Hobbies are big business. We on the buying end see collecting, building, etc., as hobbies – but for the companies that make what we collect, our acceptance of their wares is usually the difference between red ink and black. So imagine our surprise to be introduced to Inver Models of Scotland, whose owner, Peter Naulls, […]

More new Citroëns, more new Norevs: Hot on the heels of the replacement C3 and the new searching-for-a-slice-of-the-Mini-market DS3 come these stylish promo models by Norev. The revived French outfit has rarely missed an opportunity to make a 1:55-ish scale model of a brand-new French car over the past 10 years.
What we see here has […]

You may remember them as “Pocket Cars,” small-scale die-cast cars sold in a blistercard that resembled a denim pocket, in the ’70s and ’80s. Made by Tomica, they were a sort of Japanese homage to Matchbox – opening features (the doors closed with a particularly firm click), sprung suspension, and fine detailing. Cars were a […]