Joe Kelly Jr. stops by the Minichamps booth at the 2010 Nuremberg Toy Fair for a chat with Alain Morot to get a brief look at a few new pieces coming out soon!

Joe Kelly Jr. stops by the NEO Scale Models booth at the 2010 Nuremberg Toy Fair to chat with Mark Asbreux about what new models collectors will soon be able to get their hands on!

Joe Kelly Jr. interviews John Giordano, owner of the original Ferrari 512 that was used as the 1:1 scale reference for GMP Diecast’s upcoming “Masterpiece Collection” Ferrari. Stay tuned for more coverage of GMP’s version of this amazing automotive work of art!

TrueScale Miniatures’ publicity department - sorely overworked these days -  wasn’t too happy when we took much longer than promised with these new Tyrrell P34s. And as much as we’d like to say that there was some concrete logistical reason for the delay, we can’t.

We just liked them. A lot.

What’s that? You missed an episode of Car Room LIVE!? No problem! Check out the episode that aired on January 23rd right here. We had lots of new models, a valuation segment, and a special guest: Mikhail Bashmashnikov, master builder and motive force behind B&G Models, who brought out their brand-new 1:24 1938 Bugatti Atlantic. It’s model magic!

Click a link below to launch the clips:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Future Cruise

The 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser was a prime example of the future-think of the 1950’s, with its multiple lighting sources, complex curves, and an array of buttons and antennae (most of which were functional) that provided more flash per running foot than any other car ever made. That stylistic gadgetry made it a true icon of the age of way-too-much - and a perfect, if challenging, car to replicate in scale.

Well Bugged

Everyone loves the Bug. Homely, hardy, almost unstoppable, it turned the world on its ear. And while it’s true Doctor Ferdinand Porsche’s “Peoples Car” had its origins in a less than cheerful place and time, the car we’d come to call the Beetle would ultimately win hearts, change minds - and sell like nothing the world had seen since the Model T.

Yeah, It’s Got A Hemi

One of Franklin Mint’s older molds gives us this Plymouth ’Cuda Convertible in a limited 5,000 piece run of 1971 Hemi versions. Painted Hemi Orange with a black convertible top (in either top up or the convertible boot), only 11 of these were built in ‘71 (and seven of those were shipped overseas). Franklin’s stateside variant sports white HEMI billboards on its quarters - a snazzy combination.