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flieger · 02-08-2004, 10:20 AM

The idea of Ertl and Tomica is the same, the mould not. The Tomica appeared about 8 years before the Ertl and the casting is little larger. Issue date of the Tomica was 1979.

I like those Japanese toys, since their character is of hybrid nature, inbetween toy and model, of course more shifted to "toy" according to today's standards.

This stuff was expensively sold in the early 80's in Europe. The model character took it's price. Success was low, and it was soon taken again out of catalogue, because there was no real market for this "hybrid-stuff".

Except the Aero Mini planes, today the other Japanese toy planes do not play a significant role, since the volume on the antique toy market is too low to raise up the interest of the collectors.

02-08-2004, 10:20 AM	#4
flieger Master Collector Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DARMSTADT Age: 40 Posts: 523	Ertl/Tomica The idea of Ertl and Tomica is the same, the mould not. The Tomica appeared about 8 years before the Ertl and the casting is little larger. Issue date of the Tomica was 1979. I like those Japanese toys, since their character is of hybrid nature, inbetween toy and model, of course more shifted to "toy" according to today's standards. This stuff was expensively sold in the early 80's in Europe. The model character took it's price. Success was low, and it was soon taken again out of catalogue, because there was no real market for this "hybrid-stuff". Except the Aero Mini planes, today the other Japanese toy planes do not play a significant role, since the volume on the antique toy market is too low to raise up the interest of the collectors.