http://www.diecastaudio.com The Premier Podcast for Diecast Car Collectors and Enthusiasts! Fri, 09 May 2008 12:44:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en YES FREE! As stated in the May Issue (#2) of the Diecast Alley newsletter: Order $75 or more of IN-STOCK GreenLight product and receive a FREE GREEN MACHINE!. Your FREE GREEN MACHINE is randomly selected from various GreenLight releases. Your order screen will not show the FREE GREEN MACHINE when checking ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/05/09/free-green-machines/ About 3 weeks ago Mattel Canada launched a new interactive contest called "License 2 Play." Players will be challenged to solve mysteries around "The Hot Wheels 6", a ring of fictional car thieves for the chance to win fabulous weekly and monthly prizes featuring Hot Wheels cars and licensed products ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/05/08/hot-wheels-canada-license-2-play/ As stated previously, there will be quite a few sneak peeks of all the great diecast to be had at the Summer Smash later this year - but, who knew they would be coming out at such a rapid pace! Check out these shots of some cool customs that will ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/05/05/more-summer-smash-sneak-peeks/ If you weren't able to attend the Hot Wheels Nationals in Chicago last weekend, you can still get your hands on some of the great diecast made for the event by Liberty Promotions. Liberty created two Chicago-themed buses called "Chicago Fire" and Chicago Ganster." Collectors attending the Nationals as well as ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/05/01/libertys-chicago-buses-available/ With Summer Smash just 4 months away, collectors can look forward to upcoming sneek peeks of the many event car to be acquired in August. This first peek is certainly an amazing addition to the ticket holder goodie bag! One of these ultra-limited edition Make-A-Wish Foundation Corvettes will go to the ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/30/summer-smash-sneak-peek-2/ Now that the Hot Wheels Nationals are over, collectors with enough coin to cover the flight to Japan will be able to snag some great souvenir cars at the 2008 Hot Wheels Custom Car Show in Osaka on May 24th & 25th. This year's castings are the 1955 Chevy Panel ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/29/souvenir-cars-from-osaka-japan/ This week David Chang managed to get a quick sneak peek of the new Drag Team Series GT and SS EVOs in the Kustomcity Newsletter just prior to jetting off to Chicago for the Hot Wheels Nationals! Once again, David is coming through with some amazing pieces that are sure ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/25/david-changs-evo-series-returns/ Last week, I posted a video featuring GM car designer Amaury Diaz-Serrano speaking about the opportunity he was given to design "The Chevrolator" for Mattel. This week, Amaury gives collectors a quick tour of his diecast room - otherwise known as the "Man Cave!" Enjoy! [via vimeo.com] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/23/amaury-diaz-serrano-part-2/ diecastAUDIO wishes Hot Wheels author, Mike Zarnock a very Happy Birthday! http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/21/happy-birthday-to-mike-zarnock/ There's a diecast racing storm brewing here in the northeast and YOU are invited to participate! Here's the scoop straight from Rhode Island Hot Wheels Club President, Jim Lombari: As you all know, here in Rhode Island we love to race. Well, it was always my belief that Hot Wheels were ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/21/hot-wheels-vs-matchbox-challenge/ If you happen to be attending the Hot Wheels Nationals in Chicago at the end of this week, then you'll want to pay attention to this special offer from Bryan Pope and Pope Designs! Download the survey by right-clicking on the following link and selecting "Save As": Pope Designs Survey Form [via popedesigns.net] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/20/a-special-offer-from-pope-designs/ First he landed his dream job at General Motors, and then Amaury Diaz-Serrano was asked to do something he’s fantasized about since he was 8 years old - design a Hot Wheels car. His model - The Chevroletor- ended up being a big winner in a Hot Wheels competition. Find ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/15/amaury-diaz-serrano-the-chevroletor/ In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Hot Wheels, the brand has teamed up with Gallery 1988 to host a unique art exhibit, which will feature more than 200 pieces created by pop surrealist artists. While this event has come and gone, you can can catch a quick glimpse at ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/11/hot-wheels-art-exhibit-video/ Paul Biddlle from THETOYPEDDLER.COM sent out the following information in his latest email newsletter: This weekend, April 12th - 13th, we will be running a .25 cent re-list special at The Toy Peddler. IMPORTANT! We will be doing some housecleaning, clearing out old listings. In phase 1, we will eliminate all ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/10/toy-peddler-listing-deals-this-weekend/ There comes a time when someone has to take a stand; a time when one man has to fight for what he believes in and show that he is not afraid to shake up the establishment...that mans is POPEMAN! POPEMAN's cause is to rid the world of the blind acceptance ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/07/the-popeman-cometh/ With the 2008 International Diecast X Collectors Expo just around the corner (April 19th & 20th!), we are beginning to see shots from some of the cool pieces that will be available at the show. Greg from WWW.DIEHARD-DIECAST.COM has posted shots of this year's Pink Drag Bus convention piece and ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/04/02/2008-dcx-drag-bus-revealed/ The folks at WWW.DIECASTLIVE.COM have release