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Master Model Builder and Collector Mike Garrett’s Top-10 Builds

Master Model Builder and Collector Mike Garrett’s Top-10 Builds

Mike Garrett

Hi! I am Michael (Mike) Garrett. While I assembled plastic models growing up in the 50s, I got busy with college and work and didn’t get back into the hobby until the late 80s. I started with the 1/43 Franklin Mint “Cars From the 50s,” started building some plastic and diecast models but mostly collecting […]

Top-10 Favorite Hot Wheels Volkswagen Beetles, Busses and More

Top-10 Favorite Hot Wheels Volkswagen Beetles, Busses and More

Jasper Bynens

What would you pick if you could choose a car?   The latest new (super)car with the newest technology? Or… A nice oldie, a classic car, a car with character, a car where you specially turn down your radio just to listen to the sound of the engine revving. A car that is still build […]

Why I’m Getting to Know the New TTP

Why I’m Getting to Know the New TTP

hemicuda_1971

I have done toy shows in the Denver area since 1992. I had a part in a small toy store, Toybox Treasures for a while and was on TTP since the mid-2000s, so I know a lot of collectors. Most of them were also on TTP and while new ones have joined a lot of […]

Renowned Collector Bruce Pascal’s Top-10 Choice Hot Wheels Items

Renowned Collector Bruce Pascal’s Top-10 Choice Hot Wheels Items

Bruce Pascal

When it comes to collecting Hot Wheels, renowned collector Bruce Pascal has seen it all over the decades. Today Bruce shares with us 10 vintage and rarely-before-seen Hot Wheels collectibles. Click on the images to view the item on hobbyDB! Over to you, Bruce!   Japanese Hot Wheels in 1978 If you wanted to buy […]

Diecast Days with Zee Toys Designer Charles Hepperle, Part IV of IV

Diecast Days with Zee Toys Designer Charles Hepperle, Part IV of IV

Charles Hepperle

Vehicle licensors were often an excellent source of future die-cast ideas. Of course, every time a newly styled 1:1 Corvette or Mustang was in the works they would also be must-do choices for many of the Zee Toys car lines. We would usually get advance information about them that we had to keep confidential. Sometimes […]