Hong Kong Recap - Tomica Limited

Over the next week (or two) there will be a series of blog entries regarding my finds (or lack of finds) from my recent trip to Hong Kong.

Browsing through many of the independent toy stores that play an important part of the Hong Kong collecting world, I started spotting Tomica cars I have never heard about before - Tomica Limited. Again searching online I found that these series started in 2001 and ended in 2013 after producing 156 numbered models, along with many other collector sets.

In order to keep my purchasing in check, I decided to focus on just getting a couple of example models from a sub section of the line - Japan Autobacs, featuring various race cars from the 2004. This self imposed rule was then later expanded when I saw a few more race cars from the same line, including a model I had been after for a while, but did not want to pay eBay prices for - although I think is still my most expensive die cast purchase.

Hopefully as finances allow, I can at least complete the Autobacs sub section of this limited line, eventually expanding the collecting goal to all the "race" cars in the assortment and then a complete assortment.