My parents tell me that in my childhood I have made some amazing LEGO creations. I don’t know about that, because apparently my creations were not amazing enough to take pictures of. All of my creations ...

In England we have a festival; you may have heard of it. It’s called the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts and it’s pretty much legendary. Typically millions of people vie for the 150,000 ...

The next piece of diecast awesomeness we’re going to ogle this week is this ZiL 164 by AIST, which came out just a few weeks ago. If you’ve never seen one of these, that’s quite The next ...

... for that matter. This diecast Barkas B1000 in 1:43 is made by IST and usually retails for about $25.00, but can be found for much less if you know where to look. Let’s take a closer look at this ...

... a closer look at this truck. These trucks aren’t technically 100% diecast (not to imply there are a lot of diecast trucks out there anymore), since the bed is made out of plastic, but making the ...

IST has recently released a scale model of everyone’s favorite bespoke V8-powered Russian minibus from the 1960s, the ZiL 118 “Yunost.” That’s right, this is a 1:43 model of the ...

Remember these buses? They’re the ones you see shrugging and continuing on their way after getting clipped by Ladas overtaking traffic in reverse in those Russian Remember these buses? They’re ...

Not all Eastern Bloc police agencies were condemned to cars that hit 100km/h in 22 seconds flat. Some lucky departments got cars that managed to hit that speed in a blistering 19 seconds, and could Not ...

The Grand-Am series rolled into Austin, Texas this past weekend, and our man Philip Thomas secured a few prime viewing spots of the on-track action. We’re happy to report that Friends of Hooniverse ...

It’s not too often that I completely condemn something I feature. This time that is the case, as I openly loathe these things. The plastic box you see is a French-built Microcar MC2, a four-wheeled ...

CAR, TRUCK, MOTORCYCLE, QUAD STAGE 2   Liaison sections: 85 km Special stage: 242 km NOTHING BUT SAND Like every year, more than 25% of the competitors will discover the Dakar for the first time. ...

Remember those light, flimsy Tonka trucks that you had a kid, and that you now see at antique stores for $245.00 plus tax? Well, this isn’t one of those trucks. Oh no. This is a gigantic scale model ...

The Aston Martin Featured in the film Skyfall sold for only $100,000. Other examples of DB5s have fetched well over a half-million dollars. The twist is, this particular car was a 1:3 scale replica of ...

Some people are cool as hell. Kevin Champeny is one of those people. I base this judgement soley on the fact that he created this mosaic using 4,400 Hot Wheels (or similar) cars. My living room wall aches ...

... its hard to find models of cars in 1:43 scale, or any other scale for that matter. Overpriced and unrealistic diecast cars painted in ridiculously bright colors (with grandiose certificates of authenticity ...

Here at Hooniverse, we love a good scale model. We also happen to have an affinity for that wondrous malady known as patina. One model hobbyist decided to combine the two, and the result is pure scale ...

Very rarely does a film come along that delights and inspires us. Movies like Senna, LeMans and Faster are a few in a very select group that have this ability. The other night however as I was sitting ...

Remember the little blue toy Viper that made an appearance in the Beater Miata article? The thing keeps on travelling around Europe, either by mail or by car. The guys in the Miata took it south from where ...

... will be determined by the number of upvotes. You don’t need Photoshop for this one, so head to the customizer and get cracking. The winner will receive the most random diecast toy, which we picked ...

Welcome to a special edition of Hooniverse Weekend, where I will take you on a journey overseas via eBay. I decided to explore the offshore eBay sites, from the UK, Germany, France, and Australia. My goal ...