Corgi Showcase - Mike's Diecast Tanks and Armour

Rebranded Corgi Collection/Corgi Wheelz in 2006
Small scale (approximately 1/87) diecast

Corgi Sherman, Operation Overlord, CS90075, 1:80? Operation Overlord - 4 pack CSCW19004	Corgi Jeep, Operation Overlord CS90075 Operation Overlord - 4 pack CSCW19004	Corgi Pzkw IV G, 16th Panzer Division CS90059 Battle for Stalingrad - 4 pack CSCW23004	Corgi T34/76, 8th Tank Army CS90060 Battle for Stalingrad - 4 pack CSCW23004
Corgi Sherman, El Alamein, CS90079, 1:80? El Alamein set - 4 pack CSCW21004	Corgi Kubelwagen, El Alamein CS90080 El Alamein set - 4 pack CSCW21004	Corgi Hummer - 4 pack Desert Storm CS90087 CSCW32004	M1 Abrams Operation Desert Storm - 4 pack CS90086 CSCW32004
Corgi Mark IV Male CS90106 The History of Tank Warfare I 4-pack CSCW13004	Corgi Panzer IV Ausf. G CS90107 The History of Tank Warfare I 4-pack CSCW13004	Corgi M4 Sherman CS90108 The History of Tank Warfare I 4-pack CSCW13004	Corgi M1 Abrams CS90109 The History of Tank Warfare I 4-pack CSCW13004
Scorpion Tank CS90117 The Falklands War - 4 pack CSCW30004
Halftrack - small scale 'Fighting Machines' single	Jeep small scale 'Fighting Machines' single	M 48 small scale 'Fighting Machines' single	Corgi Fighting Machine Box
Corgi Churchill "Britain" CS90133 D-Day 4 pack CSCW08004	Corgi Tiger CS90134 D-Day 4 pack CSCW08004
Corgi Sherman CSCW14002, Battle of the Bulge from the two tank set	Corgi Tiger CSCW14002, Battle of the Bulge from the two tank set	Corgi T34 CSCW17002, Battle for Stalingrad from the two tank set	Corgi Panzer IV CSCW17002, Battle for Stalingrad from the two tank set
D-Day 60th Anniversary halftrack CS90195 - Single	D-Day 60th Anniversary jeep CS90194 - Single	D-Day 60th Anniversary Sherman CS90193 - Single	D-Day 60th Anniversary Tiger CS90199 - Single
D-Day 60th Anniversary Panzer IV CS90201 - Single	D-Day 60th Anniversary Omaha Beach set 1 twin pack, M8 Scout car	D-Day 60th Anniversary Omaha Beach set 1 twin pack, M8 Scout car, base	D-Day 60th Anniversary twin pack, Juno Beach, Churchill
D-Day 60th Anniversary twin pack, Utah Beach set 1, Sherman	D-Day 60th Anniversary Box Twin-pack	D-Day 60th Anniversary Box	D-Day 60th Anniversary Box single vehicle
	M2A2 Bradley Operation Iraqi Freedom CS90207 - single	M2A2 Abrams Operation Iraqi Freedom CS90286- single	M1Abrams, Operation Iraqi Freedom CS90203- single
Churchill "minotaur" CS90262 The History of Tank Warfare II 4-pack CSCW25004	M48A3 "The Warlord" CS90264 The History of Tank Warfare II 4-pack CSCW25004	Scorpion CS90265 The History of Tank Warfare II 4-pack CSCW25004	Tiger, "The Eastern Front" CS90263 The History of Tank Warfare II 4-pack CSCW25004
Panther D CS90257 Sword Beach Twin pack CSCW21002	Corgi Spitfire CS90246 Sword Beach Twin pack CSCW21002, 1:144- OK, I snuck an airplane in...	Churchill, "kingforce" CS90258 El Alamein Twin pack #1 CSCW22002	Corgi Stuka Ju 87 CS90259 El Alamein Twin pack #1 CSCW22002, 1:144 OK, I snuck another airplane in...
Tiger sPzAbt 508 CS90254 Sword Beach Twin pack - D-Day CSCW19002	Sherman Northamptonshire Yeomanry CS90255 Sword Beach Twin pack - D-Day CSCW19002	Jeep 7th Armoured., Desert Rats CS90261 El Alamein Twin pack #2 CSCW23002	Panzer IV Afrika Corps CS90260 El Alamein Twin pack #2 CSCW23002
Churchill "Guildford" CS90250 Sword Beach 4 pack, D-Day CSCW24004	Panther Ausf D SS Panzer regiment I CS90251 Sword Beach 4 pack, D-Day CSCW24004	Greyhound 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry CS90252 Sword Beach 4 pack, D-Day CSCW24004	Kubelwagen Wehrmacht CS90253 Sword Beach 4 pack, D-Day CSCW24004

