TOYOPET

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TOYOPET BANNER

Here is an item I found and purchased about 6 months ago on Yahoo Auction Japan - a TOYOPET CROWN since 1955 banner/linen. The seller didn't have much information about it other than having it listed as a Toyopet Crown Kannon Towel (Kannon refers to the Crown's suicide doors). I wouldn't go so far as to call it a towel, since the fabric is more of the thickness of a handkerchief. The overall dimensions are 82cm x 35cm. I paid about ¥1,000 for it.

TOYOPET CROWN since 1955

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FIRST GENERATION TOYOPET CROWN MODEL RS
first sold 1955 (Showa 30)

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TOYOPET CROWN 1900 DELUXE
first sold 1960 (Showa 35)

TOYOPET MASTERLINE PICKUP
first sold 1959 (Showa 34)

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TOYOPET CROWN 1900 DELUXE
first sold 1958 (Showa 33)

TOYOPET MASTERLINE
first sold 1959 (Showa 34)

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CHORO Q

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CHORO Q

Here's a couple of more minicars that my friend Ben from JNC, brought back from Japan. One is relatively 'new' and the other is a few years old, but they both make nice additions to my collection - Thanks Ben!

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YUJIN CAPSULE CHORO Q
VOL. 2 TOYOTA HISTORY © 2009 TOMY
TOYOTA 2000GT MF10 (1969)

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TRD CHORO Q © 2004 TAKARA CO., LTD
TRD ALTEZZA SUPER STREET

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TOMICA LIMITED

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TOMICA LIMITED

PATROL CAR COLLECTION II

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TOYOTA CROWN PATROL CAR
Made in China - scale 1/63

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TOYOTA CROWN PATROL CAR (UNMARKED)
Made in China - scale 1/63

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TOMICA

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TOMICA SHOP

Not long ago, my friend Ben from Japanese Nostalgic Car was in Japan gathering material for future issues of the Japanese Nostalgic Car magazine. Ben is a big Tomica fan, so he was also gathering some Tomica and picked up a few items for me...

TOMICA SHOP HINO SELEGA
Made in China - scale 1/156

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TOMICA SHOP TOYOTA VOXY
Made in China - scale 1/67

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KONAMI

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or, something not really new, but is new to my collection
KONAMI

Konami Toy & Hobby has made all sorts of great candy toys over the years. A few years back they made the Classic Car Collection - "Classic cars that shined the 60's and 70's. Japan's automobile history recreated in 1/64 scale." There were 6 volumes, plus one entitled "The Best". Each volume consisted of 6 different car models, and each car was available in 2 colors; one car was packaged per box. I managed to collect most of the Toyotas in the entire series several years ago, however a few cars were still missing (at the time they were fairly expensive and hard to find).

Recently I decided to fill that gap and hunt down the missing cars - a couple of 2000GTs and a Sports 800. The hunt went pretty easy, and I was eventually able to find the cars on Yahoo Auction Japan. I purchased these 2 Toyota 2000GT's, which were part of Volume 1.

CLASSIC CAR COLLECTION
TOYOTA 2000GT (MF10) 1967

With the acquisition of these two models I was only missing one car, and that was a red Sports 800 from Volume 2. It wasn't too long before one came up for auction and I was able to acquire it also. A few weeks later they were in my hands.

CLASSIC CAR COLLECTION
TOYOTA SPORTS 800 (UP15) 1965

With the addition of these three cars, my Konami Classic Car Collection of Toyotas is now complete. I think I'll post up the entire Toyota range in the near future, so keep an eye open for more about this series!

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