By Maz Woolley
Sunstar are a long established producers of diecast cars starting in that field in 1989 and taking over Vitesse in 2001. They are, unusually, a part of a large general industrial , property, and retail group with interests in Hong Kong, Macau and China. They even operate Sun Star Mark Shopping Malls! They are involved in many aspects of building projects and property services and have more recently diversified further into retailing. Unsurprisingly their models are made in the far east and they have facilities in mainland China as well as Macau.
The models shown in this article are expected in 2021, mainly appearing from May onwards. The entirely new castings are often represented with a photograph, whilst other castings marked as new are often new colours or liveries on models seen before. Those marked as newly announced are likely to appear later in the year. Some of the models appear to me to have been previously announced for 2020 and have slipped to 2021. In addition to the models listed below a number of popular models which have sold out will be produced again to allow Wholesalers to acquire more stock.
All the models shown are diecast and plastic, with opening parts, to 1:18 scale and are priced above Norev and Solido but below many of the solid resin models like Otto and GT Spirit. Of course prices and relative cost will vary around the world. They have two main product ranges: American and European and the models are divided in that way below.
SunStar US Range
H1301 Ford F-100 Pickup Orange/White 1965 New item
H1302 Ford F-100 Pickup White 1965 New item
H1345 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner Brown 1957 New item
H1432 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible Dark Red 1964 New item
H1572 Mercury Cougar XR7G Fawn 1968 New announcement
H1573 Mercury Cougar XR7G Seafoam Green 1968 New item
H1583 Mercury Cougar Racing No.21 Watkins Glen Historic Enduro 200 2012 M.Beaulieu New item
H1862 Ford Model T Roadster Pick Up Black 1925 New announcement
H1886 Ford Model T Runabout Black 1925 New announcement
H2512 Checker A11 New York Cab New announcement
H4308 Ford Thunderbird Hard Top Pink 1960 New announcement
H4309 Ford Thunderbird Hard Briarcliffe Green 1960 New announcement
H4657 Lincoln Premiere Hard Top Rose/Black 1956 New item
H4707 Lincoln Continental MKIII Open Convertible John F. Kennedy in Oregon 1958 New item
H4709 Lincoln Continental Mk III Convertible White 1958 New announcement
H4710 Lincoln Continental Mk III Hardtop Dark Green 1958 New announcement
H4721 Lincoln Premiere Convertible Blue/White 1956 New item
H5167 Mercury Park Lane Hard Top Metallic Beige 1959 New item
H5175 Mercury Park Lane Convertible Red 1959 New item
H5264 Ford Fairlane 500 Convertible Red/Black 1958 New announcement
H5286 Ford Fairlane 500 Convertible Black/White 1958 New announcement
H5623 Mercedes-Benz Strich 8 saloon, bronze, 1968 New announcement
H6107 Ford Model A Tudor Blue Taxi 1931 New item
H6108 Ford Model A Tudor White West Virginia Police 1931 New item
H6126 Ford Model A Roadster Blue 1931 New item
H6167 Ford Lincoln KB Dark Brown 1932 Open New announcement
H6168 Ford Lincoln KB Black 1932 Open New announcement
Sun Star European
H1128 LTI TX1 Gold RHD London Taxi 1998 New item
H2209 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Black 1966 New announcement
H2405 Horch 855 Roadster Black/White 1939 New item
H2406 Horch 855 Roadster Red/Beige 1939 New item
H2407 Horch 855 Roadster Yellow 1939 New announcement
H2408 Horch 855 Roadster Light Blue/Dark Blue 1939 New announcement
H3575 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Cabriolet (W180 II) Grey/White 1958 Open New item
H3576 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Cabriolet (W180 II) White Black 1958 Open New item
H4116 Mercedes-Benz S600 (V220) Pullman Black 2000 New item
H4162 Audi Quattro Metallic Brown 1981 New item
H4163 Audi Quattro Metallic Lilac 1981 New item
H4589 Mercedes-Benz 280/8 Coupe Metallic Beige 1968 New item
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