Here are a couple from the 1:24 Pro Rodz line.

1969 Dodge Charger R/T

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8

July 4 is Independence Day in the good ol’ U. S. of A. so here’s a shot of some 1:64 Maisto ProRodz die-cast cars from the three big American manufacturers. At the left is a 1967 Ford Mustang GT, in the middle is a 1941 Willys (later to be owned by Chrysler) and on the right is a 1969 Pontiac Firebird.

the small island off the coast of portugal is another remote location where maisto has found a big following. and thanks to our distributor, david lopes, that following should be growing.

june 1st is the international day of the child, and mr. lopes and the key retail chain arranged a nice little treat for the children of madeira.

as the kids were walking in, they could tell it was going to be a pretty good day. a special gift, perhaps?

man – they are giving out maisto 1:12 motorcycle model kits – sweeeet!

the second one from the left is NOT giving his up!

they seem pretty happy, don’t they?

and there it is – the Honda motorcycle model kit!

all that is left is the victory dance…

and to head out and put that puppy together

the promotion was covered by radio, tv, and the newspapers, and of course, needed to be repported in tha daily dose. thanks david for giving the company a great promotion to report on!

Vespa 125 (1953)

Vespa 125 ET3 Primavera (1976)

Vespa PK 125 Automatica (1984)

Here are three of the dozens of Vespa scooter models that Maisto makes in 1:18 scale.

If you are traveling to Italy, be sure to visit the Piaggio Museum & Gift Shop adjacent to the plant in central Pontedera, near Pisa. You can see the official website, in Italian, for the museum at http://www.museopiaggio.it/collezionevespa/collezione_Vespa.html

Maisto is not responsible for the content on linked websites.

Louie Napolitano of Andover, Massachusetts sent us photos of some of his collection and included the following information:

I started collecting bikes and cars 12 yrs ago, and now I am up to 410 pieces from matchbox to the largest scale (bikes in photos)I have all scales as you can see. Right now there are 250 bikes, multiple 4 wheelers, over 100 cars including Dubs, exotics, street tuners, and trucks all tricked out. I have Ferrari’s, some cost 65.00 each. Just got new Nissan GT-R. I have racing bikes, all the Harley bikes, most of the sport bikes made, choppers, 3 wheelers, etc.I have run out of room in my home gym as you can see. I own multiple cars including a 2000 Corvette C-5 convertible customized with Borla exhaust and K&N filter, air induction(420 horses) painted calipers,custom Foose chrome wheels, etc.It will do 175 mph. Also have had sport bikes, Honda CBR 600’s, dirt bikes, and now my son has a suzuki 110 GSX race bike. As you can see we like our toys in all shapes and forms.Thanks for posting the pics, and keep the pieces coming, there are a few more exotic cars I need to have.

If you would like to see photos of your collection here, send some photos to us at the link on this page and we’ll consider them.

We make up lots of the names that you see on AllStars and ProRodz vehicles but this one is the real deal. Castro got permission from Wahoo’s, the fish taco restaurant chain in California, Colorado and Texas. He used authentic graphics to make this low-down 1:25 scale VW Samba, #31022. For info about Wahoo’s, go to www.wahoos.com (as usual, Maisto is not responsible for the content on other websites).

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25. In honor of the many members of the military who gave their lives, here is a fighter from World War II. It’s one of the dozens of die-cast planes in the Maisto Tailwinds line.

The F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based Navy plane that was specifically built to counter the Japanese Zero. One of its ace pilots is reported to have said, “I love this airplane so much, that if it could cook, I’d marry it.” For more information about this outstanding plane, see the website at http://www.acepilots.com/planes/f6f_hellcat.html

As always, Maisto is not responsible for information appearing on linked sites.

Wow, it’s been a long time coming….finally some more “freeway fotos!” I’ve had a bunch of these sitting on my iPhone for a while. If I’m out and I see something cool, hey, I wanna share it with my friends and loyal readers of the Double D! So without further ado, this pic is kind of amazing, because as you know I LOVE old skool cars and hot rods! This bad boy was being hauled up to Vegas for the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender! I had to wait for this truck hauling it to catch up, then wait (because I was further over) for the 2 big rigs to get far enough apart that I could snap this pic! WOW! Living dangerous! (This is all during friday night vegas traffic) But it sure is purdy!

Well luck have it, I got a little closer to the truck, and here she is!

I have some pics that aren’t freeway fotos, but beauties none the less. This one was snapped when the family and I took a trip down to San Pedro with some friends. Isn’t she gorgeous?

This one was snapped at a family BBQ on Easter Sunday. This is my wife’s uncle’s car! It is beautiful, clean inside and out! He takes it cruisin’ and boasts that he only plays the Temptations in that ride! =)

After a lunch with the CAPD we spied this hauler and sandrail on the freeway. Dimex flew past it and I made him drop back so we could snag some pics for the Double D! That’s dedication!

This one was snapped one day on my way up the 15, I LOVE this new Dodge Challenger! Dodge if you’re reading this, I’ll take one in Black, with Black Rims/Red Lip! (I kid…..No, but really Black on Black!)

and this last one was snapped outside BevMo while we were out at lunch. Nice and clean!

That’s it for now….have a great weekend DD friends!

bRAD took a trip down to the warehouse the other day to see if there were any new items ready for shipping…and low and behold he comes back with AllStars release 9.1 “Rescue Force” and 9.2 “Outlaws”. When he brought these upstairs to the design department most of us about crapped our pants, myself included! They look really good, and I mean REALLY GOOD! Just the right amount of tampos and beautiful packaging. What else could you ask for?

Maisto is doing a special release of 100 die cast vehicles exclusive to the TARGET store chain. We just received the newest batch of the “Allstars RED 100 Exclusive” vehicles.

Now in the automotive world, when you think of the word Hot Rod or Rat Rod, one of the vehicles that first comes to mind, well in the top 10 anyway, is the very popular and very desirable 1929 Ford. We decided to choose this model as one of the 5 CHASE, or limited number released, vehicles in this lineup. For this Target department store program, all of the limited number vehicles are done up in the color red. That would be a red body color, red tires, red wheels, red interior and windows. 2 of those are shown here, the ’29 Ford and the VW Squareback. If you are a collecting this line, and paying close attention, you’ll know that the RED VW Squareback makes a total of 6 CHASE cars!

So without further ado…here are 5 of the 12 just released.

Just FYI. There is one exception to the RED colored CHASE vehicles…there is a 1950 custom Merc that has 2 CHASE colors. One is the all red version and the other is satin silver body color with all other pieces red.