In addition to the newest 1:50 scale models, Corgi also has it's Showcase series (re-branded Corgi Collection/Corgi Wheelz in 2006). These are small scale "themed" sets consisting of four diecast models (a mix of airplanes, tanks, and other ground vehicles). two diecast models with figures, and single vehicles. Several these models are the same as those released in the Newest Corgi Classics range of 1:50 models. Corgi Showcase scales are variable, but are around 1:72 (1:76?) for the tanks. Corgi Showcase Collections comes in 3 formats: Four-packs (four vehicles per package), Twin packs (usually with figures) and Singles. The Single and four pack generally have plastic display 'plinths' with descriptive cards. The twin-packs do not.

The first releases were based around the Vietnam, Korea, and The Battle of Britain. In Late 2002/2003, they released four more sets, all of WWII theme: El Alamein, Guadal Canal, Stalingrad, Overlord, and Fighter Scramble (all planes). In Spring of 2003 Corgi issued a new set, "The History of Tank Warfare", which features a WWI Mark IV Tank Male, Panzer IV, M4 Sherman and M1 Abrams. See the table below for more information. Although many tanks appear to be repeated in other sets, the paint scheme is usually different, reflecting the theater of battle.

For Spring of 2004, Corgi has released the Showcase D-Day 60th Anniversary Collection. Corgi also released the El Alamein twin-packs.

As noted above, Corgi has been marketing the individual vehicles from some of these sets. These come individually boxed with the "Fighting Machine" label. These are not to be confused with the 1:50 scale 'fighting machine' models release in the late 1990's. Corgi has also released (2003, 2004) two tank sets which also include two small painted figures.

Singles can be found from $4.99 (KB toys clearance) to $9.99 (eBay auction). Twin-packs from about $6.99 to $15. Four-packs from $9.99 (clearance) to $22+.

In 2004, Corgi Started releasing selected "Silver Squad" vehicles. Finished in silver, these are limited edition items which are packed randomly. Designed to be more collectible, they are quite similar to Johnny Lightning "white Lightning" releases. 2004 Silver Squad vehicles are the M-8 Greyhound and the M1 Abrams.

Brochure

Set name

Set Number/Comment

Tank Type

Individual Number

Operation Overlord

CSCW19004
The first D-Day related set in the series

P-38 Lighting	CS90073
P-51D Mustang	CS90074
M4 Sherman	CS90075
Jeep Willys 4X4	CS90075

El Alamein

CSCW21004
North African Campaign

Messerschmitt	CS90077
Hawker Hurricane	CS90078
M4 Sherman	CS90079
Kubelwagon	CS90080

Guadalcanal

CSCW17004
Pacific Theater

F4U Corsair	CS90?
A6M2 Zero	CS90?
Jeep Willys 4X4	CS90?
M4A1 Halftrack	CS90?

