DCX Expo - March 20-21 2010

SUPCON2010: Customs Contest – Large Scale, Dioramas & Display Only

The Customs Contest at the 2010 DiecastSpace Super Convention was packed full of great creations broken up into a wide variety of categories. This first post features photos sets from the Large Scale, Diorama and Display Only categories. Enjoy!
Large Scale Customs:

Diorama Customs:

Display Only Customs:

Shelby Drag Bus by Chris Walker from Alien Projects

Shelby Drag Bus by Chris Walker from Alien Projects

Chris Walker has been a busy boy. Not only did he produce several of the excellent event cars at the recent 2010 DiecastSpace Super Convention while launching the first run of his new Dreamliner casting, but he also managed to produce a limited run of “Shelby authorized” VW Drag Buses.
Up until now, these pieces [...]

Diecast Stories: Convention Do’s and Don’ts, Part 2

Diecast Stories: Convention Do’s and Don’ts, Part 2

In Part 2 of my series on “Do’s & Don’ts” for convention goers I’ll cover all the things to consider after you arrive at the event and things are underway. Be sure to check out Part 1 of this series if you haven’t done so yet. You’ll find additional tips there to utilize before you [...]

MiQ Willmott’s Limited Edition 2010 Super Convention Poster

MiQ Willmott’s Limited Edition 2010 Super Convention Poster

Just on the tail of being able to share pictures of the upcoming limited edition Diecast Hall of Fame Dairy Delivery, comes this preview of MiQ Willmott’s limited edition 2010 DiecastSpace Super Convention poster.
Only 200 of these are being printed and each will be signed and numbered. This poster will only be available to [...]

Hot Wheels Collectors featured in Car and Driver Magazine

Hot Wheels Collectors featured in Car and Driver Magazine

I love it when our little hobby of die-cast car collecting gets pushed a little further out into the mainstream, and that’s exactly what happened in the latest issue of Car and Driver magazine. Freelance C&D writer, Brett Berk has written a great piece that gives readers a deep dive into what its like to [...]

2010 Diecast Hall of Fame Limited Edition Dairy Delivery

2010 Diecast Hall of Fame Limited Edition Dairy Delivery

Legendary artist and ex-Hot Wheels graphic designer MiQ Willmott has teamed up with pro customizer turned diecast manufacturer, Chris Walker to create one of my favorite pieces for the upcoming 2010 DiecastSpace Super Convention. This amazing Dairy Delivery has been made in celebration of this year’s Diecast Hall of Fame and certainly pulls out all [...]

Diecast Stories: Convention Do’s and Don’ts, Part 1

Diecast Stories: Convention Do’s and Don’ts, Part 1

With the new year well underway, I wanted to focus on something that might be especially helpful to collectors in 2010. This year is ushering in the greatest number of diecast conventions in a long time with Diecastspace.com sponsoring the Super Convention this month in Las Vegas, The Magical Weekend of Cars in June in [...]