As i have written before, the Geant in St Louis is the most expensive one in France, but without a actual set of wheels, I am a little limited in going exploring further afield.
The last run brought about these 4 models from the 1/64 Norev Showroom range. The Peugeot RCZ has got to be one of the best little castings of late - I absolutely love the detail and accuracy that this model represents.
The BMW X3 is also a nice little model - you could even mistake it for a Siku from afar.
HOWEVER -
There are two blights - first one is the Racing Touerag. As you will be able to see from the pictures, the model suffers from the old suspension issue, and does not sit right. It almost looks like it is broken, and the model hardly runs well. I suspect that for a child, they would not care less - it would end up with paint chips, and semi-destroyed within a short while, but for a collector, despite the well detailed tampos, the model simply cannot be displayed well. I may have just picked up a duff one, but should we be content with these quality issues at almost €3 a pop?
and then we have the Fiat 500 CC - looked like someone has just ripped out the rear end suspension!
I get really annoyed about stuff like this - the tramline suspension is a cheap and effect method of creating suspension, but I think that at this price point, Norev really need to re-think this in terms of quality. It is not really acceptable - to a child who knows little better it might be OK, but for the collector - nil points.
But again, am I making more out of this than I should be - after all, they are just toys - it is the collector who makes such items be elevated to a higher podium. So should we just accept that this is just life, and get over it?
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