Battle For Stalingrad

CSCW23004
The Eastern Front

PZKW IV G	CS90059
T34/76	CS90060
Bf 109 Messerschmitt	CS90061
Hawker Hurricane	CS90062

History of Tank Warfare I

CSCW13004
Tanks: WWI to Modern

Mark IV tank male	CS90106
PZKW IV	CS90107
M4 Sherman	CS90108
M1A1 Abrams	CS90109

The Falklands

CSCW30004
The Falklands war

Westland Wessex	CS90114
Sea Harrier	CS90115
Land Rover	CS90116
Scorpion light tank	CS90117

Desert Storm

CSCW32004
The Gulf War: Part I

F-16 Fighting Falcon	CS90085
M1 Abrams	CS90086
Hummer	CS90087
F-14 Tomcat	CS90088

The Battle of Britain

CSFS05004
all airplanes

Supermarine Spitfire	CS90129
Hawker Hurricane	CS90130
Ju-87 Stuka	CS90131
Bf 109 Messerschmitt	CS90132

D-Day

CSCW08004
The Second D-Day related set

Churchill tank	CS90133
Tiger I	CS90134
Kubelwagon	CS90135
Dakota	CS90136

Sword Beach

CSCW24004

Churchill tank "Guildford"	CS90250
Panther "R02"	CS90251
Kubelwagon	CS90253
M-8 Greyhound "F278129"	CS90252

History of Tank Warfare: 2

CSCW25004

Churchill tank "Minotaur"	CS90262
Tiger - winter	CS90263
M48A3 "The Warlord"	CS90264
Scorpion	CS90265

Earlier Sets

Pork Chop Hill

CS90023
Korean War

Dodge Ambulance	?
M2 Halftrack	?
Willys Jeep	?
Bell H13 Helicopter	?

Tour of Duty

CS90024
Vietnam

M2 Halftrack	?
Huey Iroquois chopper	?
M4A3 Patton tank	?
Willys Jeep	?

Their Finest Hour

CS90025
WWI

Bf 109 Messerschmitt	?
Supermarine Spitfire	?
Morris Van (ambulance)	?
RAF AEC tractor	?

For King and Country

CS90026
WWI

Spad bi-plane	?
Fokker tri-plane	?
Mark IV tank male	?
Double Decker bus	?

Number	Item	Release
CS90207	Bradley	2004
CS90203	M1Abrams - green	2004
CS90286	M1A2 Abrams, green w/ black camo	2004
CS90205	Humvee Military Police - woodland camo	2004
CS90202	B-1 Bomber	2004
CS90	B-52 "God Bless America"	2004

Century of War - Tanks - The History Channel

Tank	Number	Release
M4 Sherman tank, Korea, Tan and Green	HC90301	2004/2005
M4 Sherman tank, "crossing the Rhine"	HC90302	2004/2005
M1A1 Abrams, Fort Hood	HC90303	2004/2005
Churchill, Italy	HC90304	2004/2005
M1A1 Abrams, Desert Storm	HC90305	2004/2005
M48 - Vietnam, Tiger mouth	HC90306	2004/2005
Tiger I, Normandy	HC90307	2004/2005
Panther	HC90308	2004/2005

Battle of the Bulge - History Channel?

Tank	Number	Release
M4 Sherman, First in Bastogne	HC90309	2004/2005
M3 Halftrack, winter camo	HC90310	2004/2005
Dodge Ambulance, 62nd medical	HC90311	2004/2005
M8 Greayhound, Winter Camo	HC90312	2004/2005
P-51 Mustang	HC90313	2004/2005
P-38 Lightning	HC90314	2004/2005
Panther	HC90315	2004/2005
Panzer IV	HC90316	2004/2005

2005 Releases

Vehicles of the USMC
Item	Number
Stuart Light Tank -light green	CS90393
M-8 Greyhound dark green	CS90394
Jeep - Pacific Beach - dark green	CS90396
Sherman - M4A3- tan w/ brown and green blotches	CS90395
various aircraft also - 8 total, 1 WWII

Race to Berlin
T34/85 55th guards tank brigade	CS90375
Panther - winter camo	CS90408
Stuart Light tank- 4th Coldstream Guards- dark green	CS90377
DH Mossquito (airplane)	CS90378

Four-packs

VE Day 60th anniversary-4 pack - UK release(?)
M3 Stuart tank, T-34/85, Panther tank, and a DH Mosquito	CSCW38004

Thanks Steve!

