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| Car of the Day: March 22, 2016; Wang Sing '91 Toyota Previa | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Mar 22 2016, 10:48 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Wang Sing's (aka: Win Star) 1991 Toyota Previa / Estima. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Toyota Previa ![]() ![]() Wang Sing, from China, marketed their toys under the name Win Star in English speaking markets. Most of the brand's toy car offerings were copies of Tomica castings. This Toyota is a copy of the Tomica Estima casting, with a few tweaks, including the addition of a sliding door on the right side. By doing so, they made this model inaccurate, as the Previa / Estima only had one sliding door; on the left side for right hand drive markets, and on the right side for left hand drive markets. Even the roof box is a copy of a Tomica design, but it doesn't sit low enough on the Wang Sing version. ![]()
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| toyotageek | Mar 22 2016, 10:59 AM Post #2 |
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Japanese Minicar Maniac
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Neat. Another oddity to add to my want list. |
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| pjedsel | Mar 22 2016, 06:24 PM Post #3 |
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Not a bad little mini van from Wang Sing/Win Star - not to many toy vans come with the roof top goodies these days so nice touch even if it does sit a bit high. You can definitely see the Tomica heritage in this one! |
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| ivantt | Mar 24 2016, 04:13 PM Post #4 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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I need to pay more attention to dollar store cars. Dean got me started by showing good ones and identifying their makers. Now I look through all the playsets just to find maybe one worthwhile item worth the purchase. |
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| zzziippyyy | Mar 26 2016, 12:22 AM Post #5 |
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Drive it like you stole it!
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The red paint on this one makes it look like it was cast in plastic, and the rear straight on shot of the roof box is hilarious, it looks like a cloud floating over the model. Interesting model nonetheless |
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