2nd
September
2010
Today we received the latest Minichamps release schedule, which takes up until the end of September. Minichamps then closes for two weeks for its annual stock take.
In the first week of the schedule, for the week beginning 13th September, we will receive Mark Webber’s 1:18 2010 Red Bull showcar (DC21006P), Sebastian Vettel’s 1:18 2010 Red Bull showcar (DC21005P), Mark Webber’s 1:43 2010 Red Bull showcar (DC210406P), and Dani Pedrosa’s 1:12 2008 Honda RC212V (PO81102).
The following week we will see the 1:18 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport in grey/purple (PG110830), and the re-release of Keke Rosberg’s 1:43 1982 Williams FW08 in the World Champions Collection (P820106).
In the final week of the schedule (week beginning 27th September), we will receive the next 1:8 Valentino Rossi helmet, from Mugello 2002 (PO20876), Nicky Hayden’s 1:12 2008 Honda RC212V (PO81169), and Bruno Spengler’s 1:43 2009 DTM Mercedes C-Class (P093909).
You can click here to see the complete Minichamps release schedule.
I’m not in the office tomorrow as we’re having our annual torture drive, I mean management cycle ride! Matt will be keeping you up to date though with all the diecast news!
posted in Due Dates, Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP, Formula 1 |
1st
September
2010
Today we received a new Minichamps delivery and a new Spark delivery. You can click here to see the latest Minichamps releases and here to see the latest Spark releases.
From Minichamps we saw the Jenson Button 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Brawn BGP001, in both 1:18 (DC2922SP) and 1:43 (DC29422SP) scale. We also saw Casey Stoner’s 1:12 2009 Ducati Desmosedici (PO90027), Sebastian Vettel’s 1:43 2010 Red Bull showcar (DC210405P), and the Ayrton Senna 1:43 ‘15th anniversary’ 1992 McLaren MP4/7 (AS924301).
From Spark we saw the 1:43 British Steam Land Record car (SPK2900), Chris Amon’s 1:43 1972 Monaco Grand Prix Matra MS120 (SPK1606), and the 1:43 Mini Countryman in green (SPK1514), among others.
Spark also announced a price rise today. In short all of their yet to be released 1:43 replicas have gone up by £5 and all of their forthcoming 1:18 replicas have gone up by £10. Their 2010 Formula One and Le Mans cars will not go up in price, however, as these higher prices has already been incorporated when they were originally announced.
posted in Diecast, Moto GP, Formula 1 |
27th
August
2010
Today we arranged signing dates for two of our most popular signed motorbike replicas of the year! Kevin Schwantz will be signing the Minichamps replica of his 1993 500cc championship winning Suzuki RGV 500 (P932034S) for us at the Misano Moto GP on Sunday 5th September. Thatís only two days after the model gets released, which will surely be a record for getting a model signed after its release! Then, just a few days later, Jorge Lorenzo will be signing the Minichamps replica of his 2009 Yamaha YZR-M1 for us (PO93048S). We hope to receive this by Friday 10th September.
posted in Due Dates, Diecast, Moto GP |
26th
August
2010
Today I have another diecast warning for you! We currently have only eight examples left of the Minichamps 1:12 Jorge Lorenzo 2009 Yamaha YZR-M1 (PO93048), and then it is sold out. That’s probably got something to do with us keeping several of our Minichamps 2009 Jorge Lorenzo Yamahas back for our signing with him later in the year (PO93048S)! We still have some of these available to pre-order, by the way, but these are also selling fast.
SMTS announced their next four 1:43 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight cars today, complete with sample model images already. You can click here to see all the info. Once all 13 Lightweights have been released they are going to make a stunning collection!
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP |
23rd
August
2010
Today we received the week’s new Minichamps delivery, which included a part shipment of the 1:12 Valentino Rossi 2009 Yamaha YZR-M1 (PO93046). This was nowhere near enough to cover all of our pre-orders so, as ever in this situation, we have despatched them to our customers giving priority to our earliest pre-orders first. We expect the balance of this model to arrive in October or November.
