Nuremburg Toy Fair/Spielwarenmesse 28th Jan to 2nd Feb 2015

ah crap. more cabinets required...............again!!!

MINICHAMPS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dLSdmCmnHo

First Sunstar gallery I've found. No HSR that I can see sadly...

http://minicar-fs.jp/html/page152.html

First Ixo gallery I've found . No major surprises but 1/18th current WRC cars...

http://minicar-fs.jp/html/page139.html

Spark have some nice looking stuff including a Delecour 911 and Ari's Pike Peak 405.

http://minicar-fs.jp/html/page151.html

Autoart including 22B and slightly bad taste (IMO) Toivonen Corsica 86 Delta S4...

Autoart Delta S4

http://gigaplus.makeshop.jp/freestyle/images/germany2015/autoart/autoart_012.JPG

Thanks Rory forgot the link for that one!

Not found any Neo pics yet...

Sal wrote:http://www.scale18.com/cgi-bin/page/msg?func=view&num=435224

More 1/18th Skodas

They are sweet

Very poor form for the Toivonen Corsica car. By all means build a car with his name on it but do it from another event. No need for that at all

Sal wrote:Spark have some nice looking stuff including a Delecour 911 and Ari's Pike Peak 405.

http://minicar-fs.jp/html/page151.html

Spark seem to have got there act well and truely together. Some really nice models there.

Had hoped for more from Ixo but it could be that they will get more distracted from 1/43rd rally with their departure into 1/18th...

Totally agree Sal. No new "old" rally cars, just new pictures of cars announced last year and a few new season ones. A bit underwhelmed to say the least. I'd hoped for Hirvonens last rally to be on the menu in the more modern car section and for the older cars there are a few new versions of 70s/80s cars driven by famous drivers that would have got a lot of interest im sure.

Nice 1/18 131 from Kyosho:

Kyosho could do with some new mouldings! Nice models but nothing new in what...5 or 6 years?

totally agree chris , ive a couple of 131's but come on wheres the celicas and nissans and chevettes etc etc?

bmd wrote:totally agree chris , ive a  couple of 131's but come on wheres the celicas and nissans and chevettes etc etc?

and Legacys, early evos, re-release of mantas etc.

Loads of new models still to be made. Thats not even counting cars like civics, novas, starlets etc. Hell Id even settle for road car versions of those and build from there.


Could possibly be a Mk2 Astra in 1/18. Seen it discussed elsewhere. Havnt seen a full picture yet but its in the corner of some shots ive seen and it does look like an Astra

Think OTTO may produce a Monza and an Astra/Kadett E GSI-seen rumblings about it on the OTTO Forum

RORY O CONNOR wrote:Think OTTO may produce a Monza and an Astra/Kadett E GSI-seen rumblings about it on the OTTO Forum

LIKE

newt5550 wrote:

RORY O CONNOR wrote:Think OTTO may produce a Monza and an Astra/Kadett E GSI-seen rumblings about it on the OTTO Forum

LIKE

http://www.auto-und-modell.de/pages/aktuell/1644/Spielwarenmesse-2015-Der-Massstab-143/

Set of images from most 1/43 manufacturers here.

And 1/18th here including Norev's 1/18th Astra!

http://www.auto-und-modell.de/pages/aktuell/1645/Spielwarenmesse-2015-Die-Massstaebe-118-oder-groesser/

Ixo 2015 yearbook now available via Friendface. No suprises other than some of the choices, for example they are showing the 208T16 but instead of modelling Breen's landmark victory on the Acropolis they are planning Magahles Tour De Corse car. Also a Fiat 131 and Galant VR4 that are really obscure and sin over sin no white/Senna 6R4!

Nice 1/43 for the Manta boys... http://www.auto-und-modell.de/content/image.php?Image=34542