Model of the Day: NEO 1971 Diamond Reo
Big rigs come in small packages. A 1:43 Diamond Reo from NEO! Be sure to visit us on Instagram at www.instagram.com/diecastx
NEW Feature: Model of the Day — Sox & Martin ’70 Cudas
Hey gang, To coincide with the re-launch of Die Cast X’s Instagram page, we are kicking off a new regular feature: Model of the Day. The idea is to show you regular snapshots and teasers of some of the models we get on a weekly basis here at the office. Many of these will be […]
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Minichamps 1:43 Mullin Museum Voisin C27 Aerosport: Look to the Sky
Minichamps Mullin Museum Voisin C27 “Aerosport” 1:43 | $95.00 Gabriel Voisin was crazy for flight. In the early 1900s, he partnered with some of Europe’s pioneers of heavier-than-air design, and created the first European airplane to take off, circle, and land from whence it had departed – fairly remarkable stuff in 1908. By the time […]
AUTOart 1:18 Toyota 86GT: Scion of the Subaru Deal, in Scale
AUTOart Toyota 86GT Limited 1:18 | $149.99 In its home market, the car we know here as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ is sold as the Toyota 86 (say “Eight-Six”, or, if you’re a local, “Hachi-Roku“). In its barest Japan-only iteration, the boxer-engined 2+2 rear driver doesn’t even wear hubcaps – just steel wheels […]
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Die Cast X Fall 2013 Preview!
WOW! Summer’s just kicking in – and we’re already on the Fall 2013 issue of Die Cast X? Huh? It’s true, and this is an issue you won’t want to miss. We’ve got some of the coolest cars, including our cover models: Structo’s 1:8 Dean Jeffires’ Mantaray, and Maisto’s 1:18 2014 Corvette Stingray. There’s Bill […]
Maisto’s 1:18 2014 Corvette is HERE!
Deadline is always a crazy time for us. But sometimes, something comes along that tears us away from the files and photos. That time happened yesterday when an overnight package arrived here straight from Maisto, containing not one, but two examples of their 2014 Corvette. We’ve been following the development of this C7 since Maisto […]
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Master Caster: New Line Celebrates Classic Car Design
Back when car design was a hands-on process, in the good old days before CGI and hyper-real “in the tube” rendering, car stylists were faced with a reality: what looked good on the drawing board didn’t always look so great in the light of day, or in any particular color. So, most car makers had […]
Cup of Joe – April 28 Recap: Watch it Here!
What’s that? You missed the April 28 “Cup of Joe”? No problem – if you didn’t catch all the action on Sunday morning, you can still see it here. It went off without a hitch. ACME’s 1:18 1932 Ford five-window coupe was featured, as were a pair of IndyCars from Replicarz. We also looked at […]
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“Cup O’ Joe” Featured Nuremberg “Dream Car” Prototypes, Foose Cars, GreenLight Mustang II
February 17, Cup O’ Joe featured world-exclusive looks at the very same models that were on display at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in the Minichamps booth – the outstanding 1:18 Lincoln Futura, LaSalle II Roadster, and Edsel Ford Speedster from the brand-new “American Dream Cars” collection. The resincast models are big, beautiful, and save for a […]
NEW MODEL MAKER! ESVAL Models Appears On The Scene
If you’ve never heard of model maker “ESVAL”, welcome to the club. But don’t be too hard on yourself. The company is a brand-new player in the burgeoning 1:43 market, and this group of factory photos – dusty though they may be – show a lot of promise from this spanking-new line of resincasts. The […]
