Tomy, makers of Tomica-brand diecast cars and playsets, announced last week that they will buy RC2 Corp., maker of Johnny Lightning-brand die-cast cars, outright, in a deal valued at $640 million. Tomy is increasing its foreign penetration, in part because toys are no longer a growth area in its home market of Japan, and in […]
First, the good news: M2‘s new 3-inch 1968 Mercury Cougar looks fine. The body is spot on, though the gigantic hideaway headlamps, grille, taillamps and bumpers lend a more agreeable exaggeration than do the wheels and tires, which manage to make the look wheel openings look too small, although they are, in fact, prototypically correct. […]
It seems like forever ago (can it really be two years?) that a roster of new Greenlight castings was announced. Goodies like mid-’70s Trans Ams and Fox-body Mustangs and Dodge Challengers were announced and then… nothing. Economy? Distribution? Who knows. But new models have, at long last, started to trickle into stores, and our hunger […]