The Entertainer has announced a major relaunch of the iconic construction toy Meccano, with the exclusive arrival of 22 sets across four reimagined ranges, marking 125 years of the British brand and engineering excellence.
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Mattel, Inc. a leading global play and family entertainment company and owner of one of the world’s most iconic brand portfolios, today announced that eight-year-old George Norris has been named the UK’s first-ever Hot Wheels® Tiniest Team Principal™.
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If you are a regular reader of Free Car Mag, you will know we are huge fans of space vehicles, particularly the NASA Lunar Rover Vehicle also known as the ‘LRV’ and often affectionately referred to as the ‘Moon Buggy’. We wrote a story and created a video about this fascinating machine which you
Read More: Building a Lego Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle with Kiran Parmar
Unofficially this is micro Fast and indeed Furious for fans of the best scale models you can buy, officially however it's… Mattel Brick Shop™ and Hot Wheels® Expand Line and Introduce Collector Builds of Two Iconic Honda Models Free Car Mag just love old Hondas and if we can put one or two in coat
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Have you ever done a track day that you enjoyed so much, you wished you could just continue driving and explore the hidden part of the circuit that you were not allowed access to on the day? For example, you might have been racing on the Brands Hatch ‘Indy circuit,’ and you just knew in
Read More: Scalextric Expansion Track Packs with Kiran Parmar
Back in the ‘old days’ when I was a child, there was no such thing as Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, or even smartphones for that matter, and if you wanted to hear something that sounded like ‘Tick Tock’ all you had to do was hold your wrist watch next to your ear or stand next
Read More: Scalextric Williams Racing Race Set with Kiran Parmar
Everyday when there is a Hot Wheels story, is a jolly good day. For Free Car Mag the sheer joy, creativity and passion involved in every model is what makes us feel as though going for a drive is still a great thing to do. And if we can't, well we can have fun on
Read More: Hot Wheels Legends Tour Global Champion: Mini Rally-Inspired Fiat From Poland
Free Car Mag's favourite toy since we were in shorts are Hot Wheels. Always will be and the package we most want to find at the bottom of our bed at Christmas, always contains Hot Wheels and now the experts agree. The official DreamToys list 2025 announced this week, reveals that Hot Wheels Formula 1®
Read More: Hot Wheels Formula 1® Grand Prix Race Circuit and Scale Models are all we want for Christmas!
Here's what Free Car Mag want for Christmas. It will keep us busy for over 30 hours. Immerse yourself in the world of classic motorsport with the Pocher 1:8 scale die-cast metal model kit of the Porsche 917KH – MARTINI Edition. This officially licensed model meticulously replicates the legendary car that triumphed at the
Read More: Porsche 917KH – MARTINI Edition from Pocher
You can still find these great kits in various places. First off, how about a scale model of a Peugeot 205 GTi from IXO Collections Build an accurate replica of the Peugeot 205 GTI Red with this full kit at 1/8 scale. This officially licensed Peugeot model features metal and plastic parts, offering exceptional realism.
Read More: Tamiya 206 WRC and a scale model GTi
UK petrolheads have their chance to make their mark on global car culture as the Hot Wheels Legends Tour returns for 2025. Now in its eighth year globally and fifth year in the UK, classic car modifiers and restorers, race car builders, JDM tuners, alongside truck and custom car constructors can now enter the competition
Read More: Hot Wheels™ Legends Tour is back so bloody well enter!
This is terribly exciting for all of us at Free Car Mag. Here is a one 10th scale Classic GTI that we can drive. It will be available on May 1st, a proper May Day from retailers such as Wonderland Models. More details to come soon and possibly a build by our RC expert
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