Hi
Guys,
A few
new items have started to appear on the HO scene.
First from Life Like (yes they are still making cars and I can finally
get them again)
For the
first time since Walthers (the train people) bought Life Like they are releasing
their HO slot cars through another distributor.
They decided when they first bought Life Like, that only they would
distribute their slot cars. This
apparently didn’t work out well as their minimum order quantities were huge,
based on the assumption that stores would be buying their trains as well.
They finally figured out there are stores that do not sell trains, that
do sell slot cars. The first two
releases are nice versions of COTs (Car of Tomorrow).
They are the #48 Lowes and the #11 Fedex, both with the new COT rear wing
and correct graphics. If you are a
Life Like or NASCAR collector these are must haves for $21.99 each. If you are a
home racer you already know Tomy cars are pushing past the $30 mark and the
highly criticized Super 3’s are $24.99, so a car that runs this good should be
on your ‘buy’ list.
Dash
Motorsports has announced the AFX, Xtraction, Tomy version body of their racing
Camaro. The word from Dash is they
should be in the store in 1-2 weeks and will be available in the following color
schemes:
Pearl
White - no stripes, black stripes, red stripes, blue stripes
Black -
no stripes, white stripes, gold stripes, silver stripes
Blue -
no stripes, gold stripes, silver stripes, white stripes
Yellow
- no stripes, black stripes, white stripees
These are factory test
shots on AFX, Tomy Turbo and Super G+ chassis.
This
will be the same style body as the thunderjet version but with snap on body
mounting. $10.99 each.
Also announced for later this fall is a Herbie version of the VW
Microbus, no specific date was given.
As the fall ECHOR (formerly VHORS) season gets underway please keep us in mind for JW, RTHO, Greg’s Garage, original Aurora and hundreds of other parts which are always in stock. I have been talking to Hiram Durant about getting his tires in the store and he promised a shipment, once he gets the rims needed to make them, back in stock.
Lastly, I had some wire wheels made up with red and yellow wires like the sports cars of the 60's came with. I only had a few sets made to see if there is interest. $7.00 a set.
I hope
to see you soon. Joe
Joe Corea
NJ
Nostalgia Hobby
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