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Have you ever heard of TRENDS HOBBY before? – FEATURETTE
New challenge incoming A year ago, a new Chinese die-cast brand by the name of Trends Hobby showed up for pre- purchase all around the world. At first, we did not pay much attention to the announcement. After all, new “pop-up” brands appear like mushrooms after the rain, trying to take a share of the ever-growing 1:64 scale die-cast market. But then we looked closer, and saw not only great promise in attention to detail but also mentions of multiple official licenses and exclusives, all for a price that sounded a bit too good to be true. Still, we received some models and waited to see for ourselves. We are…
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FOS Goodwood 2025 in a 1:64 scaled nutshell
Dust, sound and stars: the legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed once again transformed the British estate into a paradise for PS fans in 2025. In this article, we summarize the highlights, but in 1:64 scale – provided we have the right models… 75th anniversary of Formula 1, their cars, drivers and more: We have Kyosho to thank for many of these wonderful F1 models, which we can marvel at. But MiniGT also contributed an F1 car in the form of the P34, as did Aoshima with the Williams FW11B and Sparky with the Haas car from 2024. The Festival of Speed 2025 collaborated with Formula 1 to host the biggest…
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Most insane familiy van EVER?! – Renault Espace F1 HOT WHEELS FEATURETTE
More than insane… It simply was a crazy story. In the mid-1990s, Renault launched a one-off version of the Espace. With an 811 hp naturally aspirated V10 engine from Formula 1, which accelerated the family van to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds. Now it is finally coming to us as a Hot Wheels Mainliner base model. We take another look back at one of the most extreme vehicles that has ever existed. A Renault Espace can do a lot, for example packing up the extended family and taking them on holiday in comfort. But accelerating to 100 km/h as fast as a current Porsche 911 GT2 RS with 700 hp,…
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The new BBURAGO Ferrari 812 Competizione is…
…actually not bad at all to be honest! Or to be more precicse: surprisingly good! Because we haven’t seen any real treats among the Bburago models in 1:64 scale so far. For one thing, they were far too big for this scale, and for another, the plastic rims just looked awful. As in our example, the rims had to be given a little extra touch to make the model look reasonably good. There have been some interesting models so far, starting with this F12 TDF or the 458 Speciale. They all simply gave the impression of being happy to be able to add such a model to the collection, but…
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Tarmacwork’s BIGGEST RELEASE EVER – 1/64 FEATURETTE
All or nothing… Tarmacworks has been firmly established in the 1:64 scale model car business for several years now. And more recently also with trading cards, which we have looked at in more detail in a separate article. In any case, Tarmacworks now offers an extremely wide range of model cars that we hardly know where to start and where to stop. Because every, but really every car fan will get their money’s worth here. Whether you are a Formula 1 fan, Opel lover, hypercar collector, JDM fanatic, Libertywalk supporter or whatever: Tarmacworks is now at the top of its game! In addition, Tarmacworks offers many different categories of model…
