Blogger and girl-gamer Hawty McBloggy recently posted these shots of a custom Hot Wheels Twin Mill based on the video game Halo 3 from the XBOX360. She states “It’s certainly not a warthog but it’s still pretty darn cute. Add a Gauss turret on the back and I’m sold.”

The car itself was part of an eBay auction from Mondo Customz which has now ended.

The third and final of the recent DIEHARD-DIECAST.COM offerings is this custom Drag Bus that has been painstakingly created by an amazing Dream Team. The flamed graphics come courtesy of Luis Tanahara who carried over inspiration from the DCX DairyD and then added a whole new roof design. Alvaro Gonzalez contributed each buses high-gloss finish and then assembled each one by hand. The matching card was created by the Boxman and really sets the piece off in style. To top it off, each and every custom card and blister was hand-made and professionally assembled by Jimmy Chavez!

Each bus is just $150.00 + shipping and comes with a free 1 year subscription to Diecast-X Magazine and a matching e-sheet! Be sure to take advantage of this offer quickly as these are sure to sell out!

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Here is the second great offer that was recently announced by Greg and the team over at DIEHARD-DIECAST.COM. Pibes Customs has taken two of the most popular castings that diecast collectors crave and set Alvaro Gonzalez loose on them to add his signature flame stylings. The result is this incredible 2-car set that is available in both gloss black or primer black finish and limited to just 25 sets each. Each set comes in a clear plastic display case for $115 each. Use the link below to jump over to DIEHARD-DIECAST.COM for ordering!

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Summer might be over, but things are still heating up over at DIEHARD-DIECAST.COM! This is the first of 3, yes THREE incredible diecast offers Greg and the crew have going on right now. First, check out this stunning custom Dairy D from ProToyType encased in a spectacular ice cream cone shaped blister designed by the uber-talented Jimmy Chavez. Limited to just 25 pieces, this beauty is available from DIEHARD-DIECAST.COM for $125.00. Use the link below to make the jump over to their site and this one to your collection before the offer melts away!

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The amazing creations from David Chang return with this sneak peek of the upcoming all new “EVO GT.” This piece comes from a brand new tool and has gone through many subtle changes on every surface including a lower roof line, new side fenders, a new rear wing and back fender, and a reworked front face. This truly is the EVO evolved!

The “Premiere 500″ will make it’s debut at the Garden Grove Convention this coming October 3-7th and will the online sale will follow shortly thereafter. Stay tuned for the online sale date!

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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 a powerful emergency vehicle. It will be packaged in a beautiful acrylic case to chowcase it best in your collection.

What adult didn’t dream when they were a kid about becoming a fire-fighter? Imagine a vehicle that appeals to so many types of collectors at once; Hot Wheels, Fire Vehicles and Drag Buses! Pope Designs will create only 12 of the VW Fire Bus-ter so this is sure to be a fast selling and highly desired vehicle!

Here are the sale details:

Where: eBay
Seller Name: pope-designs
When: Sunday August 19, 2007
Time: 9pm EST
Quantity: 10 for sale, 12 total
Cost: 125.00 + $7.00 shipping
Limit: 1 per person

You’ll burn up with regret if you miss your chance to buy this newest creation! Be sure to head over to the Pope Designs web site and sign up for their free e-mail list so that you can be included in all announcements of future sales.

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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 EVO is the first of a brand new series being dubbed “The Over Chrome Series.” Each and every piece in this run will feature 100% real chrome plating with a splash of liquid-transparent paint. All cars are put through three crutial checkpoints to ensure that only the highest quality pieces make it into collector’s hands. This means that you can expect “chase piece” quality across the entire run!

Series 5 will include six different versions of the EVO which are divided up as follows:

- Over-Chrome Purple (1/984)
- Over-Chrome Lime (1/984)
- Over-Chrome Special K Pink (1/192)
- Over-Chrome Special K Blue (1/192)
- Over-Chrome Black Gold (1/48)
- Over-Chrome White Gold (1/48)

A few other changes have been made for this series in addition to the chroming process. Collectors will be impressed with the new nickel plated and ‘chromed’ display base with new transparent black diamond plating!

The exact sale date has yet to be announced, but the end of July or beginning of August is being targeted. Make sure you head over to the Kustom City website to sign up for their free newsletter so you’ll be among the first to be informed of upcoming sales!

[via kustomcitydesigns.com]