Nurnberg Toy Fair

I will be heading over to the Nurnberg Toy Fair on the 4th of Feb for 4 days, (tough job but somebody has to do it) This will be my 3rd year going there.

It is always exciting to see all the new products and ranges. we will be looking for new, unusual products for the website, also we will be finding out what is coming during the year from our current suppliers like CMC Corgi Autoart. I am going to take plenty of Photos and do a full report on what I see.....

Trucks Of Ireland Seabridge Scania R420

The next model in our Trucks Of Ireland range has been announced, It will be a seabridge Scania Lowline R420 6X 2 + 3 Axel Trailer. This will be available in late March and will be limited to a 250. Despite the lower run we have decided to keep the cost at €99.95.

We have also begun work on out next model in the series, It is going to be a bit different than the previous few, keep an eye out for further details!

A bit of history on seabridge

The Seabridge company was first established in the early 1980’s by its then parent company to promote its Ireland-UK freight activities. Seabridge’s mission then, as it is today, is to maximise the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the services provided to their clients.

Another key factor of the Seabridge organisation is to maintain total control and visibility across the operational network in which we conduct our business. In 1986 Seabridge opened its first Distribution Centre in Dublin followed a couple of years later by other centres in Cork and St. Helen’s. In the early 1990’s, Seabridge opened facilities at Belfast, Birmingham and at London (Heathrow). These operations were established to promote and develop the Seabridge scheduled overnight Express Services between the United Kingdom and Ireland.

This Overnight service to and from the United Kingdom is still a core competence of the Seabridge organisation today. Around the same time, Seabridge also expanded into the specialist warehousing sector providing added value storage related services. Over the course of the next decade, Seabridge focused on managed growth and development of over 1 million square feet of high quality warehousing throughout the UK and Ireland.

Trucks Of Ireland STL Logistics

This is the latest model to be released in the range, it just arrived into the warehouse today (20/01/2009). This Model is also produce by Lion Toys and is Limited and certified to only 300 pieces worldwide!

I went over to the factory in Holland to see this model being produced, unfortunately I left my camera in the hotel so I have no photos, but it was a a great experience, watch everything happening from the die cast injection moulding to the painstaking pad printing and air brushing.

The trip gave my an idea of how much work goes into getting the detail right. It has also given me some Ideas for future models, so keep an eye on the blog to see what is coming.

Again we were very happy with the finished result, the model is available in our shop for only €99.95!

Trucks Of Ireland Shamrock Logistics

The second Model in the 'Trucks Of Ireland' Range was released in august 2008. It was commissioned by ID Models and produced by Lion toys . It is limited and certified to only 300 pieces worldwide. The model is an Iveco 430 1/50th scale.

Only a few are left and it will be sold out soon, It is available to purchase on our website for only €99.95.

About us.

Hi and welcome to the ID models blog. http://www.idmodels.ie/ is Ireland leading retail die cast model website. As well as stocking all the major brands we also do our our range of models called 'Trucks Of Ireland' .

I.D. models is a family run business with a simple ethos - provide the best service, best prices and the widest range of models.
We have been in business for over 20 years. Starting off as The Model Motor shop in Stillorgan Shopping Centre, in 2004 we opened Ireland's leading model shop in Dun Laoghaire Co Dublin and re-named the business to ID Models. Within 3 years of trading there we had out grown the premises and made the decision to move to a warehouse where we would have the time and space to provide Ireland’s Premier web-based model shop

This blog has been created so we can post information about our forthcoming models without clogging up our retail website! and so people can get to know a little more about our company, and what will be happening during the year.

Over the coming Months I will post up information of forthcoming Models and ranges. I will also be travelling to the biggest toy fairs around Europe and plan to put up reports and photos of whats coming during the year.

Hope you enjoy the blog and don't forget to visit our retail site!