In a normal year, which is to say, every other year that isn’t this one, we’ve brought you reports from some of the many and varied car shows we’ve attended or had a stand at. But we can’t do that this year for what is a very obvious reason to absolutely everyone. But we’ve got… Read more
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In the absence of any car shows and as we seem to be lacking much in the way of new diecast announcements to talk about, lets talk about cars. Specifically, lets rewind a couple of years and tell you about our Mazda 323F. The following is made up from articles originally published on our blog,… Read more
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It’s not often, in fact its incredibly rare that two manufacturers release the same model at pretty much the same time. Obviously having two different versions of essentially the same car does create a bit of a marketing issue. But for us, it also creates a nice opportunity to do a nice head to head… Read more
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A great philosopher once said “I can cope with the despair, it’s the hope, it’s the hope that gets me”. OK, so John Cleese’s character, Brian Stimson in the film Clockwise might not be a great philosopher, though you may care to disagree, but the sentiment expressed is undoubtedly correct. But we all need hope,… Read more
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We all need things to look forward to in what isn’t a particularly great time to be alive. But it will get better, there’s plenty on the horizon to be glad about and there’s plenty to look forward to. 2020 might well be a write off, but that’s ok, it gives us more chance to… Read more
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Just over a week ago we felt that we, as much as you, needed something to look forward to. To focus on the future and on better times to come. #Afterwards Part One was the first instalment of that (and we’ll probably be returning to the subject of cars we’d like to own soon as… Read more
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It’s very easy, what with everything in the world at the moment, to find yourself at the bottom of a very deep pit of despair. We don’t want it to be that way. We all need something to look forward to. Because things will get better. Not just back to normal, hopefully the new normal… Read more
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Just like everyone else, we’ve been keeping a close watch on developments relating to the Coronavirus / Covid 19 with increasing concern. Naturally, our main focus is the safety and well being of our team, families, customers and suppliers and it goes without saying that we have taken the necessary steps and precautions in relation… Read more
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Ever since, well, last year, we’ve had a few teasers of Solido’s 2020 release schedule. And then now, as the serious business of 2020 is well under way we’ve got the full release schedule and well, theres some really good new releases coming from the French manufacturer this year. We haven’t made any attempt to… Read more
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I don’t think it’s just me. Actually, I’m pretty sure it’s not. At least I hope it isn’t. The ‘it’ in question is, I think, something that affects pretty much all car enthusiasts and is something we might not like to admit but is secretly consuming us – the desire to own more cars. Or… Read more
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In as much as Winter invariably leads into Spring, January always leads into new diecast announcements time of year as the many manufacturers announce what they will be releasing over the twelve months to follow. Today has been the turn of Oxford Diecast, which is, as always packed with some very promising and what we… Read more
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Its the first Monday of January, and that means its new announcements from Corgi time. We’ll skip over the assorted buses and aircraft and concentrate on the Vanguards range as thats where the real meat of the range lies, for us at least. Now for the last couple of years we’ve complained about a lack… Read more
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