A Surprise In Today’s Minichamps Samples
Today we received several samples from Minichamps of their forthcoming 2009 Formula One replicas that we will see before Christmas.
In 1:18 scale, there were the two BMW F1.09s, of Robert Kubica (DC2905) and Nick Heidfeld (DC2906).
In 1:43, there was Nick Heidfeld’s BMW F1.09 (DC29406), Timo Glock’s Toyota TF109 (DC29410), and Mark Webber’s Red Bull RB5 (DC29414).
Interestingly, the BMWs and Toyotas specifically had ‘Australian Grand Prix’ on their packaging, which was the first race of the season of course.
We also received a sample of the first release in the 1:43 Ayrton Senna ‘15th anniversary’ collection, which is the 1987 Lotus 99T (AS874312) This was a series of five cars that was launched at the beginning of this year to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Senna’s death.
This first sample answers a lot of questions. It comes in Senninha packaging (the Senna cartoon character), but it is also number 31 in the Ayrton Senna Racing Car Collection, which we were not expecting. Even though it is effectively a re-release of number 15 in the collection, the fact that it has different packaging and has its own new number (31) will suddenly make it a lot more desirable amongst collectors of the Ayrton Senna Racing Car Collection. Including me!
