Update on models available in your cities

[winstoncds]

Here is a list of models available in Landmark bookstore in Infiniti mall in Andheri West, Mumbai
Bburago (1:18)
Maserati coupe (black)
Maserati convertible (grey)
Dodge Viper (yellow with red stripes)
Porsche 911 (993) convertible (red)
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder (dark grey)
Lamborghini Diablo (orange...paint problems)
Alfa Romeo 8C (black...paint problems)

Lots of 1:24 models including Bugatti Atlantic (silver...but I find the blue ones more desirable), Lamborghini Countach in white, Fiat 500 (Bari to Pechino) and a lot of which I cannot remember now.

There was also a Maisto Mercedes Benz 500 K in red.

Lots of bikes in 1:18. Also happened to see a similar Indian that Bandhav has and I was blown away by the sheer size of it. Its humongous. My two year old nephew wouldn't think twice before sitting on it.
Lots of other nice models in various scales. So if you are in Bombay, you know where to go if you need the above models.
Lots of nice books on cars and bikes too in their books section.

Please post here if you would like to update your fellow city-zens about models you seen in shops you visited.

[bandhav]

Will be updating it later on.

@Diablo: The indians are owned by vaas2000 and not by though i would love to.

[gtmaniac]

Good idea Winston!

May be we can persuade nikhil to register in this forum & update whatever he have in his shop...

[vaas2000]

Nice thread Diablo! I hope this becomes a sticky in future
I had been to 3 places in bangalore last weekend, here's the update on stocks:

Pantaloons - Sigma mall - Cunningham road
They are still selling all maisto products at 20% off.
Maistos:
1:24 Car kits: They have tons of ferrari kits.
1:24 cars: Hardly 5 or 6 models, they have an old and a new beetle.
1:24 Rc Hummers
1:18 Bikes: Tons of bikes (few motogp ones too)
1:12 Bikes: only 3 models (FJR and 2 others)
Picked up a Hummer H3 Rc here

Bangalore Central Mall
Maistos:
1:24 Car kits: hardly 5 or 6, one dodge viper kit (paint issues)
1:24 cars: around 10, regular models
1:18 cars: One lambo, one signature edition merc, One Really good old classic all black car (sorry forgot name) Box is totally banged up, but car is in good condition, all 4 doors, bonnet and boot open. They refused to give discount for this piece so i didn't buy it, sad to see it suffering more abuse there and regular audi and other cars
1:18 bikes: tons of em, regular stuff
1:12 bikes: Regular japs, 6 or 7 different models:
1:12 Bike kits: Busa, BMW GS 1200 and prolly a ninja
1:10 Bikes: All 3 motogp bikes (Ducati, repsol honda and rossi's yammie)

Sapphire toys - Richmond road:
Maisto:
1:24 cars: tons of em, found a skyline too! you can choose from a variety of cars in this range.
1:24 car kits: only 3 kits, not worth
1:18 cars: Only 9 or 10 cars, 2 mclarens, 2 audis, one Pontaic (purple/black combo) 2 Hummer concepts, one Humvee
1:12 bikes: only 2 models, Cbr 1000rr and One more
1:18 bikes: tons of bikes

Burago:
1:36 pull back cars, lots of them

Signature:
1:18 cars: around 6 models of vintage cars, one was a military car having 6 wheels (4 rear wheels) having soldiers and driver (Approx Rs 4500)
1:24 cars: lots of models, don't remember names, but lot to choose from.

Apart from these they have lots of RC cars, all made in china stuff. Few really good F1 Rc cars too, some up to 1:10 scale!.

Bought my first signature model here, 1:18, will post a thread soon

[karansharma8783]

Vasanth, the good old classic by Maisto which you have forgotten the name of might be the Citroen 6 cylinder. It's a good piece by Maisto and I had seen it many times when I was working in Pune but had let it go as I was not into vintages back then.

The McLarens in Sapphire Toys - are they the F1 models or the original road-going supercars??

Which Signature have you bought, don't tempt us by telling "will post a thread soon", just do it!!!!

[vaas2000]

karansharma8783 Wrote:Vasanth, the good old classic by Maisto which you have forgotten the name of might be the Citroen 6 cylinder. It's a good piece by Maisto and I had seen it many times when I was working in Pune but had let it go as I was not into vintages back then.

The McLarens in Sapphire Toys - are they the F1 models or the original road-going supercars??

Which Signature have you bought, don't tempt us by telling "will post a thread soon", just do it!!!!

Bang on karan! This is the oldie classic i had seen:
http://k3rjb.com/area51/images/31821-00000001.gif
I loved it's raw charm and oldie looks and with all four doors opening, for a maisto it was too good to be true. But with out discount i didn't want to buy it as it seemed to have been dropped from shelves lot of times seeing it's box
The Mclarens i was talking about were the merc two two seater sports cars, with the bonnet opening like the 118 ne.

Sorry about the delay in starting a new thread, haven't found time to click pics of the classic oldie, will definitely post up by weekend

[winstoncds]

Vas, that is the McLaren Mercedes Benz SLR. Even my heart skipped a beat or two when you said 2 McLarens. I was hoping that by some miracle they would be UT models.
Vas, that car is the Citroen Traction Avant and it was one of the most advanced car of its time. It was the first Citroen to have front wheel drive too and this allowed the car to be low cause of the absence of the drive shaft to the rear wheels.

[vaas2000]

Diablo Wrote:Vas, that is the McLaren Mercedes Benz SLR. Even my heart skipped a beat or two when you said 2 McLarens. I was hoping that by some miracle they would be UT models.
Vas, that car is the Citroen Traction Avant and it was one of the most advanced car of its time. It was the first Citroen to have front wheel drive too and this allowed the car to be low cause of the absence of the drive shaft to the rear wheels.

oops sorry for goofup, i didn't mention the mclarens properly. Yeah, those are the merc mclarens i was talking about, grey with red seats, the finishing was not good. Thanks for the details on citroen diablo, i would have loved to have it in my garage, but commonsense prevailed and i didn't pick it up as i didn't want to pay MRP price for a abused piece.

[winstoncds]

No problem Vas. I actually love the grey SLR. The red seats are a bonus because the earlier release just had bland light grey seats. This is actually a huge improvement.

[vaas2000]

But the finishing of these cars were bad, the edges were rough and near the front grill area i could see extra plastic pieces (from the mould) over all the fit and finish was not good, same case with their Audi too