28th
August
2009
Right, a fair bit to get through today (Leigh always seems to know the busiest times to go away!).
Starting off with Mattel, who today sent us an exciting new Ferrari sample in 1:18. Sorry it’s not the 458 Italia, but instead it’s the red colourway of the 550 Barchetta (HW2054). A very exciting car indeed and we can’t wait to see the black version (HW2055).
Shortly afterwards, Minichamps caught our attention with their new delivery, on which was Alex Hofmann’s 2007 Ducati (PO70066), the 1:18 McLaren Mercedes SLR Roadster (PG037130) and 1:43 replicas of the white Bugatti EB110 (P102114) and the black Bentley Continental GT (P139600).
In regards to the Hot Model of the day, we nominated AUTOart’s popular Lotus Cortina (AA75331), and bearing in mind that it’s a bank holiday coming up, you have an extra day to purchase the Cortina with free postage!
On that note, we’re signing off until Tuesday and are looking forward to (hopefully) another unpredictable race at Spa!
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27th
August
2009
We can announce a very exciting new signed subject today, in the form of a Corgi James Bond Lotus Esprit two car set signed by none other than Roger Moore himself (CG007S)!
The two Esprits featured are the white submarine version from ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, and the red example with skis on the back from ‘For Your Eyes Only’. The set is limited to just 1,500 examples worldwide (each is individually numbered), and we are getting just 100 signed. We have never done a Roger Moore signing before, and it is doubtful that he will ever sign for us again. The signing is due to take place in October.
In other news, today’s Hot Model Of The Day is Mattel’s 1:18 Ferrari Dino 246 GT in red (HW2044).
I’m off to Spa tomorrow for the Belgian Grand Prix, but someone will fill in for me on this blog! It will be my last F1 race of the season, so could it be the last time I see Kimi Raikkonen in a Grand Prix?
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Formula 1 |
26th
August
2009
Today our secret agent who is constantly on the look-out for sold-out Minichamps Rossi replicas was able to supply us with just a handful of Welkom 2004 kissing figures (PO40246)! As ever, these are only available to order over the phone (0844 887 8888), so that we don’t oversell on our website, and there is a limit of one per customer.
Today’s ‘Hot Model Of The Day’ is AUTOart’s 1:12 Suzuki Katana (AA12151).
posted in Diecast, Moto GP |
25th
August
2009
Today we received both a new delivery and a new release schedule from Minichamps!
On the delivery the highlights were Alex Barros’s 1:12 2007 Ducati Desmosedici (PO70004), and the 1:43 Jaguar XF in silver (P130701).
The first week of the new schedule is for the week beginning 7th September, and then we will receive the Valentino Rossi 1:2 helmet from Valencia 2003 (PO32086), and the 1:12 Casey Stoner 1:12 2007 Ducati Desmosedici from Phillip Island, complete with figure and flag (PO70097).
The following week we will receive a very collectible 1:43 replica, of Nigel Mansell’s Williams FW10 from the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in 1985, which was of course his first Grand Prix victory (P850105). Also released that week will be Nelson Piquet’s 1:43 1985 Williams FW10 from his Paul Ricard test (P850005), and a re-release of the always popular Ayrton Senna 1:18 1991 McLaren MP4/6 (AS193).
For the week beginning 21st September, we will see the third of Minichamps’ 1985 Williams FW10s, which will be Keke Rosberg’s winning car from the Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide (P850006), and the 1:43 2008 Le Mans winning Audi R10 of McNish, Kristensen and Capello (P089802).
There will then be two weeks without any new Minichamps releases, as they have their annual end of September stocktake.
The last week of the schedule is for the week beginning 12th October, and the big news is that then we will finally see Nicky Hayden’s 1:12 2006 Moto GP Championship winning Honda RC211V (PO61069)! We hope to have the signed version (PO61069S) completed shortly afterwards. As we have been offering it for three years now, we will not get many more signed than we have pre-sold at the time of the signing, so get your pre-order in to make sure of your example!
posted in Due Dates, Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP, Formula 1 |
24th
August
2009
After a brilliant drive in yesterday’s European Grand Prix, Rubens Barrichello has suddenly become popular again! We now only have a dozen examples of his Minichamps 1:43 Brawn 2009 showcar (DC29423P) remaining, so don’t put it off for much longer if you’re thinking of adding that one to your collection.
