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):
LV-N130a
LV-N130b
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
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:
These are some old pictures I've been meaning to post. Better late than never! :)
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
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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.
DeleteDiecast manufacturers sometimes share resources, so they may have worked together in the past, I have no idea. Thank you for commenting!