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Minichamps Williams FW14B 1:18 World Champions Edition
Minichamps Williams FW14B 1:18 World Champions Edition
Minichamps Williams FW14B 1:18 World Champions Edition

Diecast Review: Minichamps Williams FW14B 1:18 World Champions Edition

With the Adrian Newey exit rumours currently going into overdrive, there’s no doubt at all he’s been the single most influential input into many of the dominant race cars  in recent history including last seasonR...
 
Diecast models
 
Mercedes W08 Lewis 2017 World Champions Collection 1:18
Mercedes W08 Lewis 2017 World Champions Collection 1:18
Mercedes W08 Lewis 2017 World Champions Collection 1:18

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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Minichamps McLaren MP4-28 Perez 2013 showcar 1:18
Minichamps McLaren MP4-28 Perez 2013 showcar 1:18
Minichamps McLaren MP4-28 Perez 2013 showcar 1:18

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
 
mansell senna taxi minichamps 1:43
mansell senna taxi minichamps 1:43
mansell senna taxi minichamps 1:43

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...