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Corgi Release Updates

15/06/2022
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Due in stock soon Corgi AA27206 Avro Vulcan B2, XM597 ‘Black Buck 6’, Rio de Janeiro divert, June 3 1982, Falklands War 1982

Due in stock soon from Corgi AA27206 Avro Vulcan B2, XM597 ‘Black Buck 6’, Rio de Janeiro divert, June 3 1982, Falklands War 1982, this 1:72 scale model is priced at £214.95. As the world watched Britain launched audacious strike attacks or ‘Black Buck’ raids against occupying Argentinean forces in the Falkland Islands. On the night of 30th April/1st May, ‘Operation Black Buck 1’ saw Vulcan XM607 bomb the runway at Port Stanley, which was at that time, the longest range bombing mission ever attempted. ‘Black Buck 6’ was mounted... Read More

06/06/2022
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New images added Corgi AA27206 Avro Vulcan B2, XM597 ‘Black Buck 6’, Rio de Janeiro divert, June 3 1982, Falklands War 1982

New images added for Corgi AA27206 Avro Vulcan B2, XM597 ‘Black Buck 6’, Rio de Janeiro divert, June 3 1982, Falklands War 1982, pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £214.95. As the world watched Britain launched audacious strike attacks or ‘Black Buck’ raids against occupying Argentinean forces in the Falkland Islands. On the night of 30th April/1st May, ‘Operation Black Buck 1’ saw Vulcan XM607 bomb the runway at Port Stanley, which was at that time, the longest range bombing mission ever attempted. ‘Black Buck 6’... Read More

06/06/2022
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New images added Corgi Vanguard TC00005 Triumph Topless Collection Model Cars

New images added for Corgi Vanguard TC00005 Triumph Topless Collection Model Cars, this 1:43 scale set is due in stock soon priced at £99.95 Triumph Topless Collection Post-war, Triumph had become moribund when, in 1945, their Coventry neighbour Standard purchased them to utilize their prewar reputation for fine sporting and luxury cars. Standard-Triumph, as they later became, launched the TR2 in 1953 to immediate sales and motorsport success. Subsequent TR models evolved until the last ‘separate-chassis’ TR6, was produced in 1976. The smaller 1962 Herald-based Spitfire emulated that success until... Read More

03/06/2022
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Now in stock Corgi AA32417 Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ457/14 Lt. Cdr. Andy Auld, No.899 NAS, HMS Hermes, 24th May 1982, Falklands War 1982

Now in stock from Corgi AA32417 Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ457/14 Lt. Cdr. Andy Auld, No.899 NAS, HMS Hermes, 24th May 1982, Falklands War 1982. This 1:72 scale model is priced at £54.95. Following their successful amphibious invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982, if the Argentinean government were hoping that the 8,000 mile distance between them and the British mainland would present them with an uncontested territorial victory, they had seriously underestimated the situation. Just one day after their troops had secured Port Stanley, the British Government announced they... Read More

03/06/2022
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Due in stock in June Corgi AA34217 Boeing CH-47C Chinook, AE-520 Argentine Army, Captured by British Army and returned to the UK, Falklands War 1982

Due in stock in June from Corgi AA34217 Boeing CH-47C Chinook, AE-520 Argentine Army, Captured by British Army and returned to the UK, Falklands War 1982, this 1:72 scale model is priced at £86.95. When an Argentinean scrap metal salvage team landed at a derelict whaling station on South Georgia in March 1982 and immediately ran up an Argentinean flag, little did they know that this relatively innocuous incident would spark one of the most serious international military confrontations of the post war years. A small British military force aboard... Read More

03/06/2022
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Now in stock in June Corgi Vanguard VA14903 Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 Series X – Diamond White Model Car

Now in stock in from Corgi Vanguard VA14903 Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 Series X – Diamond White Model Car, this 1:43 scale model is priced at £32.95. The Escort modelled is one of only two known survivors of the six RS2000s built by Ford’sengineers at Aveley to promote the Series X options available from official Ford Rallye Sportdealers. Photographs of it wearing its original German Cologne-registered number plate,K-HJ 184, appeared in brochures and as posters at the time because it is believed it was theonly example to feature the full... Read More

03/06/2022
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Due in stock in June Corgi Vanguard VA14902 RS2000 X Pack, Venetian Red Model Car (New Tooling)

Due in stock in June from Corgi Vanguard VA14902 RS2000 X Pack, Venetian Red Model Car (New Tooling), this 1:43 scale model is priced at £32.95. Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 X-pack Venetian RedFord’s AVO plant, which had been created to build short runs of limited-edition cars, was mothballed in 1975 but the company still wanted to offerenthusiasts the option to build the RS Escort of their dreams. Thus the customer or dealer-fit Series X modifications were developed. The Series Xtuning parts catalogue addressed every area of the car, engine, brakes,... Read More

03/06/2022
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Due in stock in June Corgi Vanguard VA14900 Ford RS2000 Model Car (New Tooling)

Due in stock in June from Corgi Vanguard VA14900 Ford RS2000 Model Car (New Tooling), this 1:43 scale model is sold out on pre-order at present. The Mk1 Escort RS2000 had proven to be a huge hit, especially in the UK, and showed the potential of the idea, so Ford took the Mk2 RS2000 up market, positioning it as the performance car every young professional needed. A new deformable polyurethane nose transformed its look and gave it a distinctive, more glamorous, identity but it was practical as well, reducing drag... Read More