GP Replicas Brings Back Senna’s McLarens and Schumacher’s F2002 — Diecast News Roundup, September 15
GP Replicas has listed twenty-four historic Formula One references for the first quarter of 2027 — Senna’s 1992 and 1993 McLarens, Schumacher’s F2002 in 1:12, Alboreto’s 156/85 and the Benetton B194. Tecnomodel has twenty of its own, twelve of them the 1965 Ford GT40 Roadster in six liveries across two scales. Also: BBR adds seven colours to the 812 GTS, KK-Scale has a 1957 Buick station wagon, and Mini GT opens six new pre-orders.
KK-Scale has a 1965 Buick Riviera coming in four colours, and one of them is named after Road House — the fourth film car the company has tooled in three weeks. Also: Tecnomodel announces nine in 1:18 including a Lamborghini 400 GT Monza in five colours, Spark opens twenty-seven new 1:43 references, AUTOart adds four Chargers and a Guards Red 930, and MR Collection builds a Revuelto exactly once.
ACME is importing a 1:43 Mitsubishi Evo IX with opening doors, hood and trunk and a detailed engine, at $109.95. Also: BBR invents the Sculpture Concept and limits it to 144, KK-Scale has the Back to the Future II Hilux, and WERK83 adds four more 1961 sharknose Ferraris.
Sun Star has put its own date on the 1956 Lincoln Premiere: October 2026, two quarters earlier than one distributor listed it. Also: Minichamps takes on the Porsche 911 Spirit 70, and Tarmac Works books thirteen.
GLM and Stamp Models opened a joint pre-sale this morning covering nine references and not one European car among them: the 1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series in 1:18, a 1956 Chrysler New Yorker Convertible in 1:43, and the 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado in 1:43, all quoted for 10 November. KK-Scale added a second Lincoln in the same 24 hours, AUTOart announced the Aston Martin Vantage in two colours, and Minichamps moved its Verstappen RB22 hand sample up to 1:18.
The Aston Martin Valhalla lands in three scales at once as TSM rolls it out through Mini GT in 1:64, TSM in 1:43 and TopSpeed in 1:18. Mini GT opens pre-orders on six references today, AUTOart adds the DB11 and quietly doubles its 930 Turbo run to six colours, Sun Star tools the Sanremo-winning Impreza 555 in 1:18, and Ottomobile announces six new items for January 2027.
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