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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. |
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Jul 30
2010
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Yat Ming is back...Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
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
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Jul 05
2010
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Recent Hot WheelsPosted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
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Jul 02
2010
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Nascar 2010Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
I recently got these 2010 Nascar's from my girldfriend. She visited New York.
The last one is from the M&M's
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Jun 29
2010
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MotoramaPosted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
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.
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Apr 27
2010
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More constructing at scalePosted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Construction, Cars |
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.
Doosan-Moxy MT31 dump truck.
Norwegian company Moxy was taken over by Doosan and is now
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Apr 09
2010
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RealToy for sale at TescoPosted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
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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Apr 09
2010
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How-to: Build a showroomPosted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
Everyone wants a nice dealer showroom to display their cars. I've made a simple 'how-to', to build it quick and easy and it's usable for all brands of cars (Volkswagen, Renault etc.)
First you need to saw out to circles. One is about 40 CM across (16 inches I think), the other 45 CM (about 18
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Mar 09
2010
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Hot WheelsPosted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
My first Hot Wheels was one I got from a neighbour. The first one I bought was when Mattel improved distribution in Holland, as they were sold through a mayor toy outlet.
Lately, I did not find any Hot Wheels, Tesco for example, seems to have stopped doing them in Ireland - that other brand of
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Mar 05
2010
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Would you believe?Posted by jclevering in Tales of Toy Cars, Cars |
Sometimes, diecast manufacturers surprise us.
I'm going to give a few examples below.
Who would believe Yat Ming, known for their cheap diecast cars, would produce a small gem like this Talbot-Lago Record T26? The box at the background is the box my example came in, although I believe the bottom has
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Mar 04
2010
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Lion ToysPosted by jclevering in Cars |
I was able to expand my collection of Dutch build cars and trucks over the last month, by adding a Spierings tower crane truck, a FTF 8x4 truck and to (finally) get a Ginaf in 1:50. Last week I received below Lion Toys scale models and one must say, they certainly did improve their casts over the