Leigh’s Diecast Diary

Let me start by saying that as soon as we hear anything about Brawn GP Formula One replicas, we will have the information on our website! Can you guess what the majority of queries we have received today have been about?!

It was a great race yesterday (Finnish driven Ferraris hitting walls notwithstanding!), and it looks like we have a very competitive season ahead of us.

There’s a cancellation and a few new announcements to report today.

The cancellation is unfortunately Solido’s 1:18 replica of the new-shape Subaru Impreza WRC (SL118030), as that had proven quite popular amongst all our rally collectors. Maybe the lack of a works team is the reason for that one, although I’m sure we would have sold a good number of say a Marcus Gronholm 2009 Rally Portugal version.

The new announcements were from Minichamps. The most exciting one is definitely Bruno Senna’s 1:43 2009 Mercedes DTM test car (P093800). The other new subjects were the two 2008 Honda RC212Vs of Randy de Puniet (PO81015) and Shinya Nakano (PO81056). It would be good to see Andrea Dovizioso replicated too, as he has built up quite a following in Moto GP.

Welcome to the seventy first Leigh’s Diary Vidcast. The Diecast Dogs introduce Michael Madsen’s Cadillac from Reservoir Dogs, Blake Farringdon makes a return for the Diecast Legends Model Of The Month, and the team offer their predictions for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. New releases this week are from Jada, Mattel and Minichamps. Keep the comments rolling in. You’ll need quicktime installed to view the video on this post.

 

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The replicas featured on this weeks podcast are;

1/18 Cadillac Coup De Ville Reservoir Dogs - Jada
1/18 Ferrari F2008 1st Spanish Grand Prix 2008 #1 K. Raikkonen - Mattel
1/18 Ferrari F2008 1st Turkish Grand Prix 2008 #2 F. Massa - Mattel (SOLD OUT)
1/43 Ferrari 553 F1 1st Spanish Grand Prix 1954 #38 M. Hawthorn - Mattel Elite
1/43 Ferrari 412TB 1st German Grand Prix 1994 #28 G. Berger - Mattel Elite
1/18 Peugeot 908 HDI FAP Le Mans 2007 #7 Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve - Minichamps
1/18 Audi TT Cabriolet 2006 Blue - Minichamps
1/43 Ford Escort MkII RS1800 DRM 1976 #33 A. Hahne - Minichamps
1/43 BMW Z8 1999 Grey/Cream - Minichamps
1/18 Bugatti Royale Coupe De Ville 1937 - Bauer

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