Bring on the Skylines: Opening another parcel of Tomica Limited Vintage from Japan Booster...

The obsession continues...

About the time the last package from Japan Booster arrived, carrying the TLV IDx Nismo, we had already ordered another.  While at first glance you might think that Tomica Limited Vintage occupies a very small corner of the diecast world, that is not the case.  We have obviously seen them branch out to several German carmakers, but even within their nostalgic Japanese world, there is a ton of variety.

Earlier this week we featured some of their city buses, other times pure stock street cars that you may or may not be familiar with.  Then there are the police cars, and special promo cars, race cars, and even the amazing ongoing set dedicated to the Japanese television program Seibu Keisatsu.

It seems one say we will be into the racers, another the street cars, and so on.  So after a package containing the amazing IDx, the BMW 3 Series, and some Seibu Keisatsu police cars, we decided to go Skyline.  We got onto the Japan Booster ebay store (one of our readers just mentioned that half the fun of visiting the Japan Booster store is just looking at the models, and we totally agree), and gobbled up a few goodies.

The package arrived yesterday, and we thought we would let you participate in the fun.  All these will be getting the full Lamley treatment in the days ahead.  For now, we can enjoy opening them up...

Before we do, we will once again throw in our endorsement for Japan Booster as the best Tomica Limited Vintage store there is, especially for collectors overseas.  The best selection of both old and new TLV, the best prices, and their FREE SHIPPING policy for items over $50 can't be beat.  As you are looking at what we pull from this box, keep in mind the shipping was totally free.  They are the best way to start a TLV collection.

Just follow the link to the Japan Booster store or hit their logo on the upper right-hand corner of the blog...

Enjoy:

Waiting for my arrival:

Once again, thoroughly packaged:

The goods:

Crazy Ken's Isuzu Bellet:

The Seibu Keisatsu RS-Machines 1 through 3, all RS2000 Skylines.  Try to see all the differences:

The gems of this package, the "early" and "late" Nissan Skyline Super Silhouettes (the front black/rear wire wheels version is amazing), as well as the Autobac Nissan Bluebird:

Finally, two that have been on my want-list for some time, the Nissan Gloria sedan and bright orange Datsun 510:

Any faves?

Cool is Cool is Cool: The Japanese City Buses of Tomica Limited Vintage...

My guess is you won't find too many buses showcased here on Lamley.  Along those same lines, you probably won't see many models here that can't fit in a standard Hot Wheels/Matchbox blister, or TLV box, or Kyosho display.  Or to make it more clear, the Lamley displays made by Carney.

But today we have some exceptions, and we are more than thrilled to show them off.

In our ongoing efforts to show you how awesome Tomica Limited Vintage is, and to show how far beyond the IDx the line goes, we have gone big.  We always tout TLV's commitment to 1:64 scale, and there is where they get serious.

We don't know much about buses, whether in Japan or just down the street.  But there is just something about these models that made us curious, so we ponied up a few dollars to get one.  Then another.  And then another.  There are now three in the Lamley collection, and we don't think we are done.

But for now, we will show them off.  We can't say much, other than Hino and Isuzu buses are city buses, and the charming Nissan Civilian is a people transporter, with a capacity of about 30.

So we will start by giving you an idea of their size.  Here are the Hino and Isuzu side-by-side:

About the same size.  Now here is the Hino next to a standard 1:64 TLV street car, in this case the Fairlady 260z, which is just slightly smaller than a standard Hot Wheels car:

Isn't that about what a full-size Z would look like stopped by a bus at a red light?  Cool, eh?  Here is another comparison, with a Datsun 510 and Toyota Publica:

Next, the Nissan Civilian:

Looks like a bus, talks like a bus, and it is a bus.  Just a smaller bus:

Once again, true to scale:

But as great as TLV's commitment to scale is, it is the detail that makes these models amazing.  So you know, each bus comes with a few accessories, mainly side mirrors that need to be installed.  We haven't opened those yet, as we are waiting to finish the display that will house these mammoths.  The Hino also comes with decals that we may or may no apply.  It already looks amazing...

So here they are, in all their glory.  We are sure we will be adding more to the collection, and we will show them off when we do.  In the meantime, head over to Japan Booster to check out their stock of buses, that we have been told will grow in the next few days...


Tomica Limited Vintage HINO RB10 TYPE BUS TOKYU BUS:

Tomica Limited Vintage ISUZU BU04 TYPE BUS (Tokyo Toei Bus):

Tomica Limited Vintage NISSAN CIVILIAN: