Leigh’s Diecast Diary

The new lifestyle catalogue from Grand Prix Legends’ leisure arm LegendsInc is now available.

Most of our customers will know us for our motorsport merchandise and our diecast products, but much as we love everything with wheels and engines we’ve long felt a need to spread our wings.

And so, last year, we set out to create a catalogue of cool street clothing and branded it LegendsInc . We’ve sought out the kinds of brands we ourselves like to wear.

But often these ranges are still connected, in some way, with our heritage; that is to say with racing, engines, bikes and so on.

Fox, for example, still makes protective clothing and is heavily involved in motocross.

Lambretta may not make scooters any more but in the fifties and sixties, it was the marque to own ­ the real thing.

Alpha Industries is a maker for the military but, in truth, our love of planes isn’t far behind our love of cars and bikes.

Dainese speaks for itself. The coolest bike gear around and the coolest casual clothing too.

Oakley is another brand that’s heavily into car racing, particularly in the US. They’re also pretty active in two wheels, both bikes with motors and bikes without.

Okay, so Canterbury has nothing to do with cars, wheels or engines. But they do make sportswear to die for.

Schott is another military name but, historically, they have made some of the most famous biker jackets of all time; jackets like the Brando Perfecto and the Easy Rider jacket.

Onfire very much comes out of bike racing, although these days, they’re quite into the game with an oval ball too. It’s great gear at amazing prices.

Which just leaves Danger Rocks!; a brand that encompasses everything we love. Cars, bikes, planes, bicycles ­ it’s all about the adrenalin. And there’s no range of clothing out there that embodies the spirit of action, adventure and excitement better than Danger Rocks!

Anyway, we hope you like the collection we’ve put together. If you would like a legendsinc catalogue drop us a line on 08704603456.

Diecast news from Leigh later.

We received Minichamps’ new delivery today, and can now finally supply straight from stock their 1:12 replica of the Lawrence of Arabia Brough Superior (P135500). We had pre-sold so many that it’s taken three deliveries just to clear all of our existing orders, but now we finally have some available straight off the shelf! That was the last delivery we will ever get of them however, so once they sell out, that’s it.

For new releases, there were Mark Webber’s 1:43 2007 Red Bull RB3 (DC27415) and the 1:43 1993 Volkswagen Golf cabriolet in dark blue (P055530). From Spark, we now also have Alex Zanardi’s 1:43 2007 WTCC BMW 320 Si (SPK406).

Just wanted to tell you about Danger Rocks! clothing.

If you don’t already know by now, I work at Grand Prix Legends (GPL). The company does not rest with only selling the best range of diecast in the world, but also keeps its trained eye on the lifestyle fashion world. GPL have just introduced a new brand called Danger Rocks! to the UK market. It has a mix of style, technical ability and value.

There are ranges for both ladies and men. 

Check it out at www.dangerrocks.co.uk.

If you buy an item of Danger Rocks! clothing from GPL before Christmas you will also receive a free mug worth £9.99