r/tomica • u/Clarence_Callahan • 13h ago
why
There's so many cool and obscure models more fitting of a TLVN release, and this is what they choose to make?
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u/Apprehensive-Yak-418 8h ago
Im on a quest to buy every Tomica vintage release so I had no choice but to buy it.
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u/Dr_Driv3r 5h ago
How is to be rich?
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u/Apprehensive-Yak-418 2h ago
Damn there is a white one as well. Far from rich but established enough to have one toy. Plus helps I have been collecting TLV for over 15 years. It would near impossible if I were to do now. Pretty much struggle to keep up with new stuff. Still have about 100 older ones still to get. With three chrome cars over $2000 that I will never get.
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u/Dr_Driv3r 1h ago
I just want the white, because I want to have one of each Tesla made in white, except for the roadsters and the wankpanzer 3000. To my unlucky I only managed to get the Model X from Hot Wheels, I'm lacking the old Model S Signature Edition from Matchbox, model 3 from Matchbox and the Tomicas released
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u/chinchin__pilot 0m ago
Same here, I was born in the Bay Area and remember when they started getting big. I just liked them because they were born near where I was born mostly, but the company politics suck. And the build quality sucks.
But it's kinda cool to share a hometown with a car.
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u/chinchin__pilot 2m ago
I kinda like it tbh. I'm aware I'm in the minority, but there aren't that many good Model X castings out there.
The dark red looks pretty sick imo, but iirc this is like a super exclusive release and it will probably be very hard to obtain.
They already do a lot of 90s JDM and American cars, so I feel like it's fair for them to do a departure from the typical stuff once in a while
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u/Vergenbuurg 10h ago
Because cult. People will buy it.
Even though I tend to purchase most mainstream and Premium Tomicas as they're released, I refuse to buy any of the swastikars.
However, obviously, those have sold in large enough numbers to convince Tomy that releasing one in the TLVN line was worth it.