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VW & Toy Car Links Page (Updated August 24, 2001)
As is normal everywhere on the web, ...this page is still under construction...
VW TOY & CUSTOM VW SITES, VOLKSWAGEN TOY CAR DISCUSSION FORUMS, VOLKSWAGEN MAGAZINES, TOY CAR DISCUSSION FORUMS, CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS, JOHNNY LIGHTNING SITES, HOT WHEELS SITES, MATCHBOX SITES, GENERAL DIECAST SITES, OTHER CUSTOM SITES, OTHER SITES: Promo Dealers, Misc., etc., VOLKSWAGEN LINKS, VOLKSWAGEN MAGAZINES,
Baja1641's VW Site - offroad VW content as well as HIGE amount of VW toys & customs
Bryan's Customs & Classics - check out the custom VWs
Dave's Custom HotWheels - very nice VW bus custom work, check him out!
Die Cast Pro's Pink Beach Bomb site - an account of the most expensive 1/64 diecast ever
Jan's VW Toys - pics and descriptions of Jan's VW collection, including a newly aquired section!
Jason's Cut Out 'n' Play VW Beetle Toy - print the page, cut out and asseble this VW toy!
Mike's HotWheels & VW Pages - exactly as advertized! Check out the awesome customs!
New Beetle Web German Counterpart - nice stuff, in German of course!
Nubeetlemobilia - THE encyclopedia of new beetle collecting!
O2bNaVW's Home Page - LONG load time but extremely well worth the wait! Fantastic VW Toy collection! There are also customs and great VW shots. Now if only he could create a Virtual Reality tour of his toy room, we'd be set!
Rich's VW Toys - VW toys and aliens?!!! Surely my long-lost brother!
RPM's Custom Diecast site - Seven pages of diecast VW customs!!! Click on the VW Bug!
Sizzler's Hotline VW Beach Bomb page - history, photos and more of this elusive VW
Wreck of the Week - Barry's web site depicts a lot of nicely photoraphed VW toys!! Enjoy!!
Volkswagen Toy Group come talk VW toy and literature collecting, look at pics, trade, etc.
PureVWs is a listserv dedicated to Volkswagen Toy Collecting
Volkswagen Diecast Collectors - V Dubs only forum on Matchbox Collectors Community Hall
Dune Buggies & Hot VWs - US magazine.
Super VW Magazine - French VW magazine. No english section.
Total VW - a UK magazine, larger format, great articles and quality photos
Volkswagen Camper and Commercial - Van enthusiasts finally have a magazine!!! Enjoy!
VolksWorld - another UK VW magazine with fantastic pix & features. Site requires java! :-(
Wolfsburg Magazine - New VW/Audi Performance Magazine, email the editor, Justin Brown for details
VW Trends - US magazine. Site has hellish frames. You've been warned.
Ask Charlie Mack - forum with Mack, the author of the Enclyclopedia of Matchbox Toys
Custom Art Hot Wheels - a custom yahoo club, great photos section too!
Fox Model Cars Discussion Board - any auto toy subjects are appropriate
Johnny Lightning Bulletin Board - the official Johnny Lightning discussion forum
Midwest Die-cast Miniatures Matchbox Message Board - another Matchbox collecting forum
Mr. Bill's Diecast Forum - classified ads
rec.toys.cars newsgroup - high volume but a low signal to noise ratio, some good content though
The Vintage Matchbox Board - discussion forum for vintage matchbox toys
Diecast Collector - UK magazine. Great pics & features of infrequently seen toys in the US.
Diecast Digest - diecast magazine devoted mainly to racing toys
Diecast Illustrated - E-zine by Ken McClellan (Alleydude). Content, pix, forums & price guide.
Tales of Toy Cars - monthly diecast toy car webzine.
Toy Car Collector - New magazine from Dana Johnson! Issue #1 shippied January 2001.
Toy Cars & Models - magazine on all aspects of toy car collecting by Krause Publications
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CITY HOT WHEELS CLUB - Louisville, Kentucky Hot Wheels Club. Meetings every
2nd Saturday of the month at 2:00 PM, at the B District County Governement Center, 7201 Outer Loop Road, Louisville,
KY
Kentucky Hot Wheels
Association - very nice site with plenty of content
Matchbox Northwest - Tom Larson's (founder) regional US matchbox page. Very nice features.
