Archive for the 'Minichamps' Category

RC Vehicles Buying Guide

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Whether you’re buying a toy for a special child or are a super-fan building your own collection,buying and owing a hobby vehicle should be an exciting, fun thing to do. Today, the model car comes in a variety of models, makes and can be made from any number of materials (a drastic change from the [...]

Tips on Becoming a Toy Car Collector

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

There are lots of different kinds of toy cars to collect. With more than 50 popular brands including Tomica, Altaya, Minichamps,Bandai, Brooklin, CMC, Dragon Wings, Exoto, Guisval, Ixo, Jada, Johnny Ligntning, Kyosho, Lledo, Matchbox, Norev, Plasticos Argentinos, Racing Champions, RCCA, Revell, Tekno, UT Models, Vitesse, and the popular Hot Wheels introduced by Mattel, among others. [...]

Minichamps

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Minichamps is a die-cast car producer founded as Paul’s Model Art GmbH in 1990 in Germany. The first Minichamps diecast model was created in 1990 (scale 1/43): Audi V8, driver Hans-Joachim Stuck, German Touring Car Champion 1990. The company officially changed its name to Minichamps GmbH in 1996. It produces die-cast models of the following [...]