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Best-of Highlights about Johnny Lightning, Hot Wheels and Jada Toys from the past week!

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Poster Reekman has been flooding collectors with fantastic close-up shots over the past week and this addition is certainly not to be missed as well. This round includes multi-angle closeup shots of the red, grey, orange and Army themed Things - all in 1:24th scale. If you weren’t a fan of the casting before, then you will be after checking these out! Make the jump to DIECASTLIVE.COM for the full set of pictures.

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A big thank you to Joe Falco over at JOESDIECASTSHACK.COM for spotting this great little video featuring Larry Wood! Hosted by THEFUTURESCHANNEL.COM, Larry talks about the process of designing a 1/64th scale car with an educational twist. Definitely insightful for all diecast enthusiasts!

Designing Toy Cars with Larry Wood

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Tags: diecast video, Hot Wheels, Larry Wood

Johnny Lightning Collectors who are zany for Zingers will be pleased to know that the popular line will continue to see the light of day with this excellent 5-car set. Each car in the set is from an all new limited-edition tool and is painted in an exclusive color. Castings will include a ‘63 Chevy Corvair with dual engines - front and back, a ‘64 Dodge Hemi with a two-tone black and grey finish, a ‘69 AMC AMX in black with red stripes, a ‘69 Pontiac Firebird Convertible in red and a metallic orange ‘66 Ford Mustang Fastback, finished off with black racing stripes. Be sure to look for these at you favorite retailer in March and make sure your eyes are sharp as there will definitely be White Lightnings randomly inserted into the set.

[via johnnylightning.com]

Tags: 5 pack, diecast, Johnny Lightning, Zingers

Jada continues to rock the VW licensing with their upcoming V-Dubs Wave 2 which was revealed yesterday. Collectors will be pleased to see that this wave not only includes 1:64 scale versions of the some of the more recent 1:24th scale V-Dub releases, but also adds new drag-race versions of the ‘62 Bus and ‘59 Beetle.

The full casting list includes the ‘49 Hebuller Cabby, the ‘59 Beetle, the ‘62 VW Bus, the ‘65 Fastback 1600TL, the ‘63 VW Pickup (aka Slidebed) and the ‘65 VW Variant Squareback. Make the jump to the JADATOYS.COM gallery below for previews of all the castings and color variations!

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While HBO gives us the best modern mafia crime drama on TV, Jada continues to bring the greatness with this new two car set featuring dubbed out versions of the Cadillac Escalade and Hummer H2 from the show, in front of the infamous Satriale’s Meat Market. Fughedaboutit! This Snap Shots style offering certainly makes another fine addition to the product line and makes diecastAUDIO wonder if there will be more Sopranos castings coming larger sizes..?!?! Stay tuned!

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Tags: diecast, Jada Toys, Snap Shots

Poster Randy1501 over on JOESDIECASTSHACK.COM hits readers with a barrage of posts showing samples of the new lines Maisto will be bringing to market this year. Each post gives features a variety of pictures of cars in the lines creating a nice preview!

Maisto’s new lines (with links to each post) will include:

Outlaws - old skool, “rat rod” style castings

T-Lugz - Cartoon-style castings with collectible figurines

Lifterz - Customized pickups with realistic lift-kits

Pro-Street - Big Block Muscle Drag Cars

Stay tuned for more information as these lines get closer to hitting retailers!

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