Toyota Land Cruiser - Patrol Cars

Here are comparative shots of the Tomica FJ40 (1960-1984) and the 200 Series (2008-present) Toyota Land Cruisers. Both are in Japanese Patrol Car liveries.

















Thanks for viewing and I hope you enjoyed the photos.

What did I open today?

Hi guys! It's been almost a month since my last post here, I've been busy with work and just found the time to open a few items this morning.

Most of you know that I started to concentrate on collecting Tomica this year but a few new releases of Matchbox were very hard to resist. Here are some that I got during the past weeks:

'68 Toyota Land Cruiser






'64 Austin Mini Cooper S






'08 Toyota Prius






Mercedes Benz SLR Mclaren






I'll try to make a comparative post between the castings of the Tomica and Matchbox Toyota Land Cruisers soon.

Thanks for dropping by. =)

Toyota Land Cruiser - 200 Series

Here are a few comparative shots of the Toyota Land Cruiser 200 Series by Siku (silver) and Tomica (white).





You will notice that the Siku's scale is larger than the Tomica's 1/65 scale. Maybe the Siku is around 1/50 scale. The Siku has colored plastic headlights and rear lights while the Tomica's headlights are included with the front grille's cast and has painted rear lights. Siku has both side mirrors incorporated with the door casts and Tomica has none. Overall, both have acceptable body details with regards to the casting, Toyota logo and Land Cruiser markings but they would look better on different sets of rims.









Thanks for viewing and please feel free to post your comments with regards to their comparison.

What did I open today?

I had lunch with my mom and uncle at Friday's last Wednesday, Oct. 07, 2009. After finishing my Chicken Fingers meal with lots of fries, I decided to walk around and drop-by the Toys "R" Us nearby. I checked out the HotWheels, Matchbox and Tomica toy pegs but found nothing new. I proceeded to the SIKU pegs and found this new 2009 release Toyota Land Cruiser....woooohooo!!!

So this Toyota 200 Series Land Cruiser is finally out here in the Philippines, I've been waiting for this SIKU release since last August.

Here are some photos:

SIKU Toyota Land Cruiser V8








*Comparative photos with a Tomica Toyota Land Cruiser to follow...

An unexpected find....

We celebrated our National Heroes Day yesterday, so we had a long weekend. We found the time to relax and go to the mall yesterday to watch a movie. We had an hour to spend before the movie starts so I decided to browse around the nearest toy store. After looking around the shelves of Tomica, HotWheels and Matchbox, I was quite disappointed. There was nothing new or interesting to buy. As i walked towards the exit, I passed by the unbranded/generic/cheap toys aisle and was so surprised by these....



Toyota Land Cruisers? YES!!! They were Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40s but they have extended body. It's my first time to see this extended body and casting. I found 2 color variations but the sales guy said that there were 3. Anyway, I payed for them and headed to the cinemas.

Toyota Land Cruiser by Mini Metals 1/64










The movie wasn't that good but the nachos with everything on top was great! Oh, maybe I was just too excited to get home and open my unexpected find? =)

Btw, I can't seem to find anything about this extended FJ40, if you have info about this please share. Thanks!