40 Packed Pages of Die-Cast Releases! the Latest Models from All Your Favourite Ranges
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directOCTOBER 2006 40 packed pages of die-cast releases! The latest models from all your favourite ranges. Including the long awaited launch of this great new James Bond series TM Corgi - Making the Great Small Collectables Index Star Trek More TV & Film models on pages 36 & 37! 6 Klingon Bird of Prey - Dear Collector, Celebrating 40 years of Star Trek, this range of In this issue Star Trek 40th Anniversary As we move towards the end of Corgi’s 50th Anniversary year, I am delighted to be replicas is beamed down to collectors. Each model 3 Star Trek Of all the fearsome adversaries faced is a detailed die-cast replica, issued under licence able to offer you this wide selection of precision die-cast models, which include nearly by Captain Kirk, Mr Spock and Co., from Paramount Pictures. Each features 360° 4-7 Trackside - RANGE 50 which are now offered direct to collectors for the first time. Among these, naturally, none was quite so spooky as the Bird OF THE MONTH decoration, and comes in suitably ‘futuristic’ are some new 50th Anniversary models, each available in an edition of exactly of Prey. Our detailed die-cast model display packaging that looks as if it might have 8-9 James Bond reproduces the Klingon as featured in been designed by Mr Spock himself! 2,006 pieces, each chosen for its special place in the history of Corgi. Star Trek III, The Search for Spock, 10-15 Vanguards Following the most favourable reception among die-cast collectors of offering and comes with its own Klingon 16-17 Forward March both Corgi and the former Lledo ranges of Vanguards, Trackside and Days Gone, emblem display stand. Ref: CC96602 £12.99 18-21 Anniversary I am glad to say that these are all included again here. Approx. length 107mm 22-25 Original Omnibus Original Omnibus collectors will be pleased to see seven newcomers, notably the newly tooled Wright Urban Eclipse, and we preview the new James Bond film, Casino Royale, 26-27 Corgi Collection with a pair of very collectable Aston Martins and a boxed Limited Edition of both with 28-31 Road Transport some related extras. 32-33 Mini Mania Look out for the all-new Forward March selection of spun-cast white metal figures 34-35 Days Gone relating to momentous events in our island’s military history, and don’t overlook Warbirds, a new and widely acclaimed concept in the history of aviation in WWII. U.S.S. Enterprise - Star Trek 36-37 TV & Film 40th Anniversary 7 38-39 Warbirds I do hope you’ll find something here you’ll want to add to your own collection. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek, what more suitable model to mark the occasion 40 Superhaulers than the very original starship Enterprise? N O This brand new model with its Starfleet emblem I T stand belongs in the collection of every Trekkie. A R Ref: CC96601 £14.99 O Claire Winter C Approx. length 204mm E 0 D Direct Marketing Manager 360 3 Limited Edition quantities correct at time of going to print and may be subject to alteration. Certain models photographed in this catalogue are hand finished prototypes. TM & ® & © 2006 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. The final quality of factory-produced models will be superior. All measurements are approximate. Corgi reserve the right to improve and amend specifications on all models. STAR TREK and Related Elements and Marks are Trademarks of Paramount Pictures. post your order to: Corgi Classics Ltd., FREEPOST SO 4438, Southampton SO14 0HS (no stamp needed) buy online at www.corgi.co.uk Collectables Trackside - OUR FEATURED RANGE OF THE MONTH! 6 Guy Pantechnicon - Six brand new releases add to this 1:76 scale (‘00’ gauge-compatible) series of vintage Griff Fender commercials. Two are also the products of new tooling, namely the Scammell Mechanical Horse Stepframe Trailer and the Scammell Townsman Box Trailer. Collectors of the Royal The lettering on the side of the Horses for Courses Mail theme will be delighted with a pair of new additions to that range. And at just £3.99, Swansea-based classic says it all: Designed by the legendary Oliver D. North, the the series of LDVs first released earlier this year offers an exceptionally affordable range. next village or next continent, nothing was impossible. (Try that today!) ‘Mechanical Horse’ was introduced in 1934, largely 2,010 models ERF LV & Sheeted Platform Details include chromed radiator grille, in response to the need of the railway companies Trailer - BRS Western 7 as well as detailed cab interior. for a motorised vehicle to replace horse-drawn ERF LV Flatbed with Load - Rugby Cement 4 ERF’s ‘LV’ continued in production Ref: DG146012 £6.99 carriages. As a working vehicle, it