Leigh’s Diecast Diary

Welcome to the seventy forth Leigh’s Diary Vidcast. IXO, Minichamps, SMTS and Spark provide the new diecast models this week and we also catch some footage from the Grand Prix Legends warehouse sale.

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The replicas featured on this weeks podcast are;

1/43 Ferrari F92A French Grand Prix 1992 #27 J. Alesi - IXO
1/43 Bentley Sport 3.0L 1st Le Mans 1927 #3 Davis/Benjafield - IXO
1/43 Ford Focus WRC 1st Monza Rally 2006 #46 V. Rossi - IXO
1/43 Lotus 49 1st Dutch Grand Prix 1967 #5 J. Clark - SMTS
1/43 Lotus 49 1st South African Grand Prix 1968 #4 J. Clark - SMTS
1/43 BMW 320Si WTCC 2007 #1 A. Priaulx - Minichamps
1/43 BMW 320Si WTCC 2007 #2 J. Muller - Minichamps (SOLD OUT)
1/43 BMW 320Si WTCC 2007 #3 A. Farfus - Minichamps
1/43 BMW 320Si WTCC 2007 #4 A. Zanardi - Minichamps
1/43 Alfa Romeo Spider Edizione 2008 White - Minichamps
1/43 Mercedes 500E 1990 Metallic Black - Minichamps (SOLD OUT)
1/43 Audi TT 2006 Metallic Dark Blue - Minichamps (SOLD OUT)
1/43 BMW M3 2008 Black - Minichamps
1/43 Mercedes 300SE Lang Black - Minichamps (SOLD OUT)
1/43 Citroen C4 WRC Monte Carlo Rally 2008 #2 D. Sordo - IXO (SOLD OUT)
1/43 Toyota Celica GT4 Corsica Rally 1991 #15 M. Duez - IXO
1/43 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Rally Of New Zealand 2005 #32 X. Pons - IXO
1/43 Subaru Impreza WRC 2nd Rally Of Greece 2008 #5 P. Solberg - IXO (SOLD OUT)
1/43 Ford Focus WRC Monte Carlo Rally 2008 #4 J-M. Latvala - IXO
1/43 Mercedes SL500 1990 White - IXO
1/43 Ford Taunus 1981 Metallic Green - IXO (SOLD OUT)
1/43 Talbot Matra Murena 1981 Metallic Green - IXO
1/43 Renault 25 Pse 1 1986 Metallic Bordeaux - IXO
1/43 Dauer 962 1st Le Mans 1994 #36 - Spark
1/43 Porsche 962C Le Mans 1989 #14 - Spark
1/43 Porsche 962C Le Mans 1990 #10 - Spark
1/43 Porsche 911 Turbo S 1st Zhuhai 1994 - #86 - Spark
1/43 Porsche 961 Presentation 1986 - Spark
1/12 Ducati Desmosedici GP7 2007 #67 L. Capirossi - Minichamps

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Today Jason returned from his Australian travels to bring in our very first Casey Stoner signed 1:12 Minichamps bikes. These are his 2007 Moto GP Championship winning Ducati Desmosedici (PO70027S), and also his first bike in the top class, his 2006 Honda RC211V (PO61027S). We have less than 30 pieces remaining of each after fulfilling our pre-orders, so don’t leave it too long if you haven’t yet got yours!

We also received the new Minichamps release schedule today, which was a bit of a surprise as there is still a week to run on the previous one! Once again, the bike subjects overshadow the four-wheel releases.

The week beginning 11th May is a little quiet, the highlight being the 1:43 1973 Le Mans winning Matra of Henri Pescarolo and Gerard Larrouse (P731111).

The following week we will see one of the longest waiting replicas of all time, the 1:18 1998 McLaren MP4-98T two-seater (PG981878)! There will also be the two 1:12 2007 Moto GP Honda RC212Vs of Toni Elias (PO71024) and Marco Melandri (PO71033).

The week after that, beginning 25th May, we see a real ‘biggie’, James Toseland’s 1:12 2007 World Superbike Championship winning Honda Fireblade (PO71252). This is also available signed of course (PO71252S), and we hope to be able to meet up with James to complete the signing soon after we receive the replica.

The last week of the schedule sees a ‘really big biggie’ released, when we will at last see Valentino Rossi’s 2007 Yamaha YZR-M1 from Assen (PO73096)! The number of pre-orders we have for that, our warehouse staff better make sure they have three Weetabix for breakfast before coming in to get all those shipped out!