Oops! I got it wrong.
OK, I’ll admit it, I was wrong on Wednesday! (See 25th April). The 1:43 1983 Ayrton Senna Toleman testcar (AS026) is in fact number 22 in the Senna Racing Car collection! So much for my theory of that number in the series being ‘reserved’ for the Mansell/Senna ‘taxi’ (P914305).
The other forthcoming releases in the 1:43 Senna collection are his 1983 British F3 Ralt (AS028), 1983 Macau F3 Ralt (AS029), and 1986 Ford Sierra rally testcar (AS030).
Minichamps’ May release schedule was confirmed today, and there are a few gems on it.
Next week we will be receiving Andy Priaulx’s 1:43 2005 BMW 320i (P052401), the Brit’s WTCC-winning machine.
The week after we will finally receive the second batch of the 1:12 Norton Manx (P132400), which we have been waiting since before Christmas for, and the two car 1:43 Casino Royale set of the Aston Martin DB5 and DBS (P137600).
The week commencing 21st May is not so exciting, with nothing major set for release, but something more interesting could come into play by the time we get Minichamps’ weekly release schedule for that week.
Finally, the week commencing 28th May, we are scheduled to at last take our delivery of Minichamps’ 1:18 2006 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren MP4/21 replica (DC2603). At Nuremberg the sample looked stunning, with the reflective bodywork very effectively replicated. I can’t wait to add that one to my collection!
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