Hot Wheels Nightburnerz : Nissan GT-R (R35)

Nissan Skyline’s and the R35 will always have a place in my collection, not matter what. I cannot get enough of the road models (not so much the JTCC lot….that would mean I would be broke for the foreseeable future).

At the moment, there are only three manufacturers that I know of that have produced the R35 in 1/64 scale – one of them being Realtoys (have a look at the Farcebook post by Daboxtoys - http://www.facebook.com/daboxtoys), which have not made it over to CH yet, Tomica, and HW.

I already have a white version, but could not help noticing this black version from the “Nightburnerz” range of 1/64 (yes another stupid marketing ploy by Mattel to re-release a model under another guise….)

I think that the black version is very smart. It has a nice bit of detail in terms of tampos on the rear, and I very much prefer the wheels used rather than the “lines” wheels that has been previously used. There is no additional detail within the interior, but that is fine, as this is a standard model/toy, and at the current price point does not allow anything further.

What is noticeable is how HW seem to be commanding a premo price over their Matchbox cousins….this model picked up in Migros today was CHF2.70 – the equivalent MB model is CHF 2.20….no idea why…..

Opel Collection - quick update

It has been a while since I have blogged about the Opel Collection that I have been collecting here in CH.

I am not really interested in the models from 1900 to 1959 - no real appeal. But over the last 3 months the following models have been added to the garage:

* 1972 OPEL COMMODORE B GS/E
* 1997 OPEL CALIBRA V6
* 1966 - 1970 OPEL KADETT B RALLY COUPE
* 1993 OPEL CORSA B SWING OPEN
* 1992 OPEL VECTRA 'A' GLS

The collection website has not been updated with the next wave of models, but in about 4 weeks time, I will be very pleased to see a Opel Monza GS/E be part of this collection.

I have photographed all of these, I just have been very slack in blogging about them - so apologies.

I hope to have some time over Chrimbo to really get up to date on writing about these models.

£415k for an E-type replica?

I know that things are expensive here in CH - but those mental Swiss have backed this car based on the E-Type - and it is made in Coventry.

Is it really worth £415k??? I am sure that I would be happy with a DBS, M5 and still have change for the odd Abarth 500.....

From today's Metro >>