for June 2009
AUTOart Diecast Cars
Posted in Diecast Collecting on 22 June 2009
AUTOart is a company that makes scale model die-cast cars. A die-cast car is made of metal and plastic. The most commonly used metal is zamak (or Mazak), an alloy of aluminum and zinc. AUTOart was created from UT Models which is no longer in business. UT Models was a company [...]
Disney Pixar Diecast Cars
Posted in Diecast Collecting on 19 June 2009
Pixar Animation Studios, the subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, has been tremendously successful in merchandising die-cast cars based on the cars in their movies.
The 2006 Pixar movie “Cars” was the perfect vehicle to capitalize on merchandising die-cast cars. “Cars” was the story of Lightning McQueen, a hybrid of a stock car [...]
Diecast F1 Cars
Posted in Diecast Collecting on 15 June 2009
Die-casts cars have been made in various models and classifications. F1 die-cast cars are another niche in the popular die-cast car industry.
Formula One, commonly known as F1, refers to the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) that began in the 1920s. The “formula” in the name [...]
