Posts Tagged ‘Minichamps’
Diecast models
Minichamps re-releasing World Champions Collections 1:18 diecasts
Minichamps are finally starting to (slowly) release some of their much anticipated 1:18 World Champions Collections diecasts of Lewis Hamilton, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna race cars (some of which are re-releases). If you...
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Older champs and recent diecast collector sale prices
The resurgent Fernando Alonso’s podium at this weekend’s 2023 Bahrain GP is perhaps proof that the elder statesmen of F1 (along with Lewis and Checo) are still in very competitive form. In the diecast model space, t...
Diecast models
2020 review – COVID and F1 diecast and book values
Looking back at 2020, it’s certainly been an overwhelming year with COVID outbreaks globally. Similar to the market shift to online retail and the surge in demand for home based goods – I think COVID has definitely re-inv...
Diecast models
A brief look at Minichamps F1 “taxi” cars
After noticing recent eBay resales of the famous Senna taxi by Minichamps in 1:18 scale (Nigel Mansell’s Williams Renault FW14 giving Ayrton Senna a lift at the 1991 British Grand Prix) fetching consistently EUR250+, I thought ...
Diecast models
What are recent F1 world champions (diecast) cars worth?
Typically diecast models of world championship winning cars (along with the random unusual or limited run cars e.g. Haas VF16 Grosjean Minichamps) retain or increase in value – collectors all know Senna, Schumacher, Lauda...
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Diecasts: 2016 a year in review
2016 was an interesting year for diecast collectors. If you were a Minichamps F1 collector, 2016 provided a good opportunity to pickup previously hard to find cars due to their re-released World Champions collection and Senna c...
