Takara Tomy Tomica (トミカ)

KNDYNT2099

A thread for those who collect Takara Tomy's Tomica (Diecast Metal cars/planes + Tomica Town structures). Show your collections or your latest purchases or talk Tomica!

Tomica Redline - Normal releases, regular line
Tomica Premium - Premium releases - Rubber tires, may have opening doors or trunk, looks much better than the normal release
Tomica Premium Unlimited - Premium releases based on a TV series or film
Dream Tomica - Based on an concept or special release based on an animated film or special character (including overseas characters)
Disney Tomica/Disney Motors - Disney related
Cars Tomica - Based on the "Cars" animated films
Takara Tomy Mall - Takara Tomy's online shop
Tomica Shop - Only sold at Tomica Shop stores
Store Original Tomica - Tomica sold only at stores such as Aeon, Kiddyland
Tomica Job Labor - Transforming cars to mecha robots

I'll kick things off...

Tomica 122 - Mitsubishi Fuso Super Great Shinkansen Series H5 Hayabusa Transporter

Tomica Premium 11 - Nissan Skyline GT-R V-SPEC II Nur

Dream Tomica - Kiki's Delivery Service Jiji

Tomica Premium Unlimited 12 - Initial D RX-7 Takahashi Keisuke

Thomas & Friends Ironna Norimono Set

Tomica Town Foldable Sets

Around 2021, Takara Tomy has went the route of foldable sets. Definitely a way to make things easier on the parents and to get their kids to clean their mess, as the sets now fold up easily.

7-Eleven

Cafe Restaurant Gusto Set

Mister Donut

Tomica Town Bus Stop

ENEOS Gasoline Stand

Tomica Town Police Box

Times Parking

Kaitenzushi Sushiro

Pizza-La

ENEOS Enejet

Airplane Sets

787 Airport Set (JAL)

787 Airport Set (ANA)

chrisjo

Let's not forget B/O Tomica and Motor Tomica!

Wait, there's already a thread for them.......

https://www.blueplastictracks.org/thread-3496.html

But it only deals with the vehicles themselves, not the sets that (some of them) came in.

Super

Although I am not a serious collector of the Tomica vehicles exclusively...I do have quite a few along with other brands of 1/64 Diecast vehicles. I do admit that the Tomicas are my favorite brand. There is only one particular Tomica item that has eluded me over the years... that being the R/C Tomica No. 3 Land Crusier Prado

Here are some of mine displayed...

KNDYNT2099

Super, that is an awesome collection! And you have Tomica buses and Isuzu Elf's! Those are awesome!!!!

Super

Thanks KNDY ðŸ˜ƒ

KNDYNT2099

トミカプレミアムｕｎｌｉｍｉｔｅｄ 11 ルパン三世メルセデスベンツ SSK / Tomica premium unlimited 11 Lupin III Mercedes-Benz SSK

おさかないっぱい！魚市場セット / Full of fish! fish market set

スポーツカーヒストリーコレクション / Tomica Sports Car History Collection

Tomica Ferrari Collection

トミカ緊急車両セット5 / Tomica Emergency Vehicle Set 5

トミカたべものの通販 / Tomica Food Shop Set

トミカギフト消防車両コレクション2 / Tomica Gift Fire Engine Collection 2

事件を解決！警察車両コレクション / Solve the case! police vehicle collection

緊急追跡！覆面パトロールカーコレクション / Urgent pursuit! Undercover patrol car collection

TOYOTA86/GR86 10th アニバーサリーコレクション/TOYOTA86/GR86 10th Anniversary Collection

Tomica Lamborghini Special Set

トミカ出動せよ!緊急車両セット / Tomica! Mobilize! Emergency Vehicle Set

ようこそ！トミカ牧場トラックセット / welcome! Tomica Farm Truck Set

トミカ街を守るぞ!消防車両セット / Tomica Protect the city! Fire engine set

トミカで行こう！オートキャンプセット / Let's go with Tomica! auto camp set

トミカワールドトミカとあそぼう！キャリアカーセット / Play with Tomica! Carrier Car Set

トミカワールドトミカポリス出動!ポリスキャリアカーセット / Tomica World Tomica Police Dispatch! Police Carrier Car Set

Super

I really like that Camping set. Love that black van/camper. Not seen anything like that before. Is it included in the set and if so...may I ask what exactly they call the set?

