Minichamps’ July offerings
Today we received Minichamps’ release schedule for the next five weeks, taking us up to the end of July.
Next week is very Hamilton-heavy, just in time for the British Grand Prix! We will receive his 1:18 2006 McLaren MP4/21 testcar (DC2684), and 1:43 2008 showcar (DC28422P). We will also receive Kovalainen’s 2008 McLaren showcar (DC28423P).
The week after that we will see two 1:12 bikes that we have been looking forward to for a good couple of years; Troy Bayliss’s 2006 World Superbike Championship winning Ducati 999 (PO60221), and the 1975 Honda Goldwing (P161600).
The third week of the schedule (week beginning 14th July) sees the release of the next 1:12 Valentino Rossi figure, the 2006 sitting version (PO60046). This is the one in the ‘ritual’ pose before he gets onto the bike. There will also be the delayed Maserati Birdcage that won the Nurburgring 1000km in 1960 in the hands of Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney (PG601205), and Christian Albers’ 1:43 2007 Spyker (DC27421).
The following week the next 1:8 Valentino Rossi helmet will be released, his 1997 example (P970846), as well as the 1:12 2006 Rossi Materazzi standing figure, complete with spraying champagne (PO60296)! In addition to that there will be the second colourway of the 1:12 1973 Kawasaki Z1 900, green/yellow (P164101).
Things get a bit quieter in the last week of the schedule, although there is still plenty of time for new releases to be added to it. The highlights at the moment are Riccardo Patrese’s 1:43 1991 Williams FW14 (P910006), and the re-release of Ayrton Senna’s 1:12 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix winning Lotus 97T (AS852W).
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