offered a number until 1974. It was a completely The ERF LV was launched in 1962 with a completely new Scale 1:76 Approx. length 100mm 2,600 models new design, featuring an design and featuring a glass fibre cab with a large one-piece of important advantages: its wooden cab cut down windscreen. Features include a detailed cab interior and on unloaded weight, it could automatically couple improved glass fibre cab with Scammell Townsman Box separately cast load of cement bags. a large one-piece windscreen, Trailer - Rail Freight 7 and de-couple with trailers, and its single front and powered by either a Gardner Ref: DG186013 £12.99 Scale 1:76 Approx. length 110mm Produced from new tooling for 2006, wheel turned through 360°, making the ‘Horse’ 150 or 180 engine. the Scammell Townsman is reproduced exceptionally manoeuvrable. In the late 1940s Ref: DG186011 £12.99 2,010 models Scammell Handyman Flatbed Trailer - to exact 1:76 scale. The Townsman Scale 1:76 Approx. length 130mm 5 the ‘Horse’ was redesigned to create the Scarab. 6 Guy Pantechnicon - Whitbread was the ultimate refinement of the Waring & Gillow Styled by the legendary Michelotti, the Scammell Handyman Mechanical Horse, faster and more Our 1:76 scale reproduction is cab first appeared in 1962. The model features a detailed comfortable than the Scarab, and decorated in the correct period cab interior, chromed badging detail and de-coupling trailer. in production from 1964 to 1968. livery of the celebrated furniture Ref: DG175014 £11.99 Scale 1:76 Ref: DG206000 £11.99 Approx. length 120mm Scale 1:76 makers, complete with Royal 4,510 models Warrant. Features of the Approx. length 110mm model include cab interior, 7 chrome trim and detailed Scammell Mechanical Horse & Stepframe Trailer - Royal Mail wheels, hubs and tyres. Produced from new tooling for 2006, this replica of the Scammell Mechanical Horse Ref: DG146015 £6.99 and Stepframe Trailer combination reproduces the famous articulated lightweight Scale 1:76 truck launched in the 1930s. A must for all Royal Mail theme enthusiasts! 4 Approx. length 100mm Ref: DG199008 £11.99 Scale 1:76 Approx. length 117mm 2,110 models 2,010 models 5,010 models order by phone on 023 8024 8844 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week buy online at www.corgi.co.uk Collectables Trackside - OUR FEATURED RANGE OF THE MONTH! 6 Scammell Scarab Dropside Trailer & Load - Firth Brown Morris LD Van - Pollock 7 Launched in 1948, the Scammell Scarab was aimed at the newly nationalised First produced in 1953, the Morris Commercial British Railways. The model comes complete with realistic canvas-wrapped load. LD one-tonner is reproduced here to exact 1:76 Ref: DG148016 £9.99 Scale 1:76 Approx. length 110mm scale, and shown in the later, modified frontal EDITOR’S Leyland Octopus Platform Lorry - W.A. Glendinning 5 styling introduced from 1955. Collectors of CHOICE The Octopus (22 gvw) was the largest of Leyland’s post-war ‘600 Series’. Pollock-liveried models will doubtless want to Limited stock - This replica features a detailed cab interior and the authentic period livery. add this to their collections. last few 2,010 models Ref: DG176022 £11.99 Scale 1:76 Approx. length 120mm Ref: DG201002 £3.99 available! Scale 1:76 Approx. length 60mm Bedford CA Van - Pickfords 4 Scammell Contractor with Trailer & Load - Econofreight 5 In production from 1952 to 1969, the Bedford CA 10/12 cwt van featured This superb heavy haulage rig dwarfs most of its 1:76 scale ‘00’ gauge- Ford Transit Van - BRS Truck Rental 5 compatible companions in the Trackside series. Features of the model include semi-forward control and sliding doors. Launched in 1965, the Ford Transit revolutionised the light a decoupling six-axle trailer, separately applied cab headboard, ballast and This 1:76 scale replica features detailed delivery van market, and over the past four decades has separately cold-cast load. interior, chrome detail, and decoration in broken just about every production and longevity record Ref: DG198007 £19.99 Scale 1:76 Approx. length 254mm the livery of the specialist heavy haulage there is. This 1:76 scale replica offers a detailed cab division of Pickfords. 2,110 models interior and accurate BRS Truck Rental livery. Ref: DG203003 £3.99 Scale 1:76 Approx. length 55mm Ref: DG200002 £3.99 Scale 1:76 Morris LD Van - Bowyers 7 Approx. length 60mm Here’s a tasty new release in the shape of this Morris LD van in the authentic livery of Bowyers Wiltshire sausages. Austin J2 Van - Royal Mail 4 Here the one-tonner is reproduced here Produced from 1956 to 1967, the forward to exact 1:76 scale, and features control J2 15 cwt van was widely used by the photo-etched chrome parts, cab interior Royal Mail and GPO Telephones. Our replica and detailed wheels, hubs and tyres.