3/18/2010

Japanese car queen

This is not a Japanese “race queen” but Japan’s car queen of Lilliput poses with a platinum Tomica “Nissan Fairlady Z432″ (Z432 was a Japan-only model sharing the same drivetrain of the C10 Skyline GT-R). This is a replica of the first edition die-cast created by Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry for the Takara Tomy Company of Japan to celebrate their 40th anniversary of Tomica toys.

At an estimated price of $80,000 USD, the toy Z432 car is a bargain since it is, “Still Cheaper Than The Real Thing” ; that is, the Nissan Fairlady Z432 is extremely rare would cost more than the toy according to the japanesenostalgiccar.com blog.

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1. Taro Says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 9:34 am

   The most interesting comment came from Kev on the japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog

   Kev Says:
   March 12th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
   Re all the comments about door gaps and general fit, check out what a Tomica 240Z looks like:

   http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m255/MX5_Dorifto/3301250971_20c2a1f5df.jpg

   I’d reckon that the platinum car isn’t meant to be a scale model of a real z432, it’s meant to be a replica in platinum of the Tomica toy. So if the toy had some flaws in scale, then the platinum one would have them too

   

2. Taro Says:
   March 19th, 2010 at 10:09 am

   Kev wrote in the japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog:
   “…the platinum car isn’t meant to be a scale model of a real z432…”

   Thanks for pointing that out Kev.
   I was thinking that the model was really screwed up since the front bumper and wheels are quite different than the US version. Even though I have done a frame-up restoration on 1971 240Z (US version), I never knew about the Fairlady Z432. I did my 240X restoration in 1983, the pre-Internet era.

3. catoneinutica Says:
   March 23rd, 2010 at 12:27 pm

   A lot of mileage on that model – the woman, that is.

4. JacquilineZonaLibre Says:
   April 7th, 2010 at 4:27 am

   Hi. Great job; if I wasn’t so busy with my school work I’d read your whole site. Thanksalot.

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