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Found a holy grail..
Topic Started: May 24 2015, 08:09 AM (1,745 Views)
iLLest
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I'm not sure if this became a holy grail because it was so hard to find at a good price, or just because its hard to find period, but either way I finally got one. Now I need the box ha!

Tomica Pocket Cars #19 YELLOW Pepsi Honda TN 3 mint 1974
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Here is the common version in white.
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jurcpa
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nice oldy and in top style,perfect and beauty !!!!!! congratulation
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Emptywallet
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Sweet score!!!
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Hobie-wan
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Always nice to find something you've been after for a while. :)
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carcollector
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Nice add :thumbup:
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toyotageek
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Congratulations! :1:
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Atencio
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I bet that quenched your thirst
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78Gremlin_GT
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sweet!
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cody6268
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When it comes to beverage trucks, I normally only collect Coke trucks, but that's definitely one good looking Pepsi Truck!

Is this a mini truck or something, as with 3" scale, that means 1/55 would mean it isn't much bigger than a Jeep.


It's always great to finally cross off a holy grail. It seems there are many Tomicas that don't even show up that often, even in the wild!
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pjedsel
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:thumbup: That is a great addition to your collection. At one time I had the white version in my collection but never the yellow one - it looks sharp in yellow.
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juantoo3
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Awesome score, congratulations!
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cody6268
May 24 2015, 06:34 PM
Is this a mini truck or something, as with 3" scale, that means 1/55 would mean it isn't much bigger than a Jeep.
Yes, the real thing is indeed a tiny little trucklet.
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W_Body_Geek
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COOL!

Do they do a modern variant of it as well?
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JustDavid
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What a great feeling to add a grail...congrats!
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microbuss
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oh I wants BOTH hehe
the yellow one looks like a older Pepsi logo too
like one from the 1960s actually
very cool find Congrats
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bigcollector07
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Wow! really really nice samples there. Congratulations...
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Douglas
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Not seen that before, it's a beauty, Congrats on finding it. :thumbup:

I think a lot of the old, maybe new too, Japanese vehicles are tiny little things in real life, I remember noticing the scale on Tomicas "First Datsun" model, I believe 1/49, and realized how tiny the real car would be next to my F150. :D
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cody6268
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In Japan, and a lot of other countries, they tax based on engine size, that's why kei cars, as they're called in Japan are so popular. I've seen many that are essentially golf cars they are so small. I remember seeing a Subaru 360 van on TV a couple weeks ago that fit in the bed of a pickup!
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Congrats on that amazing looking truck :thumbup:
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cody6268
May 26 2015, 05:48 PM
In Japan, and a lot of other countries, they tax based on engine size, that's why kei cars, as they're called in Japan are so popular. I've seen many that are essentially golf cars they are so small. I remember seeing a Subaru 360 van on TV a couple weeks ago that fit in the bed of a pickup!
yeah I seen a old ad on that & it got a reported 45mpg!!
That is Subaru's 1st car too
Some are still floating around in USA
Would like to find one :thumbup:
or the van version
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Here I go hijacking a thread again, but this is sort of on topic (small Tomica castings of very small Japanese cars....)

Here are comparison photos of the LV-68 Subaru Sambar fire engine (1/64 according to its base) and LV-N36 Hino KB324 Chemical fire engine (1/64....which I trust as accurate) side-by-side. Even though I trust both scales as accurate thanks to Tomy's attention to detail, that Sambar sure looks like those big firemen would have a difficult time squeezing into the Sambar.....there must be a shift of smaller firefighters scheduled just to drive the Sambars..... :lol:

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Anyway, congrats on finding your "grail"....and it's great seeing this discussion of how small these cars and trucks are in 'real life'.
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I found a Picture online of a TN3 next to some motorcycles. This should give you an idea on how small these little trucks are.

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This might even give a better idea of size.... look at the guy sitting in it:

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photo from here - http://babyfeits.weebly.com/blog/honda-tn-iii-73-alias-si-unyil
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clem24
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That car is literally a tin can LOL. Love it.
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Glorious size example picture. :D
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