hobbyDB is thrilled to announce our next great Official Archive with the masterminds behind Kilowheelz! Get to Know Kilowheelz Kilowheelz is the 1:64 scale model car brainchild from the diecast dream team of Amy Boylan, Bryan Pope, Michael Heralda and Michael Zarnock. Launched in 2026, Kilowheelz is fresh out of the garage with eight […]
Pocher Die-Cast Model Kits turned 60 years old this year and as part of the celebration, hobbyDB is thrilled to announce the iconic die-cast model kit maker’s Official Archive plus your opportunity to win an in-stock model of your choosing! Enter the Sweepstakes here. Pocher rolled out its first 1:8 scale model kit […]
Off the Shelf: John Kuvakas and a Lifelong Love of Cars
Rollo delighted kids and collectors throughout Germany and Europe, rolling out tinplate mechanical toys from 1954 to 1979 as part of the CKO (Georg Kellermann & Company). These 1:35 scale vehicles featured friction drives and realistic designs of real cars, trucks and beyond. Kovap later purchased the forms, which can be identified by their “Made […]
On 15 and 16 August 2026, the halls of IFA Alicante will host ICONS, a two day celebration of everything collectors love: trading cards, diecast, film props, figures, LEGO, comics and more, across roughly 30,000 square metres and two full pavilions. We sat down with the man behind it, Carlos Bravo Sánchez, founder of the […]
For many model car and diecast collectors, Majorette catalogs were the primary resource for research, documentation and, of course, day dreaming. Now they’ve become collectibles in their own right. These catalogs were key for identifying the wide variety of Majorette 1:64 scale models, which often arrived with varied 2.5 to 3-inch packaging. That’s in addition […]
Danbury Mint has been putting the “mint” into vintage 1/24 scale model cars since 1969. Although Danbury Mint got its start manufacturing commemorative medals for the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Westport, Connecticut-based brand founded by Ralph Glendinning eventually branched into toys before hitting it big with their line of 1/24 scale diecast cars, trucks […]
Porsche invested heavily in their racing programs in the late 1960’s, with the pursuit of an all-out win at the Le Mans 24-Hour race their prime objective. They succeeded for the first time in 1970, and Porsches subsequently won eleven more times at Le Mans up to 1987. This was approximately the time when the […]
By Karl Schnelle and John Roberts After a collector posted a nice 1:43 Reliant Scimitar GT by Frog Models on a handbuilt British car group on Facebook, John Roberts contacted the owner of Frog Models, Rory Cullen, in England. (This Frog is not connected to the well-known Frog who manufactured plastic aircraft kits…
I met Andrew Wood sometimes in the mid 2000s, he was a collector but not yet a diecast retailer. We discussed models and actual cars (he was driving a Jag, a Land Rover and one or 2 other vehicles). We have stayed in touch as he build both the Little Wheels Shop and […]
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