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The Sixth Annual AutoFest Model Car Show and Events will be held this year from Augist 22 – 24 in South Bend, Indiana at the Comfort Suites Hotel. Events will include gravity racing for a Pink Slip Racer, grudge match racing for ADDWC, custom contest for slot and diecast cars, slot car racing, and the [...]

Pony Power reigns in the “original” pony car - the Mustang, as well as the Chevy Camaro, Plymouth Barracuda, Pontiac Firebird and others made to compete with Ford’s Mustang. The bad guys didn’t stand a chance when police departments decided to outfit their police cars with special “pony power.” The ‘93 Mustang was employed by law enforcement [...]

Anyone who knows diecast minis knows about Dinky (now owned by Matchbox).  They was the very first line of miniature models made – their heyday of popularity being in the 50’s and 60’s as boys clamored to increase their colorful collection. Though the toys started out in England, as word spread they soon became available in the Netherlands [...]

Tom Zahorsky, Senior Design Manager at Johnny Lightning, has posted to his blog that the highly anticipated 1970 Dodge Super Bee with correct hood “is slated for release in early 2008. You’ll be seeing the release of this new Super Bee in a new program called Mopar Mayhem.” All JL collectors should bookmark Tom’s blog [...]




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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!