Japanese Nostalgic Car Toys and Diecast

l'il fella · **Posted:** Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:28 pm

rallymodeller wrote:

Surprised no-one has mentioned the Fresh Cherries diecasts -- I get them at Wal-Mart for a couple of bucks apeice. Wish my camera was working, 'cause I got a 1975 Civic CVCC and a 1982 Accord (both 1/87, I believe). I also got a 1987 Tempo and a 1976 Pinto, but that's another story.

Fresh Cherries has also done the Honda Civic CVCC in 1/64 scale (I haven't put the verniers to them yet but I think they might be slightly bigger than true 1/64th scale)

Two colours released. It was only when I was cropping the photo I realized the blue one had rolled it's tyre of its rim !

Comparison shot with a Tomica Mazda

Detailing is a little heavy but still nice models

Regards
Dave

ben · **Posted:** Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:28 pm

That's awesome. Too bad the lineup was canceled. I wonder what else they would have come up with.

It's a little sad the the Dodge Aires K-Car got a diecast before numerous Datsuns, Mazdas, etc.

silverra23 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:46 am

Look what I found at a local bric-a-brac sale... its in brilliant condition for a 70's tin toy from Japan!

I bought it thinking I could probably sell it for a tidy profit.. but I have kind of got attached to its cuteness!

ben · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:43 pm

Coolness! How much did you get it for?

silverra23 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:51 pm

AUD$120

I have seen similar toyota ones for over $200, so I hoped it might be cheap.

Seems like a lot now that I have to actually type it out though!!

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:27 pm

1972 Toyota Corolla Levin (TE27)

toyotageek · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:10 pm

So you guys have all seen and heard about the all platinum Fairlady Z that is valued at 700 million yen but not for sale...

Well, the folks at Takara Tomy have made something a little more affordable. These Wajima Lacquer miniatures valued at a mere 80,000 yen, but alas, also not for sale... only 80,000 - I wonder if that is for each or for all four?

Cheers!

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:01 pm

Y700,000,000 = $7,446,808.27
Y80,000 = $851.06

OMG & WTF!!! :shock:

toyotageek · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:18 pm

JunRaymond wrote:

Y700,000,000 = $7,446,808.27
Y80,000 = $851.06

OMG & WTF!!! :shock:

oops, my bad. That's what Google translated it as, but I asked my wife & it's really only 7,000,000 yen or $74,465 :lol:

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:52 am

^ still pricey :lol:

@Topic - 'got this today from Gojira land..

82Prelude · **Posted:** Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:03 pm

I bought a Corgi 345 Mk1 Prelude off eBay a while back and repainted it:

Before:

After:

Oh, and my car for reference:

Camshaft · **Posted:** Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:31 pm

Nice job! Has anyone else customized their die-cast to resemble their 1:1?

ben · **Posted:** Sat May 01, 2010 1:42 pm

That's too cool for school. Perhaps there should be a thread with that theme

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Sat May 01, 2010 6:35 pm

OT: Not Japanese.. 1/64 Hot Wheels Monster Jam

Kuroneko · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2010 3:21 am

This one caught my eye! Neko.

Camshaft · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2010 7:37 am

Kyosho Mini-Z, Neko?

Kuroneko · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2010 8:14 am

Camshaft wrote:

Kyosho Mini-Z, Neko?

はい！

Ｔｈａｔ：ｓ　ｉｔ．　Ｎｅｋｏ．

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2010 1:12 pm

Shakotan Boogie! :tu:

Go Baby Go · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2010 6:10 am

OK... so i found the 2010 hot wheels poster, and there's another 510 on it amongst a few cars..........In the nightburners section. also, there's another GT-R

http://scigomania.pl/doc/HW_Poster_Front_Intl_v1.pdf

ooh... and i ordered my Autoart roadster models today.....

http://www.autoartmodels.com/web/product/en/1694?antiCache=127384257205103F2653D2ABAB215FBE2540A2EC9282A

kev · **Posted:** Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:09 am

Came across these on a recent trip to Japan. They are the Mystery-Toy type of deal, where it's a sealerd box and you don't really know what you're going to get, beyond the knowledge that it's one of the cars from the series. They're from the Shakotan Boogie cartoon, so I was pretty curious as to what we would get. These retail for Y440ea.

In the end we lucked out on the Hako, but did score the Yanky Mate Zed and the Soarer.

The detail is actually pretty nice! But the proportions are slightly exaggerated as per the cartoon, with undersized deep dish wheels and oversized glasshouses. They are a bit bigger than a Tomica

Speaking of Tomica, I paid a quick visit to the Tomica Shop at Tokyo station.

Of main interest were the Vintage Neo collection, which are a bit more than twice the price of a regular Tomica (about $10)

The selection was a little eclectic to say the least, with Luce taxi and Isuzu Gemini

Nissan Violet 140J

Bluebird and Carina

They also sold the larger models, but these were pricey at $50

Plus lots of things for kids like Kenmeri tote bag

AE86 face cloth, Tomica toothbrushes, lunchboxes, you name it

In the end I bought a KE70 and a Prince Skyline 1900 from the Vintage Neo series. Terrific detail for the price IMHO, these are the same size as regular Tomica

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