Coming Soon: 1/64 Diecast!

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Coming Soon: 1/64 Diecast!
Topic Started: Aug 25 2009, 01:25 AM (621 Views)
Swifty	Aug 25 2009, 01:25 AM Post #1
Multiple Mustang Syndrome: '82 3.3 & '08 GT Posts: 24,498 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game 4 Wheel Madness Preferred Brand Yat Ming SG Blog Yes Location Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA	Auto World has just announced that they will be bringing out their own line of 1/64 diecast next year. As of right now, no details on what cars will be coming have been decided on, nor does the line even have a name yet. I am definitely excited to see what they're going to have forthcoming! Even though it's a little premature, I've added a forum for them here in the diecast section.



craftymore	Aug 25 2009, 07:23 AM Post #2
Nothing Runs Like a Deere Posts: 8,463 Group: Moderators Member #50 Joined: August 7, 2006 Gender Male Preferred Brand M2 Machines Location Charleston, Illinois	So this is the company that's run by Tom Lowe correct? This will add even more competition in the 1/64 scale adult collectible market if that's what they end up in. GL, M2, HWs, Autoworld, and JL all vying for one section of the market. Will be good to see TL back behind a diecast brand again.
	In loving memory of Grandpa Cooley.


Swifty	Aug 25 2009, 01:09 PM Post #3
Multiple Mustang Syndrome: '82 3.3 & '08 GT Posts: 24,498 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game 4 Wheel Madness Preferred Brand Yat Ming SG Blog Yes Location Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA	Yup, this is Tom Lowe's current company.



Sak	Aug 30 2009, 12:57 PM Post #4
Oh Ricky what a pity, you don't understand...every night's a rerun and the laughter's always canned! Posts: 3,717 Group: Members Member #107 Joined: January 21, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox SG Blog No Location Mercerville, NJ	Go go Tom!
	Yummy!


jedimario	Aug 31 2009, 01:00 PM Post #5
RAWR Posts: 4,091 Group: Moderators Member #366 Joined: October 19, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Tomica Location Clemson University	Things are starting to get saturated, not all these companies can coexist for long.



diecastdingo	Sep 3 2009, 09:53 PM Post #6
Fullsize Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #1,564 Joined: January 5, 2009 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Preferred Brand Tomica Location Sydney, Australia	Well, I sure hope it isn't going to be more Muscle Cars (or Skylines, for that matter...) I am wondering what niche there still is. Well, we haven't seen many Skodas in small scale!



craftymore	Sep 3 2009, 10:02 PM Post #7
Nothing Runs Like a Deere Posts: 8,463 Group: Moderators Member #50 Joined: August 7, 2006 Gender Male Preferred Brand M2 Machines Location Charleston, Illinois	No one really knows what Tom Lowe is going to do, but American muscle cars would be a safe bet. Be nice if some US non muscle cars were done which are non existent in small scale.
	In loving memory of Grandpa Cooley.


ChFalkensteiner	Sep 3 2009, 10:56 PM Post #8
Subcompact Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #1,559 Joined: December 10, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Location Linz, Austria	diecastdingo Sep 3 2009, 09:53 PM Well, I sure hope it isn't going to be more Muscle Cars (or Skylines, for that matter...) I am wondering what niche there still is. That "niche" contains about 5800 different car brands (all over automobile history) which have never been represented in small-scale diecast at all, compared with about 200 which have. However, I, too, expect this new model car brand to concentrate on the same stuff as all the others, and to not be available in Europe.
	Christian http://www.mboxcommunity.com/cfalkens


Swifty	Sep 4 2009, 04:20 AM Post #9
Multiple Mustang Syndrome: '82 3.3 & '08 GT Posts: 24,498 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game 4 Wheel Madness Preferred Brand Yat Ming SG Blog Yes Location Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA	Bear in mind that Tom Lowe was the founder of Playing Mantis, and PM was an innovator when it burst onto the scene in 1994. In ten years time we got muscle cars, British sports cars, Volkswagens, Buffy's 1959 DeSoto, import tuners, and more. And the only ones that sold well time and time again were the muscle cars and Volkswagens. I expect that this new line will be feature a great deal of cars already available in 1/64. Mustangs, Camaros, Chevelles, Corvettes, Roadrunners, Chargers, Beetles- they sell. While making an Upton would be cool, it's just never going to happen. There aren't even any surviving examples to take measurements of, photograph, etc. The sad story of Upton ends at World War II...when a Hershey area car collector donated the last known survivor to the war effort where it was melted down for scrap metal. http://www.padutchregion.com/page82.html



Wyatt	Sep 9 2009, 06:34 AM Post #10
Microcar Posts: 42 Group: Members Member #353 Joined: October 14, 2007	I am excited to see what Tom brings to the table. It's such a shame that we are in a recession because right now is a great time for die cast. HW and MB are still around after decades, JL is still on the radar, GL is really taking the lead, M2 is running a close second to GL, and now AW will be introducing a new die cast line. If it was 10 or 15 years ago, with the detail of the cars being cast today, collectors would be happier than Michael Moore in a twinky factory. Now if the economy would take a turn for the better and the big box stores would stock the cars we want, we could be die cast rich again.



SSChevyman	Sep 9 2009, 08:01 PM Post #11
Roadster Posts: 4,391 Group: Members Member #1,550 Joined: November 6, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game Asteroids Preferred Brand Matchbox Location Greensboro,Ocean Isle,N.C.	Awesome for sure, I cant wait.



diecastdingo	Sep 10 2009, 11:36 PM Post #12
Fullsize Posts: 536 Group: Members Member #1,564 Joined: January 5, 2009 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Preferred Brand Tomica Location Sydney, Australia	Well, I wouldn't expect him to concentrate on Skodas and Auto Unions - but something different would be nice. We'll have to wait and see.



Stangfreak	Sep 24 2009, 02:22 PM Post #13
Convertible Posts: 2,501 Group: Members Member #388 Joined: October 31, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game Pacman Preferred Brand Johnny Lightning	Auto World huh ? I used to order HO scale hop up parts for the Aurora slot cars from them back in the late 60s and early 70s... It would be really cool to see what they come up with in the 1/64 diecast world... With GL and JL pretty much leading the way, they got their work cut out for them !!!



Ozmont	Sep 26 2009, 12:04 PM Post #14
NOTAKIT Posts: 172 Group: Members Member #51 Joined: August 7, 2006	I am excited he is joining the crowd. And I'm glad Swifty already has a place for him here!!!



Swifty	Oct 18 2009, 06:41 PM Post #15
Multiple Mustang Syndrome: '82 3.3 & '08 GT Posts: 24,498 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game 4 Wheel Madness Preferred Brand Yat Ming SG Blog Yes Location Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA	That's odd- a bunch of posts were apparently stuck in an approval queue. Sorry folks! That was not intentional and the posts should now be showing. If anyone else replies to this thread and the posts don't show, please send me a PM.



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