Rane Group Says Diecast Arm Will Turn Profitable This Year

Auto parts manufacturer Rane expects its loss-making aluminium diecast subsidiary to turn around this year.Rane Diecast Ltd was set up in 2006 to cater to American partner TRW's global requirements of machined aluminium die-castings. The subsidiary has an integrated plant in Hyderabad.For the fiscal year 2011, Rane Diecast recorded a turnover of Rs 43 crore (at a 29 per cent growth over last year) and a net loss of Rs 4.6 crore (loss of Rs 2.9 crore in FY 2010). "The first project we bagged was that of Chrysler which eventually went into bankruptcy. Orders dried up thereafter," said Mr L. Ganesh, Chairman, Rane group.Despite improvement in sales, the

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Comparing Different Diecast Cars.

For example when you look at the seats of the Hotwheels diecast car you really feel how cheap and plastic the interiors are compared to AUTOart diecast cars. On AUTOart cars you still feel the plastic feel, but it's much more detailed and it doesn't feel as much of a toy as the Hotwheel cars does.It's the same story when you compare the wheels and tires of the cars, you really can see how AUTOart has put more of an effort to make it look like the real thing, while the wheels and tires of Hotwheels diecast feels like they were rushed. When you look at the paint finnish of the modelcars from Hotwheels, this is an area where I think the quality is almost

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Mattel Buys Creator Of Barney, Bob And Thomas & Friends

Mattel Inc., the world's biggest toy company, has agreed to buy Hit Entertainment, the British TV production company responsible for creating two of the most beloved kids' licenses, ever " Thomas Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine), and Bob the Builder. Additional properties - also from Hit and part of the purchase - include top-notch preschool licenses, such as Barney, Fireman Sam, and Angelina Ballerina.Although through an earlier licensing agreement Mattel has been marketing Thomas Friends diecast and plastic toys for several years, the acquisition of Hit also puts Mattel squarely in the driver's seat in the very lucrative Thomas-brand wood

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M-Klasse Modellauto 1:43 ? Minichamps Baut Die 3. Generation

Zur M-Klasse von Mercedes in ihrer 3. Generation erhielt der Aachener Modellautobauer Minichamps den Auftrag, Modellautos in den Maßstben 1:43 und 1:18 zu bauen. Die ersten drei Versionen der kleineren Baugrße in den Farben Calcitweiß, Palladiumsilbermetallic und Obsidianschwarzmetallic wurden zum 26. Oktober 2011 an die Shops in den Mercedes-Niederlassungen ausgeliefert. Auch die ersten Internetfachhndler, die sich auf den Versand sogenannter Werbemodelle spezialisiert haben, sicherten sich Exemplare fr ihre Kunden. Dazu eine Warnung an die Fans: Auch zur neuen M-Klasse versuchen Internetversender, deutlich hhere Preise durchzusetzen

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Shoppers Find Vintage Gems At CTCS Fall 2011 Show And Sale

If the number of people leaving Canada's Greatest Collectors' Fall Toy Show Sale with bulging bags and smiles on their faces was any indication, the one-day event " held on October 23 " was a success. Hosted by the Canadian Toy Collectors' Society (CTCS), this was the organization's 39th autumn show and the third held in Studio 3, a former hangar in Toronto's Downsview Park. Designed to provide an early holiday gift-buying opportunity for consumers, this year's show featured just over 100 vendors, who displayed a wide variety of items ranging from 1940's hand puppets and 60's building-block sets to modern Lee Middleton dolls and action figures almost

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The Beginner's Guide To Collecting Diecast Car Models

If you're getting into diecast car models and you're not really sure where to begin, then first of all, don't pull your hair out over it.It's not like you're trying to learn trigonometry here, you're just collecting some toy cars, so here's the main thing you want to know, make it your motto: Collect What You Like.When you go into a hobby shop, most of them sell price guides so you can keep track of how much your collection's worth. Look, forget that those price guides even exist. Trying to study them and find patterns and figure out what's going to make you a millionaire when you retire is a fruitless pursuit.You need to treat collecting diecast car m

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