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I recently returned from a 5 day excursion to the Mike Strauss, West Coast Convention held in Los Angeles CA this past October. I haven’t been to a Strauss West Coast Convention since 2008 [Hot Wheels 40th Anniversary]. I was able to go to this year’s convention for 2 reasons; my economic situation has greatly [...]

First let me preface this whole article by declaring that “Yes; I acknowledge that eBay [and its competitors] have revolutionized diecast selling!” There it’s out; so I don’t want anyone reminding me of this fact after you read the rest of this article. The point I will try to make is simply that I don’t [...]

February 28, 2011 was the day I finally had to leave Las Vegas and go home to New Jersey. Not that I didn’t miss my wife and son [I did] and not that I didn’t have to go back to work [I did], but I was leaving with the 2011 DiecastSpace Super Convention in my [...]

There are a growing number of collectors in the diecast community who question the merits of collecting customized pieces or the so-called Code 3 class of diecast.  That question is becoming more relevant as an increasing number of diecast customizers appear on the scene and that the Diecastspace.com KustomKon Conference (the first ever event geared [...]

I love Hot Wheels! I am a 45 year old man that loves Hot Wheels cars!  It’s not that it’s been eating me up inside because I haven’t ever been able to say it out loud, I just like saying it.  I love the fact that I collect something many people find unique or quite [...]

I have been collecting for almost 30 years, and over that time I have seen many trends and many collectors come and go. I have been in and out of relationships throughout my collecting history and have come to notice a few things about how women react to die-cast collecting. Now I know there are [...]

I felt I had to put that title in bold and caps because I think doorwarmers around the nation should not have to continually defend themselves to anyone ever again!  Okay, that’s a bit strong but this is something I feel I need to take a stand on, for you see I was/am an off [...]