Also new on the delivery was Jorge Lorenzo’s 1:12 2009 Yamaha YZR-M1 (PO93048). We are also offering this replica signed by Jorge Lorenzo (PO93048S), and as soon as he has a gap in his Moto GP schedule we will plug it with a signing!
Staying with a Moto GP theme, we also received the latest 1:8 Valentino Rossi helmet, which is from Assen 2007 (PO70866).
posted in Diecast, Moto GP |
20th
August
2010
Our busy week was completed today by a new Kyosho delivery and some Minichamps samples of models that are going to be released soon.
Highlights on the Kyosho delivery were the beautiful blue and white 1:18 1980s Fiat 131s. We have received Walter Rohrl’s 1980 Monte Carlo Rally winning Fiat 131 (KY8373A), and Markku Alen’s 1981 Portugal Rally winning Fiat 131 (KY8373B). You can click here to see all of Kyosho’s latest releases.
The Minichamps samples include Casey Stoner’s 1:12 2009 Ducati Desmosedici (PO90027), Kevin Schwantz’s 1:12 1993 Suzuki RGV 500 (P932034), the ‘15th anniversary’ 1:43 Ayrton Senna 1985 Lotus 97T, which is #30 in the Ayrton Senna Racing Car Collection (AS854312), and the ‘15th anniversary’ 1:43 Ayrton Senna 1992 McLaren MP4/7, which is #33 in the Ayrton Senna Racing Car Collection (AS924301).
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP, Formula 1 |
18th
August
2010
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP, Formula 1 |
17th
August
2010
Today I have so much diecast news I’m not sure where to start!
First off, we are delighted that Ben Spies has agreed to sign Minichamps’ 1:12 replica of his 2010 Yamaha YZR-M1 exclusively for us (PO103011S). This, of course, is his first ‘full-time’ Moto GP bike. Once he takes Valentino’s seat next year, as everyone expects him to, and starts racing at the front consistently, this will be a signed replica to keep under lock and key!
We also received some interesting news today regarding Minichamps’ Jenson Button 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Brawn specials. First off, they will NOT be part of the Minichamps World Champions Collection, as I thought they might be. We now know the limited editions in each scale as well. The 1:43 Jenson Button 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Brawn (DC29422SP) will be a limited edition of 6,333 pieces, while the 1:18 Jenson Button 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Brawn (DC2922SP) is limited to a mere 4,209. If you want either of these, particularly the 1:18 version, you’d better not wait for long!
We received the new IXO 1:43 delivery today too. Highlights include the latest 1:43 La Storia car, which is Rene Arnoux’s 1985 Ferrari 156 (IXSF24). We also received the first Kimi Raikkonen rally car replica, which is his Fiat Punto from the 2009 Rally Finland (RAM393). New endurance racing replicas on the delivery include the #008 Aston Martin LMP1 from the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours (LMM167), and Bruno Senna’s #10 Oreca AIM 01 from the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours (LMM170). You can click here to see IXO’s latest releases.
All in all, quite a day!
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP, Formula 1 |
16th
August
2010
Today we received several new 1:43 HPI replicas spanning four separate subjects; the Toyota Celica Turbo rally car, the Toyota Celica GT-4 rally car, the Toyota GT-One Le Mans car, and the Nismo GT-R Le Mans car. You can click here to see HPI’s latest releases.
There were also some new announcements from Minichamps. The most interesting is a 1:43 two car set commemorating Minichamps’ 20th anniversary, which will contain a 1955 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia coupe in blue and a 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo in white (P902010). It will be a limited edition of only 2,020 pieces worldwide.
Also announced were a new 1:2 helmet, for Valentino Rossi from Barcelona 2008 (PO82086), and five new 1:43 2010 DTM cars. These are the Mercedes C-Classes of Gary Paffett (P103903), Bruno Spengler (P103904), Paul di Resta (P103907), Ralf Schumacher (P103908), and David Coulthard (P103817).
You can click here to see Minichamps’ latest new announcements.
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP |
13th
August
2010
posted in Diecast, Other Cars, Moto GP |
