My Newest Tomica Purchase

  I recently had received a $25 Visa gift card from my Aunt and Uncle for my birthday. I decided to use it on eBay for something. Recently I have been eyeing up a few diecasts to add to my collection. I love Tomica diecast. Although you can now buy them in the USA again at Walmart, there are still some models you cannot get here. The one I purchased is a good example of that.

Boxed

  I had been eyeing up, the Tomica JSDF High Mobility Vehicle for some time ever since I bought the Tomica JSDF LAV last year. I really needed the High Mobility Vehicle to go alongside my LAV. You see I am a huge Godzilla buff. I like the vehicles the JSDF has to try and stop Godzilla. So I like to have some JSDF vehicles to have in my collection.

  As you may have guessed I did buy the Tomica JSDF High Mobility Vehicle on eBay. I paid $6.99 for it. It was the last one the seller had. This vehicle is so cool. Unlike most Tomica cars, the JSDF High Mobility Vehicle lacks any opening doors. It does have a removable rear top, that unveils the bench seats for the troops. There are 2 variants of this High Mobility Vehicle. One has the removable top and the other doesn't. The one without the top, has little soldiers sitting down in the back. I bought the one with the removable top.

Unboxed

  Anyway the JSDF High Mobility Vehicle features the usual suspension that Tomica vehicles have. For this being a military vehicle the suspension is similar to the Komatsu LAV's. The olive drab paint is a tad bit different than the Komatsu's shade of olive drab. It's a bit darker on the High Mobility Vehicle.

The LAV Next to the High Mobility Vehicle