the gap between the no-nonsense 1965 Ford Mustang GT350 and the luxurious boulevard cruisers that would follow. This beauty employed heavy duty suspension and shocks, fiberglass body panels, and a functional roll bar welded to the floor pan and bolted to the inner roof brackets. The [...]

The Toy Book is a monthly publication reaching all mass retailers who purchase toys and covers the latest inmerchandising, trends, licensed products and new marketplace introductions. The OCtober, 2007 issue contains an interview with May Li, President of Jada Toys, asking the top 5 questions regarding how Jada made their strong presence in the diecast industry. Of [...]

The Porsche 908/03 No. 2 driven by Jo Siffert and Derek Bell may have shown up to the 1000 km. race at Nurburgring on May 30th, 1971 a little ill-prepared. The team abandoned the car after only seven laps into the eight race of the ’71 season following chassis complications, allowing Siffert to jump into [...]

The real Chevy Camaro Concept car used in the 2007 movie Transformers for Bumblebee was put on display by General Motors at the 2007 Detroit River Walk Festival a week before the U.S. release of the film and was sold on eBay for over $40,000. (see pic here)  Be sure to read the Edmund’s article "Driving the Transformers [...]

Jada Toys continues to stun the 1/24 diecast collector with its latest offering of the 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-500 in four colors and wheel combos in the DUB City Bigtime Muscle product line. Item No. 91479 is now available in the US in bold white, blue, red, and black – all with racing stripes [...]




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We've been nuts about diecast cars for years and the only thing better than old models is new models! We're mainly into 1:18 scale but quickly finding interest in large 1:12 and 1:16 scale, as well as superbly detailed 1:43 diecast as well as 1:10 scale motorcycles! We don't have as much time as we'd like to update the blog, but over the years we've accumulated alot of good content here and hope you'll enjoy your stay and learn more about the diecast model car collecting hobby!