Hong Kong Recap - Tomica Premium

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.

While looking at the range of Tomica cars in department stores, toy stores and the little cube stores all over Hong Kong, I started seeing a line called Tomica Premium that carried a price premium over the regular Tomica. An internet search revealed that this line started in late 2015 and featured a range of vehicles from the Tomica series and had a touch more detail in them than the regular Tomica cars (hence the Premium banding)

As of finding these vehicles, a total of 16 had been released though I was unable to find 01 - Nismo R34 GT-R Z-tune and 10 - Lamborghini Diablo. Some I decided not to add to the collection as they were not items I collect, but I was pretty happy with the purchases I was able to make.

Hopefully I can find the two I was unable to find without resorting to paying inflated prices on eBay, and I look forward to seeing what else Tomy release in the near future.

Along with the basic Tomica, I was also able to purchase a few cars from the Dream Tomica line, which seem to feature vehicles that are either inspired by properties like Pokemon or Marvel, or vehicles from video games or television and movies.

Also joining the basic purchases were three blind box Tomica, known as Tomica Kuji 20 and follows Japan's love of blind box items (or gashapon). The them for this set is "what if all companies or organizations used sports cars for their daily activities".

A few Toys R Us exclusives were found, though after I got home I realised that I never made it back to another TRU store in order to pick up probably the best exclusive I saw, but these things happen on holiday.

Finally I found a couple of Hong Kong exclusive Tomica, the Hong Kong Red Toyota Crown Taxi and the Macau Toyota Corolla Taxi.

Phew!!