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16/11/2025 3:29 am
Hi all,
I've been lurking for a while, and LOVING Tony Perrone's "Lost Reviews - Franklin Mint & Danbury Mint"!
But I have question: I saw the following ebay listing for a (black & white?) "magazine" with the same web address as this website, i.e., "www.diecast.org."
Was this newspaper/magazine associated with this website? If so, from what year to what year?
Does this newspaper/magazine still exist?
I also saw (two?) "brick and mortar" addresses for this magazine listed, specifically, one is Los Angeles, CA and one in Albany, NY. Are either or both of these still going concerns?
Here is the ebay listing: 5 Diecast Car Collectors Club magazines issue # 76,77,81,82,83 2 Older Memb Dir
Thanks in advance.
Art Deco
Tony Perrone reacted
16/11/2025 7:48 am
Welcome aboard and thanks for making your first post.
I can answer your questions. Maybe a little backwards though. The California address was that of Jay Olins. He was the founder of the D4C. That stands for Die Cast Car Collectors Club.
An avid car lover, he was a model collector and super impressed by The Franklin Mint's metal diecast 1/24th scale models. He kept a list of every one made and when the Danbury Mint entered the building fray, he realized he had a task on his hands to keep a record of all releases. He felt that others could partake of his info and he put together a Newsletter. That was what you apparently saw on ebay. (Somewhere, I have near all of them) I became his associate editor along with George Dill somewhere around 1996-1997, before the club went onto the internet.
When the club went online, it was named the Diecast Zone and an affiliation with Generra-Knab grew. They were run by Michael Knab and they did advertising for such firms as Revell Creative Masters, giving Michael an interest in and knowledge of diecast models. It was he who later opened the Legacy Motors online sales facility and it was later purchsed by Mint Models. That's where the Albany address comes in.