Review of Magic City Diorama. Are these 1/64 Diecast Displays worth the hype? 

Sweet diorama chuck thanks for sharing and showing the goods 😎

Quite pricey in my opinion, since the overall scale is wonky especially the garage portion being way too small. Anxious to see it completed after you give it some details. Just a thought, can you make a base for it to sit on that will support and hold the 2 bases pieces together? Have a great week! 🫵👍

I'm a big fan of these magic city dioramas. Not cheap but the price quality is ok. Bringyourdiecasttolife!

the first thing that comes to midn is that the makers most certainly don't think like people who used to build houses for model railways. :) though those tend to be too small, either, since a model railways is limited in space at best, and sometimes you need somethign smallish for the far background. anyway. what I'd have done first if I was the developer, is to set up a frame on the ground the house would snap on neatly, giving it support and a definite place. that frame could also bear the vending machine, add a floor to the workshop (maybe it was never meant to house a vehicle, but to give space for putting together large RCs?), or give support to sliding doors to the shop, so you could leave them open or closed. the frame would also help supporting the two baseplate pieces. (personally I see why they did it like that, but it does not help with putting things together) said baseplate could also include the walkway to where it meets the road, adding some 3D there. as lovely as the shop looks it is TINY! two people in there and you'd have to open the doors so they can breathe... of course nobody expects a mall, but like twice the size? going deeper underneath the house and place the battery pack in the first floor? as for the shine-through, back when they used to include an insert made of cardboard printed black, and with some scenes or curtains placed where the windows would be, to prevent the shine through the plastic. those inserts weren't perfect, especially not together with the little lightbulb to illuminate the house then. XD but here it might have been helpful. and cheap to make, too. here is an idea for the garage: make it into a workshop to work on tamiya's large RC vehicles, add two or three workbenches, a computer table, boxshelves and toolracks... and if you can lay hand on one of those N-scale model cars by Wiking, one of them is a VW Beetle, and you can pick these models apart into body, glass insert block, and chassis/baseplate with wheels. that could serve easily as a "project". :) as for the price tag, dunno... from what I could see there were no casting lines, no flashing, nothign to clean up; just put together, which is neat to begin with. glass is very clear, no scratches or warps, and they lighted it out pretty well. I wouldn't pay that money personally, but I can't see where it would be really too expensive. more like a bit high on the ladder. but still affordable. I have an early matchbox BP station sitting here, with the vehicles (need restoration), the car lift (needs the Dunlop sign), the garage barn... I think if the time comes I'll try and see what I can do with that. :)

That’s a nice diorama! I want to get one of them one day. It would be fun to have

Very cool diorama

It looks like a very nice kit. Thank u very much for the honest review and pricing. I like the small details like the scale model kits. Id probably take a more generic garage floor plan, home built or Sk75 building and add the details from magic city. Thank u for all u guys do at DMN.

Should check out G-Fans, comparable quality (fewer accessories I think, some are smaller) but much less expensive. Nice set though! For the Canadians, Tokyo Station carries them

Aren't there provided assembly instructions? I would have thought so.

Sweet got to pick one up soon

Awesome diorama bro,big fan as always

Have you added a wash to this? Just got one myself and am curious.

nice JDM display

The price point is a little high

why do you have the camera so close? its realy terrible to watch