the first images of the tentative card design for their 2008 club car. Their White Hot Dodge Daytona Charger is going to look even hotter in this great packaging which will include a 2008 DCL membership card. Final tweaks are still being made to ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/27/diecastlive-charger-card/ Posted last week over at HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM, was a RLC-only preview of the next mail-in offering from Hot Wheels. The Dairy Delivery will be the second of four mail-away cars for 2008. Done up in the same paint and tampo scheme as the Volkswagen Drag Truck offered in the current K-mart ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/25/another-reason-to-join-the-red-line-club/ As a both a die-cast collector and a Volkswagen enthusiast I can never resist the chance to post about a GTI! Heres a quick look at the upcoming 1:32 scale Mk5 VW GTI from Jada Toys. There's a free space on my shelf for this one already..! [via jadatoys.com] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/25/new-jada-132-scale-vw-mk5/ Its been a loooong while since I've added anything new over on WWW.DIECASTVIDEO.COM, so I thought this might be a good one to get things going again. RexCarrs shared this amazing video of a painting he created entirely out of diecast cars (Hot Wheels..?) - Pretty cool! [via diecastvideo.com] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/18/hot-wheels-painting/ As part of the 40th Anniversary of Hot Wheels, Mattel is pulling out all the stops and creating a new seven car series called Designer's Challenge. What makes this series special? Well for starters, Mattel asked major automakers to come up with the designs for the castings. Thats something they've ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/17/hot-wheels-designers-challenge-series/ In Part 2 of our Up Close segment with Johnny Lightning's new Area-51 Release we'll be taking a look at the '77 Ford Van and the '66 Jeep CJ-5. Be sure to check out Part 1 of this Up Close segment to see the other two castings in this release. First ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/14/up-close-with-jl-area-51-part-2/ It time for another Up Close segment with Johnny Lightning and you might say its "out of this world!" JL's new Area-51 Release 1 brings a mixture of interesting castings that are very suitable for the overall theme. As an added bonus, each car comes with an Area-51 themed sticker. ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/13/up-close-with-jl-area-51-part-1/ Collector Reekman recently shared a ton of shots of upcoming 1/24th scale products from Jada over on WWW.JOESDIECASTSHACK.COM. Here are just a few from the set he posted, so be sure to use the link below to jump over to the original thread to see them all! As always, click ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/12/new-124-jada-sneaks/ Yesterday the focus was on a Dodge from Maisto. Today, we turn the focus to Johnny Lightning's 1970 Dodge Superbee which will be part of Musclecars R17. I've always been a fan of the Superbee with its true muscle car profile and unique front-end. JL Senior Design Manager Tom Zahorsky ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/06/johnny-lightning-70-superbee/ Its been a while since I've posted anything Maisto related on the site, but how could I not after seeing these shots posted by collector zamac84 over on JOESDIECASTSHACK.COM. Maisto did a great job on this 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Convertible. Zamac84 also reports that the piece was only $8.50 ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/05/124-scale-maisto-muscle/ Just a quick reminder that the Uber-cool 2007 Custom Car Show Japan Dairy D goes on sale tomorrow over at HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM. As usual, the sale starts at 9am PST/12pm EST in the Hot Wheels Shop and is open to Red Line Club Members only for the first 24 hours. The ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/03/03/a-dairy-d-you-goth-to-have/ If you're a fan of the Hot Wheels 100% line of adult collectibles, then you should definitely be checking out the 100% Hot Wheels forum over at HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM. Collector darwin8 posts a great daily thread there called "100% of the Day." It features great close-up shots of various 100% pieces ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/26/hot-wheels-100-of-the-day/ The folks at DIECASTLIVE.COM are getting ready to launch the pre-sale of their new 2008 Club Car. This year they have teamed up with GreenLight again to put together the "White Hot Charger!" There will be a total of 2016 pieces in the run. That breaks down to 1824 of ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/22/diecastlive-exclusive-charger-pre-sale/ In case you missed it, here is a shot of Jada's upcoming DubCity Wave 18 that was revealed last week. Once again Jada includes an interesting mix of new vehicles and old favorites. This time around castings include the Camaro Concept, Chevy Corvette, Mini Cooper, Hummer H1, Delivery Truck and ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/20/jadas-dubcity-wave-18/ Collector Dale Brussee from Ohio sent in this picture of a custom Muscle Machine with the DCX logo on the roof and is looking to find out more about it. If any of the faithful diecastAUDIO readers and listeners happen to know any background information on this on this car, ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/18/help-identify-this-dcx-muscle-machine/ Rhode Island Hot Wheels Club president Jim Lombari sent over these shots of the smokin' hot 2008 RIHWC Pontiac GTO Club car. This piece is being produced by Liberty Promotions and will be available at the Summer Smash in August! Be sure to book your room and tickets for Summer ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/14/summer-smash-sneak-peek/ Collector thebigorangecat of Team 100 and