What are the best channels to check out new diecast stuff? It feels like a lot of the big names like Lamley tend to only do HW and Matchbox.

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>>11687925
For previews of upcoming/unreleased stuff:
https://youtube.com/@YTeamHotwheels/videos
I already know people are going to be put off by the speaker's accent, but this is the only channel I know of that consistently shows previews of upcoming releases from diecast brands (MiniGT, Greenlight, Tarmac Works) besides HW/Matchbox. The problem is, you'd have no idea going off the thumbnails alone because usually only HW/Matchbox are ever shown on them. The HW/Matchbox are featured for the first half of the vids while the other brands are featured in the latter half. This channel is where I got this screenshot of this pink Fuji Models 370z, releasing February.

https://youtube.com/@Diecast24com/videos
This channel is just pans across the new catalogs for brands like Maisto, Welly, Bburago, but it's useful for quickly going through and seeing if there's a model you want so that you can research it later.

For unboxed/detailed reviews of new stuff:
https://youtube.com/@levelmdiecast2329/videos
Mostly Matchbox, but reviews other new stuff like Majorettes and some Greenlights and occasional 1:18 Maistos.

https://youtube.com/@Championdjk/videos
Has some reviews of new Majorettes, Autoworld, MiniGT, Johnny Lightning, Greenlight and other lesser-known diecast brands.

https://youtube.com/@Spent2MuchDiecast/videos
Mostly HW, but does some pretty detailed reviews of 1:24, 1:32 Jada cars.

https://youtube.com/@eiraku/videos
https://youtube.com/@omotyannerun/videos
These are Japanese channels that show Tomica brand cars in detail. Unfortunately, @eiraku is not immune to the reach of Hot Wheels.

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Ordered this Skyline Mini GT

It might be helpful to add things like good places to buy diecast to the OP.

>>11688756
Any particular recommendations?

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>>11688690
And there it is. Well, no point to even compare to standard HW hahah.

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>>11689402
..however I think Majorette Collection isn't that far stretch

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>>11689403
It's just cute.

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>>11687080
>Pink Edition
I just realized how few pink cars I have. These two, if they count, and maybe that '88 drag T-bird? I gotta check when I get home.

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Mini GT at Nuremberg

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BBR Models at Nuremberg

>>11690351
Rexy and Roxy have to be two of the most difficult to obtain and most frequently scalped models in recent years in any brand.

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>>11690351
These are addictive. Love that Skyline, it really mogs HW premium for basically the same price. But I still love nicely done cheap mainline HW like that Viper. It's just a good and fun toy to play with.

Btw I checked and both are in 1:64 scale, it's just that Viper is a very wide car compared to narrow R34.

Does anyone use any collecting/cataloging apps like the Hot Wheels collector app or Diecarz? I've been considering using the latter but at the same time I'm not a fan of how you have to make an account.

>>11690953
I wonder if i should get the mainline viper or wait for it to be released on premium, wonder if it is even coming and in that color if it ever goes premium

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>>11691615
Mainline Viper is already amazing for how cheap it is. I have also Viper SRT premium and to be honest I'm very disappointed with awful cheap looking windshield.

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>>11692894
I actually regret getting that dogshit premium one. The only good thing about it are headlight prints. Look at windshield details on dirt cheap Welly Viper.

In Welly one, while headlights are a joke, windshield is much more detailed and just better. There's thick black frame around, even folded sun covers fro driver and passenger and proper rollbar shape.

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>>11692898
Mainline Viper however is the best mainline of 2025 for me. It's amazingly well detailed for a cheap mainline.

>>11692899
well i'm thinking what if hotwheels release a premium one of that casting and same color as well.. i'd regret getting the normal one if that happens

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>>11692921
Other than rubber wheels there's not much they can improve in premium as it's already damn good as a mainline. Maybe slightly more accurate prints and that's really it. Go get one if you need, it's dirt cheap and when (IF) premium one is out (lets say in 3-4 years I bet) you can just turn mainline into a keychain or whatever.

>>11689402
There really isn't any comparison. No matter how good they may look, at the end of the day Hot Wheels are toys. Mini GT are explicitly collectables.

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Already pre-ordered it

>>11693757
I'm not huge on Porsche as a whole but this looks great.

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>>11693731
New Testarossa HW looks like MiniGt a bit.

>>11695885
Ooooh that's nice

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>speeding down a rocky mountain pass away from an actively erupting volcano
>in a Beetle
Card art is funny sometimes.

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>>11697097
>>speeding away from volcano
>>in a Beetle
To be fair, over 20,000,000 original Beetles were built.
With odds like that it's got to have happened IRL at some point.

Here's a VW that could do it quicker, but it's built for going up hills, not down. Sorry.

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>>11697097
Matchbox is usually on top of it when it comes to realistic castings (especially of european shitboxes), but their Beetle is so jank. It's way too squared-off and the proportions are all wrong. They really need to retire it and bust out a new one.

okay

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>>11697794
I like old Maisto one.

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>>11697794
I have a taxi Beetle (pic related, not mine) and I don't think it looks all that bad but maybe that's because the livery and the little taxi sign on top kind of hide the "jank."

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>>11698484
Nice

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>>11693731
Mini GT and new Majorette Collection line are another level. The amount of details is impressive for price of HW premium.

>>11698712
>totallyNotGodFoot r34
not bad