Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Tomica Limited Vintage NEO LV-N141a 1986 Toyota Supra Pace Car

Tomica Limited Vintage NEO LV-N141a 1986 Toyota Supra Pace Car

Tomica Limited Vintage  LV-N141a  Toyota Supra Pace Car

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Tomica Limited Vintage  Toyota Supra Pace Car

Tomica Limited Vintage   Toyota Supra Pace Car

Tomica Limited Vintage   Toyota Supra Pace Car

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Tomica Limited Vintage  LV-N141a  Toyota Supra Pace Car

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Tomica  Toyota Supra Pace Car

Really nice Supra.  Maybe their best one yet, but...

Tomica Limited Vintage   Toyota Supra

While the wheels are mad detailed, what is up with the weird paint job?  Yuck.  

I've been trying to find a pic of the actual car(1986 WEC Safety/Pace Car), but only thing I could find was this video:

From - 3:40

I'm sure it was filmed with the finest potato available at the time(Probably SONY, or Panasonic lol).  From grainy footage like that, we'll never know if this Pace Car actually had weird paint job like that on them wheels!

Monday, May 29, 2017

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame "Milestone Moments" -Richard Petty Crowned King- '67 Plymouth

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame "Milestone Moments" -Richard Petty Crowned King- '67 Plymouth

I know nothing about racing, but this is a good looking car.  Reminded me of Hot Wheels Vintage Racing series.

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame richard petty '67 Plymouth

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame "Milestone Moments" -Richard Petty Crowned King- '67 Plymouth

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame  Richard Petty  Plymouth

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame  Petty  Plymouth

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame Richard Petty


Hot Wheels Hall of Fame "Milestone Moments" -Richard Petty Crowned King- '67 Plymouth

Hot Wheels Hall of Fame "Milestone Moments"

Johnny Lightning 1965 VW Police/Polizei Transporter

johnny lightning polizei vw

Got this one at Walmart, years ago.  I was relatively green collector(no pun intended lol), but I did well here I think.

johnny lightning polizei volkswagen

johnny lightning polizei vw

I like these Polizei livery cars.  It reminds me of old Tomica German police cars from when I was a kid.

Tomica Premium Nissan Skyline GT-R R33

Tomica Premium Nissan Skyline GT-R R33

OMG, found a Kyosho inside Tomica Premium box!!

Tomica Premium Nissan Skyline GT-R R33

Kidding aside, this one is definitely one of their nicer castings.  Clean design, clean color, clean, clean...

Tomica Nissan Skyline GT-R

Tomica Premium Nissan Skyline GT-R

Tomica Premium Nissan Skyline GT-R R33

Tomica Premium Nissan   R33

Tomica Premium  R33

Rear wing show warping, but other than that, very decent model(would still pick Kyosho for the price lol).  Not a big fan of gimmicks like opening doors.

Tomica Premium Nissan Skyline GT-R R33

Sunday, May 28, 2017

GreenLight Club V-Dub 1976 Shell Oil Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Double Cab Pick-up

GreenLight Club V-Dub 1976 Shell Oil Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Double Cab Pick-up

GreenLight Club V-Dub 1976 Shell Oil Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Double Cab Pick-up

GreenLight  1976 Shell Oil Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Double Cab Pick-up

greenlight shell volkswagen double cab pickup

GreenLight  1976 Shell Oil Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Double Cab Pick-up


GreenLight  vw t2 Double Cab Pick-up

GreenLight shell vw Double Cab Pick-up

GreenLight   Shell  Volkswagen Type 2 T2 Double Cab Pick-up

This is my second VW Double Cab & none of the typical GreenLight blemishes or poor craftsmanship issues are present on these models.  Am I witnessing a turning point?  Boy, that would be cool!

GreenLight Shell 1956 Ford F-100

GreenLight Shell 1956 Ford F-100

GreenLight Shell 1956 Ford F-100

GreenLight Shell   Ford F-100

GreenLight Shell  Ford pickup truck

GreenLight Shell 1956 Ford pickup

GreenLight Shell 1956 Ford F-100 pickup

GreenLight Shell  Ford F-100 pickup

GreenLight Shell 1956 Ford F-100 pickup

Hmmm.....

Friday, May 26, 2017

Tomica Limited Vintage NEO LV-N148a Premium Edition 2017 Nissan GT-R

Tomica Limited Vintage LV-N148a Premium Edition 2017 Nissan GT-R

Like lot of people, I'm getting bit tired of Nissan GT-R minicars.  At the same time, there's no denying that Nissan GT-Rs are one of the best castings TLV has to offer.  2017 update looked interesting enough & this orange paint looked cool too, so I did preorder one.

Tomica Limited Vintage LV-N148a Premium Edition 2017 Nissan GT-R

First, I really like this casting.  Glad I got one.  Same time, there's been couple of things that were brought up by fellow collector GroupB on GTPlanet.  First one was the front license plate.  It's not as bad on mine, but you can definitely see where they made an unclean cut at the bottom of the plate.  Noticeable in this blog's typical macro shots.  Not much of a issue to naked eye.

Tomica Limited Vintage LV-N148a   2017 Nissan GT-R

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  LV-N148a

Tomica Limited Vintage 2017 Nissan GT-R

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Tomica Limited Vintage  17 Nissan GT-R

Second issue brought up was the mismatching paint on the rear spoiler to rest of the body.  In this shot, you can tell that both finishes feature sparkle, but to the naked eye, they were not noticeable on the spoiler.  Not a deal breaker for me though.

Tomica Limited Vintage

Tomica Limited Vintage neo  LV-N148a   2017 Nissan GT-R

I tried, but couldn't do these wheels justice.  I'm not kidding when I say that this is one of the best wheels I've ever seen in 1/64 scale.  I also failed to capture the brake rotor & neatly painted calipers, but they are there.  It's pretty impressive.

tomica limited vintage 2017 nissan gt-r orange

All in all, highly recommended purchase.  Even with those couple of flaws.  :)