NEW STUFF
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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