As many seasoned collectors have already heard, the iconic Polistil brand is officially back. After years in the rearview mirror, the Italian nameplate has returned to the spotlight, and its latest models—featuring the legendary Ferrari marque—are hitting retail shelves as we speak.
Under the wing of the May Cheong Group, Polistil is positioning itself to offer fresh competition in the mid-to-high-tier diecast market. But as collectors, we know that a name is only as good as the casting it’s attached to.
We Want Your Expert Opinion!
Are these new Ferraris a triumphant return to form or just a re-branded echo of the past? We want to “inform” the collector community through your eyes.
If you’ve managed to get your hands on one of the new Polistil models, we want to hear your unfiltered thoughts—the good, the bad, and the “room for improvement.”
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- The Comparison: How does it hold up against your Bburago or Maisto staples?
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I don’t have one of their new models therefore I can’t have a hands on opinion but from all of the images I’ve come across, the hinges on the bonnets are pretty bad and I’m about 100 percent positive the rear doors don’t open on the purosangue. Which is disappointing. I haven’t seen a good photo of the interior details. So to me they don’t seem to much of an improvement if any over the Bburago signature series for close to double the price…
Like Mike Wiseman, I haven’t yet seen one of the new “Polistil” Ferrari offerings, but I’m pretty sure that I have seen images of the Purosangue with full opening access. I’m not very positively impressed by the images that I have seen, it’s as if the brand isn’t keen to have its products scrutinised too closely in advance.
Interestingly, the Ferrari F80 is promised from both Polistil and Bburago Signature & ‘Race & Play’, so how they compare with each other is going to be quite revealing.
Regarding prices, the information I’ve collected has the Polistil ‘High Fedelity’ available at prices not much above Bburago Signature on various retail websites, but certainly not double the cost.
By the way, whatever happened to Bburago’s “Signature+” range that was touted a year or two ago – anybody know?
Alot of the sites I’ve seen had the purosangue priced at $170 usd. I don’t know how common that asking price is but thats close to double the Bburago signature
The Puro was already shown extensively in another forum. My impression: this could’ve been a Bburago. If I recall correctly the Polistil models are even made by the Bburago/Maisto factory. Which would imply using the same tooling. They’re not bad models but not on par with ie. Norev. But they will sell in decent numbers I guess since there’s no real alternative.
Based on the pictures and videos I have seen they are no better than Bburago Signature
That would lead one to think the only win is their speed to market in comparison to Bburago. Seems their assortment on the modern Ferrari replica outpaces BB!
PS – Luk is executing a full review shortly!
Oh that’s awesome! I will keep an eye out for the review.
I have got the Polistil Ferrari Purosangue and it is a nice model in Bburago Signature quality. The rear doors do not open which is the one big flaw on this model, this will of course not be an issue on the next Polistil releases like Roma and 12Cilindri. The interior is nice, the engine is quit ok for a Bburago model. The hinges are large but they will always be as Bburago produces these models adhering to toy safety standards. I like it and am looking forward to the next releases.
It should be noted that the Polistil brand is used by Italian wholesaler Carmodel to differentiate these models that are being made exclusively for them by Bburago from the regular Bburago assortment. Carmodel has received several exclusive Bburago models in recent years that were not part of the Bburago releases and caused some misunderstandings with other Bburago distributors and so Carmodel decided to take over the Polistil brand from MayCheong to clarify what is regular Bburago and what is not.
Thanks for this!
If you check the Polistil Purosangue , the rims on the right side are wrong, they just use the same rims from the left side.
Yes. This is cost cutting measure usually linked to budget-friendly brands.
Neither dissapointed nor surprised. I didn’t expect anything from Bburago, Maisto or Polistil. Ferrari made bad choices and everybody sees it
What I find most of a letdown on Bburago is the lack of meshes (e.g. F80, SP3), and the opaque tail lights (e.g. 296 GTB).
Would that be better on the Polistil?