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| Car of the Day: August 15, 2015; Unifortune / RMZ City '13 Scion FR-S | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 15 2015, 02:03 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Unifortune / RMZ City's 2013 Scion FR-S. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 ![]() ![]() I am really impressed with the Unifortune / RMZ City diecast, but sadly, as nice as they are, I've only been able to find them for sale online. This is the caliber of model Matchbox should be producing, and people would be buying them up like crazy, but because Unifortune doesn't have the same brand recognition as the big players, they don't get much attention from collectors, nor any retail shelf space. I wonder how well Unifortune is doing with sales, and if they can stay in the game long enough to bring us more model selections. ![]()
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| Rob G. | Aug 15 2015, 08:10 AM Post #2 |
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Nice! I really need to get the proper version. I got this Junior Line one in Japan for Y364 (around $3US) at a discount type store, so yes not exactly cheap. ![]()
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| pjedsel | Aug 15 2015, 09:06 AM Post #3 |
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The Unifortune/RMZ City models are very nice looking. I don't have any in my collection but do like what I see. Here is another nice brand of diecast that isn't in stores (of course that is basically true of Matchbox and other in many ways). I miss the days when stores had full aisles of various brands of diecast. |
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| toyotageek | Aug 15 2015, 09:48 AM Post #4 |
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Nice. Another one to add to my list. I have several RMZ that were sent to me by a friend living in Germany. I've not been able to source them locally in the US. Guess I'll have to search harder now. Dean, did you find it on eBay or from an online dealer? EDIT: Oh, Dean & Rob..... what size are the ones you've shown. The RMZ I have are approx 1/64, but I know they make 1/36 that come in display tray boxes. Edited by toyotageek, Aug 15 2015, 09:54 AM.
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 15 2015, 03:42 PM Post #5 |
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These are 1/64-ish (more accurately, they are probably 1/60). COTD will always feature exclusively small-scale models. A bit of trivia: early on, there was a week of 1/43 models feature for COTD, but it was decided by members and staff that we would focus exclusively on small scale for COTD (so 3" and/or 1/76-1/55 scales). |
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 16 2015, 07:11 PM Post #6 |
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I sourced mine through a contact I met through an ebay listing. They had a variety listed for sale, and I asked about getting one of everything they had, and they responded with an offer that was very reasonable, and an option to get a lot more from their source-warehouse, where ever that was, so I got stocked up in short order, but essentially, it was an ebay thing. As you can see by comparing mine with Rob's, the casting comes with either Scion tampos or Toyota tampos. I don't yet have any of the Toyota version, but I have seen them with the same interior and tires as are on the Scions. I have four colors. Here are the other three: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| Stampede | Aug 16 2015, 09:57 PM Post #7 |
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Definitely one to look out for in the future! Unifortune has done a really good job on this model, and it's awesome that they decided to put both Toyota and Scion badging on their model (considering how the latter is only available in North America). |
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| toyotageek | Aug 16 2015, 11:32 PM Post #8 |
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Thanks Dean. These are definitely going on my "have to find list". |
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