Tomica Limited Vintage NEO LV-N48c Honda Civic SiR-II

I finally got it.  I believe I have the last Civic.  Yellow.

 If I missed one, you need to tell me.

Some of the Civics in this photo can be found in these posts.

Gulliver64 Tokyo Musen(Radio)/ガリバー64 東京無線 Crown Comfort Taxi Cab ガリバー64

I believe this is my fourth Toyota Crown "Comfort" taxi by Gulliver64(link to 3 others).  Having grown up in Japan, it's safe to say that I have a soft spot for Japanese taxis.  In the U.S., cabs have some unflattering stigmas associated with them.  In Japan, I remember them being clean, and automatic door that welcome you in.  Very cool.

Anywho, while I already have three of these things, I also wanted this green/yellow finish one belonging to Tokyo Musen(radio).  I grew up seeing these colorful cabs around.  Love them.

Amiami was no longer able to get them, but I was able to score this one late, thanks to a tip by fellow collector Andy.  I think it came to $20, shipped(eBay)/

Superb detail as usual.  Very nice.  :)

Hot Wheels Stars & Stripes Custom '77 Dodge Van

I got this on eBay few weeks ago.  Absolutely unplanned, but the timing of this post couldn't have been any better: Memorial Day Weekend.

I was hoping to find this locally, but no avail.  I am partial to this casting, so I had to get one online.  $5 & change, shipped.  Not bad.

M2 Machines Tom Kelly 1956 Ford F-100 Truck

Really cool paint job(hard to tell from the crap pics, sorry).  I couldn't turn this one down.

Bugzees64 2014 Super GT GT500 No.12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R

Not familiar with this company at all, but impression I got from my first Bugzees64: Kyosho on steroids.  Jesus.

As I took the car off its very pretty base, I started to notice that it's not as super precision detailed as TLVs(Tomica Limited Vintage).  Which is fine, as not every company out there could hire magical dwarf assemblers to achieve their level of micro detailing.  Little imperfections here & there with the paint job, parts assembly, etc., reminded me little bit of companies like GreenLight, but not necessarily in a bad way.  After all, it's 1/64 scale & it looks perfect unless you got your eyeballs close to kissing the darn thing.  :D

Just one eye-sore.  I don't know much about modelling, but it looks like a waterslide decal?  I paid $38 & change(included shipping) for it & for that kinda price, I wish this one detail was executed more cleanly.  Two outlines running across the roof in front & the back of the Bridgestone "B" logo's very visible.  :(

I'd buy it again.  Sweet car if you can justify spending nearly $40 on a 1/64 scale diecast.  lol

Bonus:  To put it in perspective:

Srsly.

GreenLight 1/18 Brian's 1974 Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1

So was the car in the movie 1970 RS1600, or 1974 RS2000?  I don't really care, I'm ignorant on the subject.  lol

I've been a fan of the Fast & the Furious since the first one.  When the first one came out, I was a fan of the ricer trend, saw the film as soon as it came out.  Lot of us been fans of the cast from the first Fast & Furious since.  For me, especially of Paul Walker.  Later on, it was discovered that this down-to-earth actor was a gearhead, also a fan of Skylines.  Sounded like someone we could relate to.

By 2013, I saw most new films on either Blu-ray or Netflix.  I didn't start paying attention to Fast &Furious 6, or this poster until right around the time he passed away.  I don't think the Blu-ray was even out yet.  

This movie poster is one of my favorites, all-time(I actually bought one).  I'm a fan of cars like the old Alfa Romeo Giulia, Datsun 510/Bluebird, BMW 2002, etc.  Mark I Escort in the poster reminded me of those cars.  After Paul Walker died, I looked at the poster closely & while I loved it, I also thought it was kinda odd...

It could be my Beatles influence(google Sgt. Peppers album cover conspiracy sometime lol), but I see Paul Walker turned around & looking back.  "All roads lead to this", when I saw that, I was thinking "We all die in the end".  Also the mentions of the Memorial Day at the bottom corner.

Don't worry, I'm not crazy.  It's just something I observed & thought it was lot of coincidences.  

So after the longest-winded intro ever, here is the very underwhelming 1/18 scale F&F 6  Ford Escort from GreenLight.

I think I got this for $55 + shipping.  I have one other GreenLight in 1/18 scale, and while the theme is kinda exciting, it was the most unimpressive 1/18 diecast ever.  This Fast & the Furious Mk1 Escort was no different.  It looks well detailed as lot of 1/43 scale cars I've seen, if not worse.  I think GreenLight is asking about $20 too much for the level of quality.  $30, I'd recommend it.  $40 MSRP.....  I still may.  At least nothing was broken or missing on this one, so I will get them that.  

It's on display at my work with AUTOart Ford GT.

I thought little wheelie would be fitting for this little guy.  :D