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Monday 26 May
2008 EFE & Corgi OOC Model Bus Reference Guide
Details of how to order the next fully updated edition of Anne Letch's annual model buses guide have been announced and are reproduced below.
Please note these ordering details supersede those published in the last edition book, L.B.R.T. are no longer involved in the publication of the guide.

EFE & Corgi OOC Model Buses Reference Guide Ordering Details
A PDF format version of the above press release is available HERE
Thursday 1 May
Hornby To Buy Corgi Classics Brand
It has been announced today that in a £7.5m deal Hornby the famous UK Model Railway manufacturer is to buy the Corgi Classics brand, tooling and intellectual property rights from Corgi International Ltd of Hong Kong.

Hornby plans to build on Corgi's core market of adult male collectors in Britain and attract younger and more international customers.

It plans to do this through licensing deals, in the way it has broadened the appeal of its Hornby trains with Harry Potter and Thomas the Tank Engine licensing deals.

The OOC models are part of the Corgi Classics brand so it will be interesting to see how Hornby developments this range in the future.
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