Toy cars—they’re not just for kids anymore! At least that’s what I keep telling my girlfriend in a campaign to replace her family photos with this sweet Hot Wheels diorama I’ve got going on our mantle. If you have a friend like me, I can help you get creative with this holiday gift guide for people who love little toy…
One of my absolute favorite things about this job are our readers. Sure, sometimes it’s like having someone stand behind you all day reminding you what an idiot you are, but more often it’s just great interactions with people who love cars. And they’re doing fun stuff with a model of my car.
Using a combination of ramps and a low-friction surface, tyotoys’ Phil Foss figured out how to get Hot Wheels cars to drift earlier this year. Ever since that revelation he’s been selling his Diecast Driftpads on his site, including a new ultra-compact version that can fit on the smallest of desks.
A bunch of Opponauts on the Live and Let Diecast group-blog are sending the Traveling Torchbug — a small replica of Jason Torchinsky’s Beetle — all around the world. Now that it’s in Austin, it found my couch and my toys. It’s like the ultimate Jalopnik Puffa-Bump.
When Hot Wheels started making die-cast toy cars inspired by everyone’s favorite Star Wars characters, it seemed like a match made in heaven—or in a galaxy far, far away. But now that Tomica has revealed its own line of Star Wars-themed die-cast cars, we have to admit we actually prefer these wackier designs,…
Hola fellow Hot Wheels addicts. I was searching through posts and came across Lets Just Drive is Mkolabin's "Chasing Die-Cast Cars" series which is a summary of recent activity on OPPO featuring die-cast cars and the HWEP. I sent him an inquiry and he has awesomely allowed me to assist.
Some kids prefer the factory stock "real life" appearance of a Matchbox 1/64 scale model to the outlandish styling and "tricked out" look of a Hot Wheels. But we at the Daily Turismo much prefer the wagon based military personnel carriers produced by the Israeli Gamda Koor company under the Sabra brand.
During his 12+ years as a car salesman, Scott Fuller had a model Holden Monaro sitting at his desk. Children of his clients would play with the car, doing things that kids who play with cars often do, none of them involve being gentle. Scott has since moved on to another line of work, driving those huge mining trucks.…
Hooniverse's own Jay Ramey spent a summer in Hong Kong, and during his time there he made it his mission to track down rare 1:43 diecast cars from the 80s and 90s. A daunting task, considering he could only read Cantonese numbers...
We'd all love an obsessively detailed 1:18 scale Volvo 240 coupe on our desks, of course, but no collection of automotive tchotchkes is complete without some Soviet iron!
I've been admiring the 1:24 scale 1969 Dan Gurney Special Mercury Cyclone I got as a bribe from a LeMons team all week. It looks good next to my '79 Chrysler Town & Country, but something is missing...
It pains me to continue to speculate on this thing, but here we go again. Now there is a limited edition 1:32 die cast of the Volt that can be purchased. Part of me wants to think that Chevy is testing the waters to see how many people would be, um, die hard enough Volt fans to warrant a purchase of a die cast…
