July 26, 2012

  • Germany

    MINICARS from GERMANY
     
    I received a package from my friend Cruiser72 in Germany. Lot’s of Toyota minicars! The non-Toyota were for another friend of ours.
     
    Loose minicars
    • 2 Majorette Land Cruiser
    • 1 Majorette Dyna truck
    • 3 small Majorette (1 Honda, 2 Datsun)
    • 1 small Corolla
    • pack of “Japanese Cars” cards
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    • 5 Summer Celicas
    • 3 Hot Wheels (1x Corolla AE86 & 2x FJ40 Land Cruiser)
    • 2 Majorette (Corolla & Subaru?)
    • 2 Matchbox (Prius & Mitsubishi)
    • 1 Siku Land Cruiser
    • 1 Schuco Toyopet Crown (boxed)
    • 1 Majorette FJ Cruiser (boxed)
     
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    Other Packaged models
    • 1 Burago (Subaru?)
    • 1 Siku (Land Cruiser with boat)
    • 1 Majorette (Hilux with diorama)
    • 1 Majorette Super Mover (Dyna recycling truck)

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    Honey from the local Toyota Dealer!
     
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July 25, 2012

  • Majorette

    MAJORETTE
    LAND CRUISER

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

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

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July 24, 2012

  • RIMS Diecast

    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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July 22, 2012

  • HACHETTE

    HACHETTE COLLECTIONS JAPAN

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

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    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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July 21, 2012

  • Tomica

    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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July 20, 2012

  • TOMICA

    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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  • Minicar

    MINICARS FROM JAPAN

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

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    More pictures soon.

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July 3, 2012

  • Hot Wheels

    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. 

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    20-pack photo from Hot Wheels Wiki

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July 2, 2012

  • GULLIVER64

    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.

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

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July 1, 2012

  • HACHETTE

    HACHETTE COLLECTIONS JAPAN

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

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    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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