Sunday, August 23, 2015

Amazon? Tomica Limited Vintage Seibu Keisatsu Set Vol. 13 - Machine Gun Rhapsody: Nissan Cedric Unmarked Patrol Car(Type 230 + 330)


tomicarama police

Term "patrol car" is Japangrish for police car.  Japanese police don't necessarily task unmarked vehicles with the patrol duty, obviously.  Most police vehicles are commonly referred to as "patocar" in Japan.  Short for patrol car.

Tomica Limited Vintage Seibu Keisatsu Set Vol. 13 - Machine Gun Rhapsody: Nissan Cedric Unmarked Patrol Car(Type 230 + 330)

I bet most of you don't check Amazon for TLVs?  I've seen quite a few TLVs on Amazon in the U.S. & Japan.  Although I can't get the Japanese Amazon to ship their SWEET TLVs to the U.S., I have purchased quite a few from Amazon.com from here in the States(still shipped from Japan).  On Amazon, prices fluctuate & while I've come close to purchasing this one from AmiAmi for something like $29-ish w/shipping, I got this for get this:  $11.82, shipped.  As I write this, they are listing their TLV Keioh buses in the range of $66, shipped.  I paid a hundred for that!

Tomica Limited Vintage Seibu Keisatsu Set Vol. 13 - Machine Gun Rhapsody: Nissan Cedric Unmarked Patrol Car(Type 230 + 330)

I really thought that I was getting cars with chipped paint, or damaged packaging, but no, the set arrived in perfect condition.  More power to me.   

Tomica Limited Vintage Seibu Keisatsu Set Vol. 13 - Machine Gun Rhapsody: Nissan Cedric Unmarked Patrol Car(Type 230 + 330)

Tomica Limited Vintage Seibu Keisatsu Set Vol. 13 - Machine Gun Rhapsody: Nissan Cedric Unmarked Patrol Car(Type 230 + 330)

Tomica Limited Vintage Seibu Keisatsu Set Vol. 13 - Machine Gun Rhapsody: Nissan Cedric Unmarked Patrol Car(Type 230 + 330)

tomica limited vintage nissan cedric 230 seibu unmarked police patrol

tomica limited vintage nissan cedric 230 seibu unmarked police patrol

tomica limited vintage nissan cedric 330 seibu unmarked police patrol

tomica limited vintage nissan cedric 330 seibu unmarked police patrol

Well worth the full price.  Beautiful set.

Edit:  I NEVER read the liners, insert or articles included with these Tomicas.  Maybe I should start.

Inside the front cover of the box, it is explained that both cars have identical license plates.  The chase starts with the newer 330 model Cedric, but by the time it came for the car to get shot at & break down, 330 had been replaced with the older 230 with steel rims.  lol  

This prompted me to do a little research & I actually ended up on the TomyTec TLV product page(in Japanese), and according to the page, it says that this kind of vehicle swapping was common practice in cop shows......  duh.  But the surprise here is how TLV decided to include both vehicles; before & after in one set.  What a fun loving crew we got here.  I approve.  :)








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