MAJORETTE
LAND CRUISER

I purchased this second hand Majorette 4×4 Toyota from a member of the Hobby Talk Die Cast forum.

Majorette
4×4 TOYOTA
No. 277 Scale 1/53
Made in France

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RIMS DIECAST

I bought these models of a Toyota Avanza from Tomica Fan Club member TJIANG, who lives in Indonesia. The price was $15 each, plus shipping.

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HACHETTE COLLECTIONS JAPAN

JAPANESE CARS COLLECTION
Vol. 169 – 1982 Land Cruiser HJ60
Made by IXO

As all the cars in this series, it is a decent model for the price, but has some flaws. Besides a poor fitting side window, there is this wheel (see photo below) - turns out this is a known issue with some Ixo models: there’s a chemical reaction between the wheel’s paint and the rubber tire that makes the paint sticky.

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TOMICA

TOMICA SHOP TRANSPORTER

Original Tomica Shop Transporter. The cab is a Hino and each side of the trailer has different cars on it (each image represents past Tomica Shop Original models). This model was for the opening of the satellite Tomica Shop located at the new Tokyo Skytree Town (at the base of Tokyo Skytree).

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TOMICA

TOMICA SHOP BUS
NEKO KINDERGARTEN BUS

This Tomica Shop Original Bus is based on the Toyota Coaster Tomica No. 92 / Toyota Coaster Kindergarten Bus Tomica No. 118
Release date June 18 2012

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MINICARS FROM JAPAN

My sister-in-law is visiting from Japan, and she brought me a few surprises…

More pictures soon.

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HOT WHEELS

PIKES PEAK CELICA
TEAM HOT WHEELS COMMEMORATIVE 20-PACK

This car was bought off eBay as a loose model, and originally was part of a 20-pack. 

20-pack photo from Hot Wheels Wiki

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GULLIVER64

These Gulliver64 models were purchased from a seller on Yahoo Auction Japan and from Amazon.co.jp

To the best of my knowledge there are 25 different models. I currently have 23, and I am waiting for the last two to arrive.

64024 – Green Cab Crown Sedan
64023 – ANZEN Group Crown Comfort
Click for more information about Green Cab.
Click for more information about ANZEN Group.

64045 – 50th Anniversary Gold Project Fuji Taxi
64044 - Fuji Taxi Group Crown Comfort
Click for more information about Fuji Taxi.

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HACHETTE COLLECTIONS JAPAN

JAPANESE CARS COLLECTION
165 Vol. TOYOTA PUBLICA CONVERTIBLE (1964)

At this point in time the Japanese Car Collection still appears to be set at 180 volumes. The next Toyota is listed at No. 169 Toyota Land Cruiser (1982) scheduled for mid-July, and then in mid-November, No. 178 Toyota Crown Athlete S200 (2008).

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MINICARS from JAPAN

I received a surprise in the most recent package from my wife’s sister  in Japan.

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