Twin Packs

VE Day 60th
Tiger Tank, T-34/76, and 2 figures	CSCW17002

2006 Releases- Corgi Collection/Wheelz

Rebranded - Corgi Collection/Corgi Wheelz in 2006

Packaging - Talk about Confusing! Although the press from Corgi indicates that Corgi Wheelz will be civilian vehicles and Corgi Collection will be Military, you can find them in BOTH packages, and both with the "Fighting Machines" tag. Below I have comparison pictures.

Neither of the new packages come with a plinth. Instead the models are wedged into a plastic enclosure. The Corgi Wheelz box still has the nice card with information about the vehicle. The Corgi Collection box has a thin flimsy picture of the model, with no information.

Update: As time has past, things have started to sort out. At first the military vehicles started to show up under the Wheelz logo, but this rapidly changed to Corgi Collection logo. Now the BOXED versions are consistently coming out under the Corgi Collection logo. Since then, the Wheelz logo has appeared on hanging blister packs (as opposed to boxes)...see "Night Force" below.

The Corgi Collection vehicles come with a sticker of the vehicle. The sticker is designed to go with a collectors poster. The poster, issued by Corgi UK, features spaces with white silhouettes of various models in the range, and urges the collector to "leave no space unfilled"

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Apache AH-64D CS90442	Apache AH-64D CS90442	Abrams 64th Armored Division CS90441
Hummer CS90087	Bradley 5th Cavalry CS90436	Bradley 5th Cavalry CS90436
UH-60LBlackhawk 101st Airborne CC90439	Huey CS?	Huey CS?
Scimitar Light Dragoons, B Squadron CS90461	Sherman 64th tank battalion CS90437	Sherman 64th tank battalion CS90437

Churchill - "Castlerobin IV" North Irish Horses	King Tiger Hungary, 1945 CS90478	King Tiger Hungary, 1945 CS90478	King Tiger Hungary, 1945 CS90478
King Tiger Hungary, 1945 CS90478	Panzer IV North Africa CS90489	Panzer IV North Africa CS90489	Sherman North Africa CS90490
Sherman North Africa CS90490	Stuart Desert Rats Bellman CS90475	Stuart Desert Rats Bellman CS90475	Stuart Desert Rats Bellman CS90475
	Stuart North Africa CS90491	Stuart North Africa CS90491
M3 Halftrack Special Weapons Company CS90533	M3 Halftrack Special Weapons Company CS90533	M3 Halftrack Special Weapons Company CS90533

King Tiger Schwere, 1944 CS90551	King Tiger Schwere, 1944 CS90551	King Tiger Schwere, 1944 CS90551
M3 Stuart Co. B, December 1941 CS90552	M3 Stuart Co. B, December 1941 CS90552	M3 Stuart Co. B, December 1941 CS90552
	M1A1 Abrams 3rd Armored Div, Feb 1991 CS90553	M1A1 Abrams 3rd Armored Div, Feb 1991 CS90553

Listing

Name	Description	Number
Hummer	tan - usarmy	CS90087
Sherman	64th Tank Battalion	CS90437
M2 Bradley	green	CS90436
M1 Abrams	tan	CS90441
Scimitar	Bosnia, 1993, white	CS90461
Apache	British Army	CS90469
Stuart	"Bellman" Desert rats	CS90475
King Tiger	Hungary 1945, white	CS90478
Blackhawk	Pavehawk special ops	CS90484
Hummer	Specal Corps - green	CS90487
Panzer IV	North Africa	CS90489
Sherman	North Africa	CS90490
Stuart	North Africa	CS90491
M3 Halftrack	Special Weapons	CS90533
King Tiger	Schwere, 1944	CS90551
M3 Stuart	Co. B, December 1941	CS90552
M1A1 Abrams	3rd Armored Div, Feb 1991	CS90553

Corgi Wheelz Night Force

Corgi Wheelz Night Force

Corgi Wheels Night Force

Available in the UK (as of late 2006, these feature a military vehicle (and sometimes a figure)

Corgi Showcase might be coming out with several new combinations of vehicles, and this time the sets will also come with figures. Called "Battlescenes of WWII" these were reported in late 2003 as forthcoming by Corgi, but have yet to materialize.

