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Corgi, which is part of the group that also owns Hornby, is currently auctioning off several limited edition die-cast models on eBay

The one that caught my attention is this one:



More information here

I'm not sure if I'd want a gold plated Corgi car, but the idea of offering a limited edition 24 carat gold (plated) mini did catch my attention:



The Austin Mini is 50 years old this year, so Corgi are celebrating with the release of this model.

Full details here

The Warner Brothers Studio lot has a special area dedicated to showing off some of the vehicles that have featured in their films. Universal Studios has one as well, but you can't get close to anything, but that's another story...

While I was there in 2007 they had the Ford Anglia from Harry Potter on display. Unfortunately the photo I took didn't come out as well as I would have liked:



Funnily enough Corgi produced a scale diecast version of it, though it doesn't have the holes in the windscreen. It also looks a lot less battered than the real one in Warner:



In common with most of the film and TV items produced by Corgi it's currently not available from them directly, but I did manage to pick one up from an eBay vendor for next to nothing.

Corgi may have really horrendous email marketing, but they do have some nice offers for their September sale.

The Junkers Ju88 (pictured below) has been reduced by 50%!

While browsing the Corgi website I came across these beauties:



Seriously tempting !