The Lotus Europa or Lotus Europe was a two door mid-engined GT coupé built by Lotus Cars from 1966 to 1975. The Special was the enhanced Europa Twin Cam project where Lotus switched to a 126 hp (94 kW) aspirated by Dell'Orto/Weber carburettors version of the same engine; in addition to offering a new Renault 5-speed (Type 365) gearbox option. It weighed 740 kg (1631 lb), had a top speed of 123 mph (198 km/h), did 0–60 mph in 7.0 seconds (from Wiki)

0036-Lotus Europa Special



Lotus Europa Special Shown

(Credits: LE Central)

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Added on October 16, 2008, 10:27 pmMy pleasure. Noticed the card got creased somewhat during postage.. aww. sorry about that

This post has been edited by Percivale: Oct 16 2008, 10:27 PM

hmm slow night today, spam some recent haul



one of my favourite current haul, check out the details



and another older tomica which i manage to find



This post has been edited by Guyy: Oct 16 2008, 11:29 PM

This truck is nice I think there are other yellow and white variants out there..

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Added on October 16, 2008, 11:57 pmGoing to lay off regular TLs awhile and make way for another Tomica Series - Tomica Limited Vintage (TLV)

The TLVs were the creation of Tomytec (owned by TomyTakara) in 2004. The models released are mostly 1950s and 1960s classic Japanese vehicles like Nissan Cedric, Prince Gloria and Toyopet Crown and of very high details even when compared to the Tomica Limited models. The full website containing more information can be found HERE.

Here's one to kick-start the TLVs

TLV-15A Datsun 1200 Truck




This post has been edited by Percivale: Oct 16 2008, 11:57 PM

No worries SS, don't be sorry!

Oh yeah, what's the quality like for TLV? I wonder cos I've never seen one. The category has "Limited" in it so I'm assuming they have the quality and finish of the TL range, but yet their box looks like the regular box.

Nice datsun truck Guy!!

Pic spam time, this is my tomica limited evo, and the evo custom i did recently. No new tomica hauls cos this customization ate up a lotta my time.

the rims is nice!!!
mana dapat?

recent my order this week

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Added on October 17, 2008, 8:38 amClassic racer





TomyTec Datsun Pick-up



This post has been edited by raven meow: Oct 17 2008, 08:38 AM

DC_Hunter: Gentle reminder to use SPOILER TAGs when quoting others please.

i used jadatoys rims, which i then sprayed gold on. details are all on my blog.

thanks for the compliment!

wow Percivale those Tomytec stuff expensive man, i've seen some selling at RM49.90 each here, great vintage though

bro those custom chun man, gotta meet up one day to "thao si" from u

hey bro show more pics of what inside the box

where u order from?

A rather popular and populous model, launched in 1958 till 1970, the Subaru 360 sold about 500,000 units. Designed to exploit tax and insurance regulations and exempted from certification that adequate parking was available for the vehicle, it was thus made at 360cc and to fall into the Japanese "keicar" category.

In Japan the 360 was nick-named 'the ladybird' because of its shape.

0016-Subaru 360



Subaru 360 Shown

Where you get it?
Wah... The Tomica Regular with protection plastic cover...
I think local can't find..

Guyy: Not really cause you can find them at lower than 1000 Yen a piece. The normal list price from Tomytec is 1260 Yen for a common model and thus not that expensive comparatively with TLs. How about buying a couple to see for yourself their worthiness?

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Added on October 17, 2008, 10:18 amLoon: Yes was about to bring in the topic of collection display and maintenance but now that you mentioned, for me I've kept all my Tomicas in plastic covers - they come in 3 sizes. So far they are quite useful to keep out dust and protect the items.

1. Regular Box (small)
2. Regular Box (large)
3. Tomica Limited Box (largest)

This post has been edited by Percivale: Oct 17 2008, 10:21 AM

hmm cheaper? well not from here anyway, hehe..
already know bout TE site u mentioned last time, if u have any other recommended site, appreciate if u could advise by pm thks very much

you memang rich....

Box 1
Nissan Fairlady 240ZG R

Do you know there is also a NEO Series within the TLVs, which I loosely translate to mean popular cars made from 1970s and after. So "NEO" here would be post-generation or "NEW" in this sense. It was not mentioned, but I gather this model is a Legacy RS Turbo - the air scoop would be a big clue on the turbo

Neo-06A Subaru Legacy



and arggh.. someone changed away the original rims!!

Subaru Legacy RS Turbo

(Credits: Wiki)

Box 3
Red Toyota 2000GT









isn't she sexy

This post has been edited by raven meow: Oct 17 2008, 10:58 AM

Lady in Red II

Box 2

Toyota 2000GT Racing

Box 4

Toyota Hiace Racing Van













That's all for now folks