Corgi currently offers four 'level's of diecast at four different 'pricing points'

Corgi's entry-level price point range. Scale is ROUGHLY 1/87 or 1/72. Three series are currently made: Emergency, Fighting Machines and 100 Years of Flight collections. Models come in themed 4 packs, 2 packs (with figures) and single vehicles. Prices range from $4.00 - $6.00. A great value!

New for 2004, this collection of models will become a second entry-level price point range and should also prove to popular for collectors both young and old. Each Tactical Strike model is produced in 1:64 scale and is a reproduction of today's American military power. Each diecast model has a battle-hardened look - weathered and war weary, with mud, armaments and equipment on each vehicle. Also available are U.S. infantry sets for both the Army and Marines made of highly detailed, fully-painted plastic. Pricing: $9.95 to $14.95

Corgi and The History Channel gotten together to create a new mid-price point range. Production runs are not limited (re: mass produced). Detailing will not be as elaborate as on previous models or as extensive as the detailing in the new Premiere Collections. The look to be quite nice, however! Pricing: $25

In 2004, Corgi redefined its top-level price range. Models will be produced in very limited production runs offered in special packaging in order to enhance the value. Additional features and accessories will be released for various models. Many of the WWII series releases will be in the Premiere Collection. Pricing: $39.95 and up.

M4 Sherman 77th Tank Battalion, Korea HC90301 History Channel - Century of War	M1Abrams 2nd Marine Battalion, Operation Desert Storm HC90305 History Channel - Century of War
M3 Halftrack CS90310, also HC90310 History Channel Battle of the Bulge	Dodge Ambulance CS90311, also HC90311 History Channel Battle of the Bulge	M8 Greyhound CS90312, also HC 90312 History Channel Battle of the Bulge	Panther CS90315, also HC 90315 History Channel Battle of the Bulge

M4 Sherman Century of War - Tanks 761st Tank Battalion, "Cool Stud" CS90302	M4 Sherman Century of War - Tanks 761st Tank Battalion, "Cool Stud" CS90302	Tiger Century of War - Tanks Panzer Abeitlung 101 CS90307	Tiger Century of War - Tanks Panzer Abeitlung 101 CS90307
Hummer Operation Iraqi Freedom CS90205	M1A1, Hummer and fgures Desert Storm Twin Pack CSCW15002	M1A1Abrams Desert Storm Twin Pack CSCW15002	Hummer Desert Storm Twin Pack CSCW15002
Tank, Helicopter and figures Viet Nam Twin Pack CSCW16002	M48 Viet Nam Twin Pack CSCW16002	M3 Stuart VE Day 60th Anniversary CS90377	M3 Stuart VE Day 60th Anniversary CS90377

Number	Twin Pack Sets	Comments	Release
CSCW14002	Battle of Bulge:Tiger tank, Sherman, 2 figures	Tiger in tan with light brown camo, Sherman with "First in Bastogne"
CSCW15002	Desert Storm: F16, M1 Abrams, 2 figures
CSCW16002	Vietnam:Huey helicopter, M48 tank, 2 figures
CSCW17002	Stalingrad:T-34, Panzer IV, 2 Figures	T-34 with heavy white camo, Grey Panzer IV with short barrel
CSCW22002	El Alamein: Stuka Dive-bomber and a Churchill tank	Churchill "Kingforce"	2004
CSCW23002	El Alamein: Panzer IV and a Jeep	Panzer IV- tan "8" on turret; Jeep - tan	2004

Number	Name	Vehicles	Release
CSVR01004	British Legion Set	Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - 75mm, Sopwith Camel - 105mm, Foden Steam Lorry - 75mm, MkV Tank - 75mm	?

Number	Battlescenes of WWII	Release
CSCW09004	Stalingrad:T-34, Panzer IV, Hurricane, 4 figures	?
CSCW11004	Battle of Bulge - Sherman, Tiger tank, Me 109 + 4 figs	?
CSCW11004	El Alamein: Churchill tank, Tiger tank, Spitfire, 4 figures	?
CSCW12004	Iwo Jima: Sherman Tank, Willys Jeep, Zero, 4 figures	?