Promoting Lotus Cars throughout Chicago
This month, we start with a 1/43 scale release (roughly 3 1/2 inches) from a manufacturer from Spain, DelPrado. While relatively new to the diecast realm, DelPrado none the less has produced quite a few exotic cars in their collection. This marks
This month, there are a few repaints, and some great news across the pond! First off. Hot Wheels has repainted the silver esprit (code car) black- for yet another variation to add to your collection. The tampos are the same, only the paint
First up this month is a 1/43 scale model from Cararama- a Lotus Sport Elise Cabriolet. Not sure what differentiates this from the normal S1 release, but what I like about this model (besides the price… under $10) is that
Once again, we are treated to new releases this month from both Hot Wheels and Matchbox. First up, is the Lotus Esprit, which undergoes a paint transformation for the Code Car release. The car has been through numerous repaint jobs throughout the years
A few issues ago, I reviewed the 1:64 scale Lotus Esprit from the James Bond movie “The Spy Who Loved Me”. Both road and submarine versions, were available only through convenience stores in Japan and released by Kyosho. Well, it appears that this promotion
This month, we will continue from our discussion in November on Corgi and the Lotus Esprit releases. With the release of “For Your Eyes Only”, Corgi released various versions of the Lotus Esprit used in the movie. Interestingly, only the copper version with the
With the release of the latest James Bond movie, “Casino Royale” in theaters now, I thought I would review what James Bond Lotus vehicles are available currently- with a bit of searching-from Corgi. To begin with. I found this tidbit of information about
This month, there continues a trend to release more goodies and create havoc on my wallet… For those of you that missed out when the Lotus Project M250 was released..and rereleased, and released as a limited edition “Treasure Hunt” vehicle, rejoice, as Hot Wheels has once again
Spark models is a manufacturer out of Macau, that has started producing Lotus models along with various other marques. I was a bit hesitant about ordering one, due to the fact that they are hand made out of resin (1 am a die
By Don Zeunert 1991 Elan and 1988-2002 Esprits If your headlights fail to rise and the motors keep spinning, the following rebuild kit will solve your problem. Fail to rise could mean they don’t lift at all, lift partially, or fall