Archive for July 2007

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diecastVideo Pick of the Week!

A crazy loop setup and a baby jump ta boot!
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Mike Zarnock at the Steel City Con

Hot Wheels author Mike Zarnock will be making a personal appearance at this weekend’s Steel City Con in Pittsburgh, PA. This con is a great event featuring over 450 dealer tables covering New & Vintage Toys, Gold/Silver/Modern Age Comic Books, Anime, Gaming, Sci- Fi/Horror, Godzilla, Military Toys, Slot-Cars, Star Wars, Action Figures, NASCAR, Johnny Lightning, [...]

5th Issue Dave Chang EVO Revealed!

This past weekend the Kustom City Designs newsletter subscribers where treated to a sneak peek of the upcoming 5th Issue Dave Chang EVO. Now that links to the pictures have been posted on several diecast forums it definitely needs to be added here as one of the cooler announcements in diecast this month!
This 5th issue [...]

One week left until Johnny Jam 2007!

The second annual Johnny Jam is ready to take Rhode Island by storm on July 28th, and from the looks of things its going to be a blast! This small and personal event is the perfect opportunity for Johnny Lightning collectors to spend a day mixing, mingling and participating in a wide variety of special [...]

JL reveals 2007 LightningFest Camaro

As reported earlier, the folks at Johnny Lightning have decided to bring LightningFest 2007 to the Wizard World Chicago Convention at the beginning of next month. This week they have revealed the ‘69 Camaro SS as the offical LightningFest car. It will be available in both stock and custom versions. The custom version will feature [...]

Jada bringing 1/32 Scale to Mass Market

While Jada has been releasing 1/32 scale cars for a while now, they have only been available at hobby locations in the traditional hobby displays rather than individual window box packaging. Later this year Jada will introduce this “intermediate” size into the mass market where it will get the exposure it truly deserves. Stay tuned [...]

Exciting news from Airland’s Ironbox!

This weekend AIR brings collectors exciting news and rumors on a variety of different topics! Here’s what he had to say:
“There are some things that need to be straightened out…. The new 1/87 scale Hot Wheels that are showing up in Walmart Stores are called…….. 1/87 Scale Hot Wheels. They come in a box and [...]