Tomica Time has returned for this Land of the Rising Sun-day. Today we take a look at Tomica F53-1, the Porsche 928. This casting entered the range in July 1978, remaining until December 1980, and is a pleasing piece:
We all know the 928, the futuristic grand touring Porsche introduced for the 1978 model year. An icon of the 80s, I have always been fond of this design, and still recall the first one I saw, as a grade schooler. These cars were a big deal back in the day, and I think most diecast makers had their own version. The Tomica version contains the fine line casting detail we enjoy from vintage Tomica, the hood tampo being a design I have seen on mid 70s 911s, but never on a 928 - however, it still has a cool look. Proportion may be a little off, I think it looks just fractionally short (in height), but cars with so many rounded shapes are very hard to model with total accuracy, and no small scale 928 was perfect. This casting has the crisp glazing, springy suspension, and snappy door action we admire in old Tomica. Scale is claimed to be 1:63, likely accurate, and roughly the standard of small scale. From all angles, one can imagine this anywhere from a period Autobahn zooming along with Kraftwerk on the stereo, to a period 55 mph US highway as part of a Cannonball Run race, to being Wyatt's car in Weird Science:
Doors open to reveal a detailed interior and accurate steering wheel:
Front and rear have quality detail matching the rest of the casting, with the front view showing off the tampo, and the rear showing off a "nice" license plate:
The base is metal, which adds heft and contains ample technical and identifying detail:
This model is fortunate to live its nice original box:
I'm more than happy to have this model in my collection, as I admire the 1:1 car, and I have a couple variants of this casting. These is another model that was sold as a Pocket Cars, and is not hard to find nor expensive if one wants their own example:
Image of a similar 1:1 from worldwideauctioneers.com:
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