Thursday, April 14, 2016

CM's Lancia Delta HF Integrale: Post brought on by..... Tomytec??? LV-N130a + LV-N130b


tlv lancia delta integrale

It all started on a lazy Thursday morning, on my day off.  While sleeping in, browsing the hot wheels thread on GTPlanet still in bed, I noticed a heads up by one of the TLV collectors on there.  He posted a pic showing these two cars displayed by Tomytec(TLV):

tomica limited vintage neo lancia hf delta integrale
LV-N130a

tomica limited vintage neo lancia hf delta integrale
LV-N130b

lv-n130a lv-n130b tomica limited vintage neo lancia delta integrale 16v

lv-n130a tlv lancia delta integrale


Scheduled release is in September('16) according to Tomytec product page.
I'm sure lot of collectors went " 'Bout time!  Chyah!".  Not this one.  I was like *smh*.  Let me explain:

I LOVE TLV.  I LOVE Lancia Delta Integrale.  However, how I saw this was a wasted effort, because this already exist:

CM's Lancia Delta HF Integrale


tomica limited vintage neo lancia hf delta integrale

cm's   lancia hf delta integrale

tlv lancia hf delta integrale

cm's lancia hf delta integrale

cm's lancia hf delta integrale

hot wheels lancia delta

While these are no longer sold(CM's brand is long gone), they are not hard to find on eBay.  If you encounter shortage, just stay patient & they'll pop up again for $20 or so.  The new TLV version will more than likely cost just as much.  

CM's did such an outstanding job with this casting, I honestly don't see TLV surpassing this by much, if any.  I just wish that TLV spent the time & energy producing castings based on something truly rare, or may not exist yet.  That's just me.  Anywho, here's the rally version of the same CM's casting:

tomica limited vintage neo lancia hf delta integrale

cm's lancia hf delta integrale

cm's lancia hf delta integrale

cm's lancia  delta

These are some old pictures I've been meaning to post.  Better late than never!  :)

cm's lancia   delta integrale stratos nissan violet


2 comments:

  1. You're a completely right. I have several CMs, and I would like to see Tomica casting somthing like an Ford Escort RS1800 or a Opel Ascona 400 instead of the Delta. By the way was the CMs brand a branch o
    HPI?

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    1. As far as I'm aware, CM's were on their own. I've read that after their President(founder?) passed away, his wife kept it going, but they were in too much debt & had gone bankrupt.

      Diecast manufacturers sometimes share resources, so they may have worked together in the past, I have no idea. Thank you for commenting!

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