AUTOart Models coming soon.
 

They finally have a 1:18 GT86 up on the website for preorder for $150.

If anybody here doesn't know what AUTOart is, they are the highest detail 1:18 models out there.

The BRZ and other models/colors should pop up soon.

http://www.autoartmodels.com/web/pro...206F0353B2EF48

http://www.autoartmodels.com/product...ode=6HUnbXapUU

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http://www.autoartmodels.com/product...ode=6HUnbXapUU

http://www.autoartmodels.com/product...ode=6HUnbXapUU

Update: these are the variations of Toyota/Scion that are coming out.

78771 TOYOTA GT86 ASIAN VERSION (RHD) (ORANGE METALLIC)
78772 TOYOTA GT86 ASIAN VERSION (RHD) (GREY METALLIC)
78773 TOYOTA GT86 ASIAN VERSION (RHD) (WHITE PEARL)
78774 TOYOTA GT86 EUROPEAN VERSION (LHD) (BLUE SILICA)
78775 TOYOTA GT86 EUROPEAN VERSION (LHD) (RED)
78777 SCION FR-S NORTH AMERICAN VERSION (LHD) (BLACK SILICA)
78778 SCION FR-S NORTH AMERICAN VERSION (LHD) (SILVER METALLIC)

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp...et/p2/pb17.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...AutoART/D2.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...AutoART/A2.jpg

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...utoART/E2a.jpg

Well they need to make a FR-S for the owners here.:(

Autoart makes some really nice stuff, wish i would of went to the autoart store in hong kong when i was there...

I'm sure they will.

AutoArt does make some really cool models. I have one of my dream car, Dodge Viper. Although, the FR-S is looking good.

Come to think of it, I have not seen a FR-S in orange yet.


Richard Rowe
SEMA Member

That is the most off OEM color orange I've ever seen on an AUTOart. Hopefully it's just a preproduction model.

That's because the FRS doesn't come in orange. It comes in HOT LAVA...(H8R)

I've been waiting for something in 1:18 to finally come out. Hopefully they do the BRZ, and in my color.

Shame AUTOart is getting so expensive lately. $150 for a street car? I used to be able to get their nicer race cars for under $120!

Why orange of all colors?

I have one of a Lemans DBR. I might get this, but I like waiting for the race cars when they release them.

Everything is getting SO expensive these days... maybe Kyosho will make one cheaper.

awww I want a gt86 white as mine.... but left handed. -_-

lol - I stand corrected.

"HOT LAVA" looks way cool!!



Richard Rowe
SEMA Member

Updated.

Blue Silica = Ultramarine?

They need to make one with the TRD lip spoiler and the rear bottom diffuser =^_^=

Here's a company/hobbyshop that's doing presales online as well:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...TOY-SCL2-16660

The orange one is listed as a limited edition, so the other versions may be cheaper if theyre not as limited.

I will hold out for a World Rally Blue BRZ, don't care what side the wheel is on. All of my Ebbro BRZ models are RHD.

Autoart could put wheels on a turd then label it limited edition and people would still buy it.

ive been keeping my eye out for a while now. if you go over to autoart's japanese site, the white and red gt86 are already for sale it seems. I dont know if i should hold my breath for a black FRS or just buy the red gt86 when it comes

I wonder if you can order a Red RHD one as a custom?

Wouldn't be that hard. Just put the orange interior in the red body.

They didn't get the orange quite right.

It's more metallic than that.

This picture better depicts the orange.

http://www.diecastlegends.com/Images.../AA78771_1.jpg

I want the 2000 GT and white FR-S.

Ruh roh. More models to buy ahhhhh

How do they compare to Maisto? I collect them :D

AutoArt is noticeably better than Maisto

The Pagani Zonda R they have is made up of 658 individual parts. Crazy!

http://www.autoartmodels.com/product...ode=6hAzEhpPk3

I'm going to buy one and stick it in the middle of my dash.

Auto art blows every other model company out of the water in terms of details. Of course, that comes with a steep price tag.


Here are my two auto art models:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...67066057_n.jpg
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...12590835_n.jpg

And my favorite model of my entire collection:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...32853988_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...58148089_n.jpg

Yeah, Maisto is pretty much a cheap brand, I have a few of their stuff. They have some 1:18 cars that you can't find anywhere else, but the good stuff is AUTOart, Minichamps, and Kyosho. Hot Wheels also is starting to make some really nice stuff. Maisto is all metal and plastic, while AUTOart has real carpeting and fabric for their interiors.

Booo they only have the AE86 in Trueno. I collect AE86 Levin models. Where's the Levin love?

For all the budget folks RMZ has an FR-S out that I saw in Japantown in SF for like $6.99. My son has one of these in black.

http://www.toywonders.com/productcar...on-133-RMZ.jpg


That's what I'd put on my dashboard in the car, not an AutoART. Those go in glass cases.

I think you meant to say Toyota needs to make the Toyota 86 GT Limited available in North America so we have a reason to buy these models. Only logical way to do this.

I just want a toy car that looks like mine.:thumbsup:

I would love to own a FT86 with all of the goodies but Toyota didn't show the North American owners the same love as other parts of the world.:cry:

But I have my whiteout FR-S which is the same car as the others with a different twist.:D

The biggest one is my limited edition "tuned" autoart ae86, I like it so much, now I need to get an FRS asap

I just got a newsletter from a diecast wholesaler I buy from occassionally, some new Chinese diecast company has the European Toyota GT86 in 1:18.

http://www.centurydragon.com.hk/en/showcase/item/112

The Century Dragon version is sold in red, white pearl, and what appears to be the correct orange, and all three are left-hand drive.

http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.co...a-86-GT/Detail (red)

http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.co...a-86-GT/Detail (white pearl)

http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.co...a-86-GT/Detail (orange metallic)

Now I've never heard of this Century Dragon before, so I can't speak of their quality, but the price of $135 is actually slightly more expensive than the AutoArt price on the same website, so take that for what you will. From the pictures though, I think the engine detail looks much better than the AutoArt, and the interior might even be better as well.

I wish they'd make Red in RHD and without the spoiler.

Do Autoart have a habit of doing some colours first and then others later?

Yes, they usually don't come out with all variants of a design at the same time.

Check out the wheels - the AutoART ones look way better than the Century Dragon ones, which appear almost like 16"