Maisto - Underappreciated and Undervalued

I've always been a fan of the 1/18 scale Maistos even though they don't get the respect that other manufacturers get.

Well that's good news for me the collector because I can get Maistos for prices way below Autoart and Kyosho prices.

Here are 2 examples of why I like Maistos

MAISTO JAGUAR




MAISTO MERCEDES BENZ

Lots of Nissan Skylines! Second Set of photos

Here is another set of Skyline photos.

Was watching also the Best Motoring Video June 2009 , it was a tuned car battle where a tuned R35 dominated a field with tuned versions of the Ferrari F430, Corvette Z06 and a Lotus Exige. It was awesome.

Since we cant get those thrills here, lets go on and ogle some more items from my current Skyline garage.

Here we have a pair of Nissan Skyline R34 's. One variant is of the wide wheel variety and comes from the 30th Anniversary Super Police Set while the other of the thin wheel or "butones" in the vernacular, is from the 30th Anniversary Cars and Case Set.






This red beauty is from the Nissan Skyline 30th Anniversary Set.





Last for now and most certainly not the least, we have 2 R34's from the regular line.

One is the street version, the #20 and the #44 is the JGTC Version. Both very well executed and very desirable. Pretty rare nowadays too.


So there you have it. It not everything but lets save those for another day.

Have a great weekend everyone!

An undervalued Tomica Limited Celica

I keep passing this model on my way into my home office but I never really stopped to give it a once over again.

I know I've ogled this model in other times but I guess a more hectic work schedule prevents me from opening up the box to appreciate it again.

This is the Tomica Limited Dandy series which is a Tomica Limited in a larger, 1:43 scale.

The model is a Toyota Celica Supra XX 2800 GT. I'm not sure is this is the last model before the Celica and Supra parted ways and became separate models but if not then its probably the second to the last.

The real model is quite collectible now and I saw 2 examples recently which were in need of TLC.

Anyway enjoy this Celica Supra, its one overlooked model in the Tomica Limited Dandy lineup that I am sure will be a sought after model in the near future.

Some old friends revisited

While doing some housekeeping on my PC's I came across some photos of models that I had before. What follows are all in 1:18 scale and are actually eligible to appear in toys I wish I kept.

However if I don't exercise restraint in my choices, most of the toys I have sold will fall under this category. After all my basis is truly " if you like it, buy it".

All photography here is by the toywizard who is also digitalfoto on answers.yahoo.com.

Lots of Nissan Skylines! First Set of photos

The Nissan Skyline is fast becoming the rock star of cars. This goes for the real ones as well as the diecast ones. While the real ones don't fly off the parking lots as fast as the diecast ones do on the store shelves, the Skylines for sale in Manila are few and always attract a lot of attention.

This post will be a long series of posts as I am actually a one BIG Skyline fan and there are loads of toys and information about the Skyline all around the Web.

Actually there are three die hard fans in my household, that's me and my two sons. We love our Skylines in Gran Turismo 5 and we would love even more, to have a real life Mines GT-R in our garage.

Alas we only have 1/64 scale Skylines at the moment but at least we have more of them on our toy shelves, than we can ever hope to have in our garage in real life.

The Revell Robotech VF-1D GUARDIAN Defender / MACROSS Series from the 80s

I came upon this kit in one of my favorite small toyshops, a real life toy shop hidden in a remote city with a LOT of old toys....

This kit is from the early 80's and is Made in Japan. Its described as a Macross Tatsunoko Production.

I am very intrigued by this model particularly since I was not from the Macross era. I was more from the Gigantor era heh heh. Right now the model is sealed, probably its original 80s shrinkwrap bit if this is not sold soon, my curiosity will get the best of me and I will really have to take a peek inside the box.

This Revell Robotech VF-1D is posted on Ebay.ph. Someone buy it quick before I open it!



As always here are a few links to information about the Robotech series:

Here we have a Wikipedia article about the Robotech Defenders

Here is another enthusiast page about the Defenders

And this all originated from the Robotech comics so here is trusty Wikipedia with the Robotech Comics article

Bittersweet goodbyes

Had to say a bittersweet farewell to these beauties .... These limited edition Filipina Barbies have been in my store in 1997 / 1998 but obligations came up so they went up on the auction block and before I knew what was happening, I sold them all to one very happy collector.

But thats how it goes when one has a hobby such as mine. It thrives on the appearance and value of certain objects and real life dictates that we must give up some for higher objectives and needs.

Anyway I was happy to be able to put them in a good home.

Will try to post more detailed information later.

In the meantime enjoy.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you some members of

The Filipina Barbie Santacruzan Collection from 1997

and

The Filipina Barbie Flores de Mayo Collection from 1998