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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 [...]
Diecast Stories: I’ve changed as a collector; haven’t I?
First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Joe Altieri, and I live in Northern New Jersey. I truly consider myself a die-cast ”collector” and not a hoarder, scalper, or flipper! Jeff Glasson has asked me to write some columns on the life of a typical die-cast collector and get your feedback on [...]
