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jclevering's Blog
jclevering Description:
On this blog you'll find mostly posts on 3 inch-scale cars. 3-inch is the size Matchbox, Majorette, SIKU, Hot Wheels etc. make their toy cars in.

Aug 16
2010

Houten fair

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

The NAMAC fair, held in Houten, the Netherlands, is one of the biggest fairs of miniature cars in Europe and is held 6 times per year. The NAMAC itself is one of the oldest clubs of miniature car collectors in the Netherlands. The fair attracts people from all over Europe, like the UK, France,

Aug 15
2010

Mille Miglia

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

Yow Modellini - despite the name a Japanese company- made a series of 1:64 vehicle, some years ago.

Thanks to ToyCollector I now have the collection complete. I though I share it with you:

This is my latest of the collection, the hard to find Alfa Romeo Disco Volante.


Here are the other vehicles:
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Aug 12
2010

Nobody likes a wedgie

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

afbeeldingThe wedge. A shape that seems to define the seventies. When we think of seventies sportscars, we think of cars like the one on the left, the Bertone Carabo. The definition of the wedge shape in car design seems to be a low front and a high back. In that sense, the Opel Vectra was a wedgeshaped car

Aug 10
2010

Aston Martin in Small scale

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

Aston Martin is a brand that goes back before the 2nd World War, but is mostly known due to one thing. James Bond. As a result, quite a lot of Bond cars have been made in small scale. I  certainly don't have every single Aston. But I think the overview here is nice enough anyway.

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Jul 30
2010

Yat Ming is back...

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

At a recent trip to Northern Ireland I came accross a Sainsbury's. Long story short, I found some diecast cars branded as Sainsbury's. Upon closer examination I found the manufacturer to be Yatming.

The cars are sold in Europe as Dickie as well, so you might find them under different names in

Jul 05
2010

Recent Hot Wheels

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

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Jul 02
2010

Nascar 2010

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

I recently got these 2010 Nascar's from my girldfriend. She visited New York.
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The last one is from the M&M's

Jun 29
2010

Motorama

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

Motorama is the latest diecast manufacturer to venture in the 1:64 market. The company seems to have a base in Italy, as the packaging is Italian and so are the cars. The cars are rather well detailed Abarth versions of Fiat cars offered with a shooter and in certain cases with a bit of a track.

Apr 27
2010

More constructing at scale

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsConstructionCars

I was at one of the biggest (if not the biggest) construction fairs in the world, so I took the chance to buy some scale models. I could've bought much more, but these are ones that really stood out for me.

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Doosan-Moxy MT31 dump truck.
Norwegian company Moxy was taken over by Doosan and is now

Apr 09
2010

RealToy for sale at Tesco

Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy CarsCars

Audi TT
This is a RealToy Audi TT which is sold for just 80 (Euro) cents at Tesco. Good value anyway, but these cars look pretty good and give Matchbox and Hot Wheels a run for their

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