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This time around we sit down with diecast and toy designer, Eric Tscherne. We’ll learn about about how Eric got into the business and has built a diverse career that has spanned Mattel, Jada Toys, RC2, and Upper Deck. We’ll also find out about his current and upcoming projects now that he’s freelancing as ET [...]

Over the course of his career, MiQ Willmott has created artwork for rock-n-roll bands like Motley Crue, Guns N Roses, and Aerosmith. More recently, he and his wife created TWEEQIM Creative Lab and have contributed their amazing talents to companies like Mountain Dew and Dell. But of course, die-cast collectors will identify with MiQ’s art [...]

This time around I had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented Hollywood Movie Car Designer, “Fireball Tim” Lawrence. Tim grew up around the movie business, and has built an extensive career in the film industry having designed vehicles, weaponry, costumes and environments on over 350 major features, TV and commercials. Tim and I [...]

This time around we heat up the show with a great interview featuring Tim Phelps who authored the book “Up in Flames: The Art of Flame Painting” and is the driving force behind GreenLight Collectible’s popular “Up in Flames” series. Tim and I talk about his career as an Associate Professor and Medical Illustrator at [...]

Despite the 1 hour delay due to technical difficulties (ala crazy hotel internet) we managed to bang out the first ever Saturday Nitro with a live studio audience! It definitely added a little extra excitement to the show that brought things to a whole new level. We also tried live streaming some video, but had [...]

This time around we were able to take advantage of the good internet connection and did a show from the Wild Weekend of Hot Wheels 6! Over the course of the show I managed to persuade Jimmy “The Boxman” Chavez, collector Joe Altieri, Mike Zarnock, Bob Parker and CJ Cramer from DiecastSpace to sit down [...]

This time we have a special round-table style, two-hour re-cap of the DiecastSpace.com Hotlanta Collector Experience with special guests Joe Altieri, Lou Tanahara, Eric Tscherne and Joe Kelly Jr. Each guest brings a unique perspective to their experiences at the convention. We even devote some time talking about the potential the next Collector Experience will [...]