Minichamps To Make FIVE 908s
The big news today was that Minichamps announced that they will be releasing the 2007 and 2008 Le Mans Peugeot 908s in 1:18 scale. Both cars from 2007 will be replicated, and all three from this year. All five will be limited editions, ranging from 1,207 pieces to 4,208 pieces. At £54.99 each I assume these will be ‘sealed bodyshell’ replicas. You can view all five at the top of our New Announcements section.
Trofeu also announced one of their neat 1:43 two-car sets. This one is of two Ford Capris from the 1971 Nurburgring 6 Hours (TR2391), the #12 car that took pole position and the #14 car that won the race.
As you may have read yesterday, the new Minichamps delivery arrived while I was away. As well as the two new 2006 Rossi figures there was also his next 1:8 helmet, his 1997 version (P970846), and Colin Edwards’ 1:12 2007 Yamaha YZR-M1 (PO73005).
On four wheels we saw several new 1:43 releases, including the 1963 #193 Ford Cortina Mk.I from the Monte Carlo Rally of Taylor and Mella (P638293), the 1976 #40 Porsche 935 from Le Mans of Stommelen and Schurti (P766340), and the Queen’s 2002 Bentley State Limousine (P139700).
As for the German Grand Prix, what a race! Yes, it wasn’t great for us Raikkonen fans, but you’d have to be pretty pathetic to write off a weekend just because whoever you support didn’t do very well, especially when it had as much action as Hockenheim provided. Raikkonen did a lot of the overtaking too, but unfortunately it was only to get back to where he had started! As long as Mattel don’t end up re-releasing his 1:18 2008 Spanish Grand Prix win special as a ‘Last Win’ special!
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