Matchbox '76 Honda CVCC aka the Original Civic

I was in the store looking for some 9mm ammo & look what I find instead!

I remember seeing this car while growing up in Japan.  My mom's friend had one.  I thought it was the ugliest car ever.  Along with other cars I used to hate from the era, it really grew on me around the 2000's.  Old Ford Econolines, F-Series trucks comes to mind.  I adore them all these days, including this Civic.  Weird, but there it is.

Since I have lot of 1/64 scale cars, I've looked at the castings from Kyosho, Konami, but they looked little off to me.  Tomica, too expensive(there's a Tomica Limited version, too, but not the TLV).  This new $1 Matchbox though?  While I'm not a huge fan of recent Matchbox castings, I think they nailed it with the Civic.  Rear end tampo's perfect.  Front end tampo's bit in your face, but for $1, I'd call it a overachiever.  Great job.  :)

Picked up this guy, too.  5-pack featuring certain popular casting:

Here's the Civic freed from the plastic prison cell:

Money in the bank.