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Toy firm Mattel has announced a worldwide recall of a reported 18 million toys amid concerns about paint. Less than two weeks ago, Mattel recalled 94,000 Chinese-made Fisher-Price toys after concerns about lead in the paint and the new recall affects Polly Pocket toys, Batman and Pixar Cars toys, as well as others.
The most notable [...]

Mark Hosaflook, organizer of AutoFest 2007 let collectors know that the hotel rooms at the event location are beginning to sell out! All rooms for Saturday night are 100% booked, while a few rooms are (maybe “were” at this point) still available for Thursday and Friday night.
The good news is that there are at least [...]

Some of the folks who were able to attend Lighningfest 2007 at Wizard World Chicago last weekend not only got to attend a great event, but also walked away with some sweet and rare diecast! Over on HOBBYTALK.COM, collector chriscobbs shared these shots of the pre-production 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible and 1968 Chevrolet Camaro he [...]

This weekend’s Woodward Dream Cruise is considered the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture. Each year it attracts more than 1 million visitors and more than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles. Outside of the 1:1 scale cars, the event is also notable for diecast collectors since Mattel generally [...]

Long time collectors of Jada Toys and Maisto should be familiar with what artist and designer Castro has done for the hobby. His significant contributions at both companies have helped forge new directions in the types of products available today. Not too long ago we posted about his Outlaws line with Maisto and now we [...]

A short while ago, the folks over at GreenLight Collectibles put the finishing touches on a section of their web site that gives a behind-the-scenes look at how authentic die-cast replicas are manufactured. The entire process is broken down into various sections which include:

- The Concept
- Creating a Prototype
- Production of Steel Mold and First [...]

Get your mouse clicking finger ready because Pope Designs has another fantastic creation for your diecast consumption this weekend!
This newly designed Hot Wheels Drag Bus has realistic looking apparatus graphics as well as sizzling original Pope-Designs graphics, 2-tone paint, Real Rider Red Line tires, and a Chromed Chassis to capture the look and feel of [...]