Car Lamley Group: Skyline

Happy to have these.

The Walmart Zamacs are a little more exclusive than maybe we think. Of course they are only exclusive to Walmart. But even then, many Walmarts get the batch that is supposed to contain the Zamacs, but they aren't there. We have already seen many people reporting N case Walmart finds, but with no Zamacs at all.

That has happened to us before. The final batch of last year's Zamacs never hit stores around here, and only one store got the batch containing the AE86 Corolla and Special Edition Camaro. We aren't complaining, because it is nice when the Zamacs are a little hard to get.

But it does make us nervous when we are anticipating a Zamac batch as much as Batch N. Of course that is no secret. There is a Skyline, and that is all that has to be said. But the Chevelle is a casting I am VERY fond of, and the Mustang is also a real looker.

Well, we are good, as I found the batch today, and all three Zamacs were there, along with a handful of green Kenmeri's. All is well here, and we hope all of you out there who hope to find them are successful as well.

Not much else to say about these, other than posting the pics. We love the Zamacs, and hope they return to Walmart in 2015. There is an enormous list of models we would love to see get the Zamac treatment, just like the Hako, a casting that gets to really show off its details in unpainted form.

Hot Wheels Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X, '70 Chevy Chevelle, and '67 Custom Mustang (2014 Walmart Zamac Exclusives):

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: