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Hot Wheels Elite64 McLaren M6 GT – The forgotten legend FEATURETTE
How it all started – Bruce McLaren in a Nutshell: Bruce McLaren was certainly more than a legend. Born in New Zealand in 1937, he drove his first car races at the age of 15. In 1958, the Australian Jack Brabham brought him into Cooper’s Formula 1 team, and in 1959, at the age of 22, McLaren became the youngest winner of a Formula 1 race at the time. In 1966, he founded his own racing team, and in 1969 he finished third in the world championship in a racing car he had designed himself; he was able to take a total of four Grand Prix victories. But on 2…
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Hot Wheels x Ferrari 2025 FEATURETTE
Now the time has finally come, Hot Wheels has officially announced before the toy fair in Nuremberg: Ferrari and Hot Wheels are joining forces again this year 2025! And this after more than 11 years of radio silence. Between 1970 and 2014, many hundreds of different Ferrari models were released before the contract was officially terminated on 31th December 2014. In this article, we look back on the 44 years that Hot Wheels has provided us with great models and dare to take a look into the crystal ball. Because this announcement leaves room for many questions in the future as far as Hot Wheels and Ferrari are concerned. That’s…
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Nissan Skyline GTR R33 400R with MOTN LED-Lights? – KYOSHO FEATURETTE
The 400R: It was the headline par excellence almost 3 years ago in 2022: an English dealer was asking almost 2 million euros for a Nismo 400R with 61,000 kilometres. There were only 40 of the 400R, some of which were sold in different colours, such as navy blue, purple, silver or, as in the case of this model here: Yellow. Originally, the genuine Nismo 400R cost around 100,000 euros when new. The Skyline on offer is based on the R33 model series, which Nissan built from 1993 to 1998. The Nissan motorsport department (Nismo) took the original Skyline to task. The car is a tribute to the Nissan Skyline…
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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…
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From RB30 engines to scaled modelcars – JDM MEET FEATURETTE
How it all started: On 10 August this year in Matten near Interlaken, it was that time again. The 2024 car meet for Japanese car fans was organised at the airfield for the fifth time. But for the first time, the fifth anniversary event was not only accompanied by food shops, but also by stands that had nothing to do with food as well. And this is where our model car shop came into play: we have been selling various scaled modelcars from various manufacturers and brands under our partner Doramas for several years. The link to the webshop can be found at the end of this article or directly…
