Thank You Crumple Zone - Tomica Limited Vintage NEO LV-N151a 1998 Nissan Skyline GT-R 40th Anniversary Autech Version

Thank you United States Postal Service.  My shipment from AmiAmi containing TLVs & other goodies made couple of detours thanks to USPS, and after I finally "negotiated" the package away from my local post office(they couldn't find the package first couple of requests), what you see in the pic is how some of the contents looked inside the package.  I'm just glad the car was okay inside, you should see the Spark Rothmans Porsche 956(next up).

Controversy 2!  

Above is how the car looks in real life.  I knew nothing about the car, but "Autech" in the name suggested that this Skyline was some aftermarket tuned version, so I was interested.  Until I saw this pic online:

WTF.  And as some of you know, I have a problem with TLV's glitter-like paint job.  I mean look at the above pic of the real life car, its paint job, then the TLV version.  1/1 version has beautiful, smooth metallic paint job.  Now the paint on the 1/64 TLV car..... gross, but I digress.

Anywho, I saw this post on GTPlanet by GroupB, and it really changed my mind enough to do a u-turn on the decision to shop this car again.  I'm glad he changed my mind:

Rear detailing was little bit better than what we saw in the stock photo of the TLV's demo.  It's now easily one of my favorite TLVs.  I'm just sorry that box is all smashed.  :(

God, those rims amirite.

M2 1959 VW Double Cab Truck(USA Model)... I'd call it a camper?

Odd name, as it looks like a camper conversion, or RV to me?  Top of the box says 2,000 pieces, so there aren't that many around.  I think I saw three models with different paint jobs, and I liked this one the best.  Very unique casting.  I bet Bertrand from Sixty Four Ever would dig this.

Is it cornering?  No, it's an uneven stance.  :D

Compensated angle for the tilt.

You can always count on M2 to offer us something different! 

GreenLight Mijo Exclusive BRE Edition 2015 Nissan GT-R(R35)

I'm a tool.  Tool who's let down by the quality of GreenLight cars, also their endless milking of existing castings......  then they put "BRE" livery on a casting I'm not a fan of, and I'm there.  Again!!  lol

Not a quality piece, not like the Advan version I posted back in December.   Since it's a Mijo exclusive, you'll never see it at local retailers like Toys R Us, or Walmart.  I got mine on eBay for $14(shipped).  

A Quickie - Hot Wheels Surf 'N Turf

I've been slacking.  A huge backlog of cars to post, Hot Wheels, TLVs, GreenLight, M2, the usual suspects.  Today, a quickie for fellow collector yabiggoose on GTPlanet, who is also interested in this car.  

When I saw pic of this casting online, I knew I had to have it.  When I actually found some yesterday at Walmart, I had no idea how much awesomer this thing was in real life.  Let me share some pics:

Money.  In the bank.

GreenLight Volkswagen Summer Festival Diorama

What a funny looking GreenLight VW!

Ah, okay.  :D

I was disappointed by this Beetle.  Not by how it looks, but because of what I didn't get.  I have SO MANY GreenLight cars, but this happened to be my first VW Beetle!  I've seen their Beetles with opening hoods, so I've been looking forward to getting one.  I finally saw this diorama set I really liked, so I got it...... but this Beetle has no opening parts.  :(  Well, you can't win 'em all.  :D  Pics:

Looks like this van rear-ended somebody.  Somebody took a baseball bat to the rear glass, too.  lol