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JOHNNY LIGHTNING SITES |
Cooper's Johnny Lightning Lola-Colt Page - Sweet pics of the Indy winner and related items.
Diecast Collecting With Johnny Lightning - Topper & Playing Mantis Johnny Lightning content.
Diecast Illustrated - JL and many other boards
HobbyTalk - various boards including JL, General Diecast, & Swap & Sell
Johnny Lightning Club - yahoo club for JL
Johnny Lightning Collecting - Pony's JL boards
Johnny Lightning! forum at MBCCH -
JL-RC group - yahoo group for JLs and Racing Champions
Lightning Lane - Rick's White Lightning price guide and discussion boards
New Jersey Johnny Lightning Club - yahoo group of JL collectors from NJ
Tom Brown's Toyaddict Page - really cool Topper factory content, and check out the gold pants!
The Virtual Johnny Lightning Collection - good source for photos and info
Marco's Johnny Lightning Promo Page - great Johnny Lightning promo reference
Tjet club - yahoo club for new & old Thunderjet enthusiasts
Wyatt's Johnny Lightning Website - new page with nice pictures of many of the JL series
All You Need to Know About Matchbox Toys - Shabir Malik has brought it all together in this Matchbox site.
Bay Area Matchbox Collector's Association - an extremely well done site with a LOT of content and photos, especially covering older Matchbox items
Frank & Beth's Matchbox Haven - a lot of info & pix about mostly newer Matchbox
Jim Anderson's Matchbox Links - many quality Matchbox links
The Matchbox Collectors Community Hall - a variety of forums for MB, Corgi, Husky collectors!
Matchbox Forum International - a high quality, content-driven site hosted by John Nijhuis
Jim Anderson's Hot Wheels Links - nice site with a lot of links
Randy's Hot Wheels Site - plenty of new release info and pictures as well as promotional offers
David's Hot Wheels - collector info, chat area, free newsletter,
The Original Virtual Hot Wheels Collection - source of model photos & info
David Elliott's Land of Squishy - nice site with custom tips, pix, etc. I covet the basket of vans!
Diecast Collector's Pages - interviews, message boards, Canadian issues and more!
Diecast Pro - large database of diecast manufaturers, pictures, info
Lou's Wheels - lots of current info, a message board, links, etc
S.N.O.T.S. - the website of "Say No To Scalpers", need I say more?
Toynutz - Dana Johnson's Diecast Reference Center, large site, heavy on content and pictures
Airbrush Action's Airbrush Buyer's Guide - no diecasts but good info on airbrushes
Bluzboy's Diecast & Automobila Page - lots of customs & tips including how to make hinges!
Bud's Custom Shop - step by step instructions for some customs
Hot Customs - want to feel woefully inadequate? ...go here!
Hot Wheels Mann's Web Stop - more great tips and custom photos
Jamie's Custom Tips - tools list, and brief custom building topics & specific brand recomendations
John's Custom Diecast Cars - strongest in Camaros & Volkswagen Bugs
JPS's Custom Hot Wheels - lots of nice customs by category, of course my favorites are the VWs!
King's Customs - plenty of customizing tips & some real fine customs
Kustom City - Wow! Nice Busses...ok and a lot of others, and more great customizing tips
Night's Customs - really fine custom work in many categories
Redline Parts Shop & Custom Hot Wheels by Jon - many custom ideas, LARGE tips section
Ritz' Custom Hot Wheels - lots of photos and tips on customizing
TerryL's School of Customizing - a lot of custom tips including primers for many custom models
Burch Engineering - dealers of promo diecast cars at reasonable prices
Fullgrid - dealer specializing in Johnny Lightning and promotional cars
Tales of Toy Cars - monthly E-zine with lots of interesting articles
Groovy Mel's VWs - VWs, Aliens, & more!!! WE are out there...
Jimmy's EMPI, Old School, & Volkswagen Page - great site, history, pix, etc
The LOWRY Page - page about Dean Lowry, VW EMPI and Dyno racing
VW Family- toys, kit cars, dune buggies and VW of the month
VW-Online! - large, comprehensive UK site for all things Volkswagen. Nice site!!!
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