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M2 Machines Ground-Pounders Release 9 Announced

If you’re a fan of pro mod street machines, you might want to check out M2 Machines’ “Ground-Pounders”. This marks the 9th release in the series, and all of the vehicles in the set include a high gloss finish, wide stance, and oversize rear tires that fit perfectly under the “tubbed” rear ends. Series 9 […]

Concept Crush: Minichamps’ 1:18 Porsche 918

As far as we can tell, there has only been a handful of people who have actually driven Porsche’s gas-electric hybrid 918 Spyder. That doesn’t include the thousands of game wonks who have burned out their thumbs running the car ragged in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. Even fewer folks have been allowed a peek […]

Love a Parade: Legendary Motors’ 1956 Chrysler Parade Phaetons are here

Back before a certain November morning in Dallas, the idea of a presidential parade usually included a glimpse of the Commander in Chief, either seated in, or standing and waving from, a special parade car. If not the leader of the free world, then beauty pageant winners, television personalities, or foreign heads of state got […]

The Phantom Menace: Automodello’s Corsair is on deck

Those 57 Varieties must have been running pretty well when Rusty Heinz contracted Maurice Schwartz (of Bohman & Schwartz coach builders) to help design and build a special car, atop an already special machine. Thus the dashing coachwork of the Phantom Corsair, of which only one would ever be made, was built onto a Cord […]

Variation Alert!: 2012 Hot Wheels “Flight `03”

2012 Hot Wheels Flight `03 Notice the stripes on these are different – the roof has yellow, orange & white; on one, the side stripes are correct and match. On the others, the yellow is gold. The orange stripe is a different color on some, too. I think the ones that match with yellow in […]

Greenlight Announces Two New 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback Decos

GreenLight has recently announced the release of two new paint schemes on their 1968 Ford Mustang fastback tooling. The first car features a classic black paint job that accents the clean, aggressive lines on the iconic Ford; the second draws on the popularity of the race inspired Mustangs, with a “Jimbo’s Pure Oil ‘Go Go […]

Making a Marque: New from MiniMarque of England

Get those shelves ready: MiniMarque’s Limited Edition 1955 Cadillac Eldorado will be available within the next 30-45 days. It will debut in 4 factory colors – Pacific Coral, Mist Green, Dresden Blue Poly and Deep Cherry Poly. It gets better: you can choose top-up or top-down versions, for a total of eight various exterior trims […]

Beautiful Bricklin

Beautiful Bricklin Automodello 1974-1976 SV-1 1:43 scale | Closed door $95; Open door $195 Malcolm Bricklin’s SV1 (Safety Vehicle One) was intended to be exceptionally safe, but its good handling qualities, gull-wing doors, and AMC V-8 engine drew the attention of the sports car world. Although Car and Driver said, “Corvette enjoys only a small […]

Kmart Hot Wheels Event 11.5.11

The November 5th Kmart Hot Wheels event went well as usual here in Central New York. We’re quite lucky to have a good group of collectors who really appreciate the opportunity to participate and of course enjoy getting together with the other local collectors. Our lovely host Agnes is always so pleasant and makes the […]

100 Pieces and Counting – A Behind the Scenes Look

Sean Taylor of M2 Machines shared two very cool exploded views of the pieces used to build their models with us today. One is their 1:24 1957 Chevy, and the other their 1:24 1966 Shelby – and with his permission, we bring both of these behind the scenes images to you. Have you ever wondered […]