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Tomica Dodge walkthrough van
Topic Started: Dec 16 2015, 04:09 PM (604 Views)
Tyrolese
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What to post, when new to a forum???

Thought iīd start with a recent arrival:

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According to the collector, who has sent me this model in a trade, this was a special edition made by Tomy for an american police car fair in the early 80īs.

Does anyone know more about this fair?
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Douglas
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Welcome Tyrolese! It is good to see another familiar name from the old days of MCCH. :wave:

Congrats on a great looking model! I don't know much about the van or variation, I only remember one was listed in an old Tomica mail order list (1990's), think it was Bob Blum's list, anyway I remember it had a really high price on it then, so needless to say, I don't have one :D , Although I do have US Mail version of this casting.

On a side note, I believe the police department represented is Norfolk Virginia, USA. At least it's the only Norfolk I know of, and it comes to mind because I once lived there.
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:wave: Welcome to the Garage Tyrolese - great to see you posting here! Like Douglas I remember seeing this van listed on Bob Blum's list way back when but always out of my price range. I don't remember all the details other than it was a special issue made for the Norfolk, VA police department. I always thought it was interesting that they had Tomica do the promo model for them rather than Matchbox or Hot Wheels - other than Tomica had this nice walk through van in their lineup.
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JustDavid
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Welcome! Great first post...can't supply any info, but you're got a neat truck. Thanks for sharing.
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Tyrolese
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Good to see you guys again and thankīs all for the welcome.

Can you please refresh my memory and tell me more about Bob Blumīs list?
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Welcome aboard, Tyrolese! I recall your name, though I was a casual observer at the other site.

I do know kangaroos are not in Austria!

I don't know anything about the Police Fair, but I seem to recall there is also a Norfolk, Nebraska. I lived in Norfolk, Virginia for a time, but I don't recall ever seeing anything like this.
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Tyrolese
Dec 17 2015, 02:09 AM
Good to see you guys again and thankīs all for the welcome.

Can you please refresh my memory and tell me more about Bob Blumīs list?
Funny thing, while standing by the bookcase this morning I noticed a folder I use to (still do I guess) keep a few old Tomica lists in, looked inside and found a couple of Bob Blum's for sale booklets.....

Here's the front of one from 1998, I blocked his address and phone number because I have no idea if he still sells Tomica, or at least he might prefer to keep his home address private these days and use a PO Box.

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Below is part of a page that shows the listings of the F-53 Dodge Step Van.
I know $25 doesn't seem bad today, but 17 years ago that was a decent sum of money for me to pay for a model.
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Thankīs for showing that list.

Was he in the die cast business or just a collector selling extra models?

$ 200,00 for the blue Caddy Ambulance, wow, that one must be really rare.... :o
Edited by Tyrolese, Dec 18 2015, 06:20 PM.
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Douglas
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He was a regular dealer as far as I knew, he would usually have the new line available as well, he might have collected too though.

The prices then may have changed quite a bit over the years, some higher some lower, remember then I think ebay was still fairly new, so I wouldn't think the world diecast trade market was opened up near as much as today. I don't remember too many people I knew who even had internet back then, I only had a dial in email service myself, If I wanted to get or send email, my computer dialed a number, downloaded the emails, and then disconnected, until I wanted to check again. :D
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If I recall, Bob made trips to Japan to purchase much of his stock - he was probably the largest Tomica dealer in those days - and we all got along fun with his print out descriptions - no pictures or anything like we have today - and we would purchase from the list. I believe Bob still does sell Tomica but now has his business online. The other guy I remember selling a lot of Tomica back then was James Wieland out of Connecticut.
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I've never dealt with Bob, but I think he's still around.

CarreraRSR posted on HT that he still deals with Bob. He mentioned Bob's email as being tomysource@... There happens to be a seller on eBay that goes by the user ID of Tomysource, but I don't know if it is Bob since the store is called "SANDY'S AUTO MINIATURES".

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Dec 19 2015, 03:37 AM
I've never dealt with Bob, but I think he's still around.

CarreraRSR posted on HT that he still deals with Bob. He mentioned Bob's email as being tomysource@... There happens to be a seller on eBay that goes by the user ID of Tomysource, but I don't know if it is Bob since the store is called "SANDY'S AUTO MINIATURES".

Not sure, but see they are in the same city anyway.
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