We received a new 1:43 replica from Vitesse today, in the form of Petter Solberg’s 2009 Citroen Xsara WRC from Cyprus (V43241). It is a limited edition of 1,499 examples and comes with an individually numbered limited edition certificate, as well as an opening bonnet. At just £26.99, that’s great value from Vitesse!
Our ‘Hot Model Of The Day’ today is Mattel’s 1:43 replica of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2002 from the 2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari’s 150th win (HW5603B).
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21st
August
2009
Today our signings man. Jason, obtained the signature of Craig Vetter, designer of the classic Triumph Hurricane X75, on Minichamps’ 1:12 replica of it (P133600S). We will receive the signed replicas next week, and it is one of our smallest limited editions ever at just 50.
Today’s Model Of The Day (and the weekend too) is the Minichamps 1:12 Valentino Rossi Yamaha YZR-M1 from Assen in 2007 (PO73096).
posted in Due Dates, Diecast |
20th
August
2009
Today we received the new Sun Star delivery.
Top of the pile was Mikko Hirvonen’s 1:18 Ford Focus WRC from the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally (SS3935). Other modern rally replicas were Manfred Stohl’s Citroen Xsara WRC from Germany 2007 (SS4429), and Mads Ostberg’s Subaru Impreza WRC from Italy 2008 (SS4397).
From classic rallying, there was Trombotto’s 1971 Fiat 124 (SS4945), and Demuth’s 1982 Audi Quattro (SS4193). We also received restocks of Russell Brookes’ Ford Escort from the 1979 RAC Rally (SS4443), after our first delivery had sold out soon after it arrived with us.
Today’s UK free shipping Hot Model Of The Day is the James Toseland signed 1:12 Minichamps 2007 Honda Fireblade (PO71252S), that he rode to his second World Superbike Championship.
posted in Diecast, Other Cars |
19th
August
2009
Today we received the new Minichamps delivery, headed by the 1:43 2009 BMW showcars of Robert Kubica (DC29405P) and Nick Heidfeld (DC29406P).
Also new in from Minichamps was their next 1:12 classic bike, the Yamaha XT500 with gold wheels (P163301), and Schurti’s 1:43 1977 Porsche 935 from Zolder, in the very collectible Jagermeister livery (P776352).
Spark also released some new 1:43 replicas, with the 2009 WTCC BMWs first up, of Andy Priaulx (SPK2501), Augusto Farfus (SPK2502), Jorg Muller (SPK2503), and Alex Zanardi (SPK2504). There was also their next classic F1 car, Jody Scheckter’s 1974 Tyrrell 009 (SPK1643).
Finally, there were a couple of new 1:43 releases from Mattel. The first of these is the fourth in their series of five cars celebrating Ferrari’s 200 Grand Prix wins, of Kimi Raikkonen’s F2007 from the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix (HW5604B). Their second release was Jacky Ickx’s 312B from the 1970 Canadian Grand Prix (HW5588).
Our latest ‘Hot Model Of The Day’ is Minichamps’ 1:18 replica of Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren MP4/23 from the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (DC2822B), where he became world champion.
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18th
August
2009
Today Amalgam announced their latest 1:1 steering wheel replica, of the 2009 Ferrari F60 (AML936). This is the first 2009 ‘life-size’ steering wheel they have confirmed so far, so hopefully more will be announced soon.
In other news, we received the hotly anticipated Mattel 1:18 Steve McQueen Ferrari 250 Berlinetta (HW9912), and Shelby Collectibles 1:18 Aston Martin DBR1 that won Le Mans in 1959 (DC559), that I had mentioned yesterday were due imminently.
Today’s ‘Hot Model Of The Day’ is the Minichamps 1:43 Ayrton Senna 1983 Ralt RT3 from Macau (AS029).
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