KNDYNT2099

For that camping set is Y1709 which comes out to about $11.72 USD

Takara Tomy Tomica Gift Let's Go With Tomica! Auto Camping Set

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Takara-Tomy-Tomica-Gift-Camping/dp/B0B2CT36HW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26UX2CURBUZKJ&keywords=tomica%2Bcamping&qid=1692717434&sprefix=tomica%2Bcamping%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1&th=1

Super

Thanks KNDY, order placed, I just had to have one ðŸ˜

KNDYNT2099

No problem. The yen went up to 146 today (which is a bad thing for those living in Japan), so that's even more of a discount for those living outside of Japan.

KNDYNT2099

遊びに行こう！トミカ動物園セット / Let's go play! tomica zoo set

This is an example of never buy Tomica at retail price or even pre-order. Usually items on pre-order, you get a better discount but for Tomica, this is hardly the case. They are sold at retail and then Amazon drops the price right after. In this case, it was Y2600 to Y2200 and then Y1616 currently. So, best to wait for the Amazon price drop.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B0C6DN2B1P/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A perfect example is the Tomica 121 Scrum, one of the best vehicles on the long line to purchase. If people were patient enough, they would not spend over Y1000 but many were selling it for Y1600 and now, it dropped to Y696.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Takara-Tomica-No-121-Ichihara-Department/dp/B0BKKGYCC7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=USRTK70NTPJY&keywords=scrum+tomica&qid=1692973884&sprefix=scrum+tomic%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-1

And of course, the super popular Isuzu Elf's. They sell out quickly, but best to be patient as they do get refillment of stock often on Amazon JP. Best to remain patient as no one should pay too much on regular or premium Tomica's unless they are discontinued. Tomica Vintage or the Neo ones are expensive regardless.

Super

For me...whenever I pre-order from Amazon...they guarantee the price to be the lowest and even though it was higher when I pre-ordered they automatically refund me the difference for the cheapest price when the item is released.

Super

Arrived today very fast delivery....Thanks KNDY ðŸ˜ƒ

KNDYNT2099

Cool! Glad you got the camping set. I really like it. LEGO also has a cool one as well.

Super

Very nice set with only one disappointment...The cargo for the roof rack on the Van just sits on top. I thought it would somehow snap on so it wouldn't fall off and possibly get lost but other than that I like it ðŸ‘

KNDYNT2099

Probably the coolest Tomica releases of 2023 are the Famous Car Collection sets (the first six are the first cars released by the Japanese automobile companies). They'll be highly collectible considering it's sold at nearly Y2000 (except the first issue).

But the initial 6 are out and now it'll go up to 60 (released bi-weekly).

They are not sold with the standard toy store distribution but more as a magazine distribution as they come with a mni-magazine (10-12 pages):

Tomica Famous Car Collection 1 - Nissan Fairlady Z 432

トミカ歴代名車コレクション 2号 (スバル 360) [分冊百科] (トミカ付)/Tomica Famous Car Collection No.2 (Subaru 360)

Tomica Famous Car Collection #3 (Toyota 2000GT) and #4 (Daihatsu Midget)

Tomica Famous Car Collection 05 - Isuzu Bonnet Bus

トミカ歴代名車コレクション/Tomica Famous Car Collection 06 - Mazda Cosmo Sport

What the magazines look like and you can place them on a Tomica binder (sold separately). The binder can hold up to 20 of these mini magazines.

No. 7 was the Bluebird SSS Coupe (released on August 22nd), the 8th is the Mitsubishi LAncer Evolution IV (which will be released on Sept. 5th).

KNDYNT2099

Picked up a few more Tomica...

Super

Nice pick ups KNDY. I like that Nissan Dealer.

KNDYNT2099

Omotyanneru has posted a video on the Enoshina Electric Railway 300 (Tomica red box no. 150) which comes out this month. Rather tempting....I love the Enoshima trains! May get it as Tomica rarely releases die-cast metal trains.

NOTE: This one comes out on Sept. 21st. Currently at Y786 on Amazon Japan.

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/2TyVx3zTrsM[/video]

MrKirby48

In this year I planned to start my collection with the TOMICA Lightning McQueen World Grand Prix, I purchased it on Aliexpress but they cancelled my order as they run out of them! Quite sad.