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Pope Designs Santa Express VW Drag Bus
Just as American collectors will be waking from their “Turkey-induced food comas,” Pope Designs will be launching this year’s Christmas Bus sale. Pope’s 2011 Santa Express VW Drag Bus will officially go on-sale this Friday, November 25th with a limited edition quantity of just 16 pieces. Of those 16, 12 will be “Standard Editions” featuring [...]
Diecast Stories: Back in the Saddle Again!
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 [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Classic Cord
The Classic Cord was one Redline that eluded me for over 10 years of collecting. Up until recently, the Cord and the Olds 442 were the only 2 cars I didn’t have in my collection. Fortunately, that changed this past March when fellow collector Scott Jones offered me a fine Magenta piece from his personal [...]
The Cars of Summer Smash 4
The 4th Annual Summer Smash is rolling into Warwick, Rhode Island next week and as usual, there’ll be a ton of great limited edition Code 3 customs on hand at the show for collectors to choose from. Liberty Promotions will be returning this year with another great convention car design in addition to this year’s [...]
In the Stores: Hot Wheels (Jul/Aug 2011)
Here’s a look at some of the latest Hot Wheels products that will be appearing in stores and online.* Found anything that isn’t on the list? Please submit it via the contact page, and we’ll update the list to your credit! Basic releases: Cars you should be seeing in stores now; they are case code [...]
Tail Fins & Chrome covers The Magical Weekend of Cars!
Just over a year ago, the DiecastSpace Magical Weekend of Cars rolled into the Swan and Dolphin Hotel at DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida, and we were fortunate to have Jake and the crew from Tail Fins and Chrome at the event to capture some of the atmosphere and personalities at the convention. The episode aired [...]
Team Hot Wheels Yellow Driver Breaks World Record
As I mentioned back in April, Mattel has been promoting their Fearless at the 500 World Record jump attempt, and the main event which happened last weekend just before the start of the Indianapolis 500 went off without a hitch. Not only did they break the record by jumping an off-road truck more than 302 [...]
