Minichamps North America has confirmed that they will be receiving the highly coveted 2011 Marco Simoncelli MotoGP bike on the last week of 2012, with a shipment expected to hit our dock the first week of January (#MIN122111158). Again, we are pre-sold out of this tribute bike, so if you were lucky enough to get in on the ground floor by pre-ordering early, then 2013 is going to be a very good year indeed.
With the discontinuation of the X-Plus Heavy Metal Collection of diecast military aircraft, comes news that a new model maker is poised to take their place. According to reports surfacing around the web, Air Commander Heavy Metal Collection has sprung up to fill the void, and will likely pick up where its predecessor left off. We hear that a 1:72 scale F-4 Phantom is in the works, which comes as no surprise since the designer of the X-Plus F-4 Phantoms is behind the Air Commander version.
We hope to have more concrete information concerning this new development in the week ahead and will post the information just as soon as it becomes move evident.
In keeping with their month;y released schedule, Unimax has announced a pair of repainted diecast military vehicles for the February time slot. Expected is a second take on their 1:32 scale King Tiger Ausf. A heavy tank (#UNI80077H) and their fifth look at the Sd. Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. D half-track (#UNI81019H).
Also expected is a reintroduction of their 1:72 scale Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) and, no doubt, several items that have been previously announced but delayed for whatever reason.