HotWheelsCollectors.com sent in this shot of VW bus the spotted at a Los Angeles Dodgers Game last summer. Now thats a serious tampo!! The etching in the glass above and below the logo indicates that the owner of the bus might be a collector ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/09/more-hot-wheels-love-spotted/ [via popedesigns.net] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/07/pope-designs-anniversary-drag-bus/ Collector bestjada shared these shots of Jada's new diecast key chains in a forum post over at JOESDIECASTSHACK.COM. They are a nice addition to the Jada line-up and are a great way for collectors to show off their love for diecast! Click on any of the images to see the ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/06/jada-diecast-key-chains/ What better way to salute the fine folks in New Orleans on the tail-end of Fat Tuesday 2008, then with a shot of this crazy Mardi Gras Mustang! This "party time" piece was found in Walmart and comes to us from collector crayonbreaking over at JOESDIECASTSHACK.COM. Click the thumbnail to ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/05/mardi-gras-hot-wheels-style/ Tom Zahorsky, Senior Design Manager for Johnny Lightning revealed this great looking VW Bus that will be included in VW Release 8. Here's what Tom had to say on the Johnny Lightning blog: Most of you are just getting your hands on VW R7, which was one of the last assortments ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/02/02/seeing-double-with-johnny-lightning-vw-r8/ Collectors who are on the Pope Designs mailing list found this little "gem" in their in-box this afternoon. Its an intriguing teaser to say the least! Stay tuned for more details on what is sure to be a sale of one fine ultra-limited piece! [via popedesigns.com] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/30/diamonds-are-a-collectors-best-friend/ Hmmmm...what's that little play button doing down there..? Wonder what will happen if you click it..?!?! http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/29/putting-a-little-audio-back-into-diecastaudio/ If you collect die cast and don't know about Hot Cases, then you are missing out on one of the best ways to insure your collection stays in the best condition it possibly can! Not only are these sturdy cases stackable, but they are water resistant and insect proof too! As ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/24/limited-edition-hot-cases-available/ In this fourth and final post in the our "Up Close" close series featuring VW's from Jada, we have the second Drag Beetle from V-Dubs Wave 4. Jada took a more tradition approach with the design of this one and stuck with a classic flames motif. While the choice of ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/23/up-close-v-dubs-wave-4-drag-beetle/ Rhode Island Hot Wheels Club president Jim Lombardi shares the latest flyer for the 2008 Summer Smash. This event will be THE best diecast experience in the northeast for 2008 - don't miss it! Click the image to see it up close. [via rihwc.com] http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/23/latest-summer-smash-flyer/ In this third entry of this week's Up Close segment, we switch from Buses to Beetles! Jada continues the Drag Theme with this great looking "Purple People Eater" VW Beetle from Wave 4. Excellent purple paint, a red interior and great monster-themed tampos really make this one look sharp. The ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/20/up-close-v-dubs-purple-people-eater/ The amazing Dave Chang returns with the next addition to his ever-popular EVO series of Drag Buses! This time around we're seeing the third addition to his EVO GT series and it's definitely looking sharp! Dave included a great message along with his sneak peek photos. Here's what he had ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/20/2008-series-3-evo-gt-sneak-peek/ It's sleak and silver and looking fast while standing still! This week's Up Close segment continues with the another great drag bus from Wave 4 of Jada's V-Dubs line. This submarine-themed drag bus has metallic silver paint, portal-style windows, fantastic tampos and a really cool stance. What really sets it ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/18/up-close-v-dubs-wave-4-torpedo/ This is just a quick reminder that there are only a few days left until the 2008 Red Line Club memberships go on sale! The "race" to sign up begins on January 22nd at 9 AM Pacific Time for those collectors who are already RLC members in good standing. Standard ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/18/2008-red-line-club-membership-day-is-coming/ In a post on HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM, accomplished Hot Wheels Author Mike Zarnock announced that he will begin writing a new column for Die Cast X Magazine now that Toy Cars & Models Magazine will be closing its doors. Its unfortunate to see the end of Toy Cars & Models as it ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/17/mike-zarnock-dcx-magazine-team-up/ This week's Up Close posts will feature some of the casts from Wave 4 of Jada's V-Dubs line, and this first one is will be easy to spot on the pegs from two aisles away! This drag bus's bright orange paint, extended side windows, and blacked out wheels really make ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/15/up-close-jada-v-dubs-wave-4/ Be sure to go out and check these great diecast events happening around the country! ToyMan Toy Show Where: Machinist Hall, 12365 St, Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, MO When: January 13, 2008 - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Admission: $3.00 - Adult. Free - 12 and under Featuring: The show has approx. 180+ tables as ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/11/upcoming-diecast-events-2/ 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 ... http://www.diecastaudio.com/2008/01/11/custom-halo-3-twin-mill/