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22/09/2016 4:32 pm
Sad news, Tim announced Diecast Pub II is shutting down Oct 16.
23/09/2016 2:39 am
Very sad, sorry to hear this news.
23/09/2016 5:57 am
That's not a big surprise as tumbleweed has been blowing through there for some time now.
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23/09/2016 6:20 am
That's true but it is the hobby that changed. It is a muscle car site basically and other than a few race cars The Real Muscle Cars seem to be out these days. The race cars and exotic and the non American cars seem to be doing all right, but in the last few years interest in Muscle Cars seems to have slowed to almost nothing. Or at least production of new mold Muscle Cars has slowed down to almost nothing.
Time marches on and like me The Pub did not diversify into the other auto groups. D4C has always been much more diverse with the types and years of cars featured here.
23/09/2016 8:37 am
Yes, all that is true. But also, the emergence of FB diecast groups can't be minimized either.
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23/09/2016 9:02 am
I am sure that had a tremendous effect the entire industry. However the Pub has a FB site and I don't see much activity there either. The guys that actually experienced the original Muscle Cars when new are now OLD and with that a change in life priorities comes.
23/09/2016 12:00 pm
Tim is a real gentleman.......his website was home to many and a credit to the diecast industry
They will be missed.