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Tomy buys RC2–What does the future hold for Johnny Lightning?
Last week Tomy Co., the Japanese maker of Transformers and Pokemon toys announced that they will be purchasing RC2 Corp for $640 million. News sources have been focusing on Tomy’s interest in RC2’s Thomas the Train brand as the primary reason for the acquisition. However, here in the diecast car collecting world, fans of RC2’s [...]
The Custom Crew and Johnny Lightning Collaboration Sneak Peek Photos!
A few weeks ago I posted about The Custom Crew’s Luis Tanahara and his design collaboration with Johnny Lightning. At the end of that article I hinted that we might be seeing additional collaborations between the two, and now is time to start sharing! Click any image to see them up close! As you [...]
More Johnny Lightning Unboxing Fun!
Another package arrived in the mail from Johnny Lightning, so I just had to flip on the camera again and share in the fun of revealing the contents! A short video slideshow with detailed pictures follows the unboxing portion, so be sure to watch it until the end! Correction: I mentioned that the Superbird does [...]
Johnny Lightning Unboxing!
Tom Zahorsky from Johnny Lightning sent me an envelope in the mail, so I flipped on the camera to share in the experience of seeing what treasures were contained within! These 40th Anniversary cars are part of Assortment 1 which contains the following castings: 1969 Chevy Camaro SS- Black with Flames 1969 Dodge Charger R/T- [...]
Holiday Diecast Surprises – Part 1
This holiday season the postman delivered a few “diecast surprises” in the mail for me, and now that I’ve managed to get some of the pictures off the camera and somewhat organized I thought I’d share them across a few posts this week. First up is a piece that was completely unexpected, and I was [...]
Saturday Nitro featuring Johnny Lightning’s Tom Zahorsky
Last Saturday night’s show with Tom Zahorsky was another monster clocking in at just under 2 hours! Tom and I had a lot to talk about and we certainly covered a wide variety of topics. Listener will get the inside track on the progression of Tom’s career, as well as his life at RC2 before [...]
Lightning Fest prepares to strike!
There’s a storm brewing with guaranteed lightning and it will be striking the RC2 Outlet Store in Dyersville, Iowa on September 12th and 13th 2008. That right folks, Lightning Fest is back! Along with the new location, is a great line-up of all new activities for collectors to take part in. The new activities include: [...]
