Leigh’s Diecast Diary

Another weekend working at Brands Hatch, another snowstorm! The difference this weekend though was that the snow was heavy enough to force the cancellation of the race meeting in question, the opening rounds of the British Superbike Championship. It felt strange in the Megastore watching an F1 race in the desert with several inches of snow outside!

Norev announced some new 1:18 models today, the highlight being the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Nera in black (NV187953). The rest of their new announcements from today can be found at the top of our ‘New Announcements’ category, ranging from classic subjects to modern ones.

Kyosho also announced a couple of new 1:18 replicas, the BMW M6 convertible in silver (KY8704S), and blue (KY8704BL).

Finally, Mattel provided us with sample images of a couple of their forthcoming 1:18 releases. These are the Ferrari F430 (HW2050) and the two-tone Ferrari 599 GTB (HW2067).

Welcome to the twenty third Leigh’s Diary Vidcast, reviewing all the new diecast replicas that were released last week.

As always, I’ve listed the products below that have been featured in this week’s vidcast. Keep the comments rolling in. You’ll need quicktime installed to view the video on this post.

 

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These are the products featured on this week’s podcast:

1/18 Citroen C4 WRC 1st Monte Carlo Rally 2007 #1 S. Loeb - Solido
1/18 Formula Renault Mk 20 1977 #1 A. Prost - Solido
1/43 Formula Renault Mk 20 1977 #1 A. Prost - Solido
1/43 McLaren M29 1980 #8 A. Prost - Solido
1/43 Red Bull Renault RB3 2007 #15 M. Webber - Minichamps
1/43 Volkswagen Golf Convertible 1993 Metallic Blue - Minichamps
1/43 BMW 320Si WTCC 2007 #4 A. Zanardi - Spark
1/43 MG Lola Le Mans 2007 #25 T. Erdos/ M. Newton/ A. Wallace - Spark
1/12 Brough Superior SS100 - Minichamps
1/18 Bugatti Type 35 1st Belgian Grand Prix 1931 #4. W. Grover Williams - CMC

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