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  • THREE OFFBEAT MODELS UNDER $50 TO SPICE UP YOUR COLLECTION TODAY

    Perhaps the best thing about collecting 1:43-scale model cars is the sheer variety of models available. With a history stretching back to the 1930s, it seems that almost every make and model of car has been replicated in 1:43, so that there is truly something for every automotive taste in this sm... View Post
  • CARS YOU SHOULD KNOW: THE PORSCHE 916

    The idea was so simple, so perfect: take Porsche's most powerful street engine and drop it into their lightweight mid-engine platform. Dominate Ferrari. Make grown men swoon. That was the concept behind the Porsche 916, an extremely potent variation on the company's low-cost joint venture with... View Post
  • THIS JUST IN: MINICHAMPS' 1:43 PORSCHE 356C COUPE (AND THE SHORT VERSION OF MINICHAMPS HISTORY)

    Minichamps is one of the oldest, most respected names in the model car business, with a history reaching back to Germany's Danhausen trading company in the 1920s. Initially a sort of general store, Danhausen's focus narrowed over the decades to toys, eventually becoming an exclusive vendor of hi... View Post