[REVIEW] Tomica Ferrari BB 512

I know some people here like Ferraris, and some like Tomica, so this car should find a few friends. I also see it is supercar Sunday, and this series of cars was pretty super. Here we have Tomica F57, a 1:62 scale Ferrari BB 512, introduced to the range in 1979:

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This is a lovely little model, loaded with the detail, suspension, and smooth rolling goodness we associate with Tomica:

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It even seems smaller than the claimed scale, but I guess the real car isn't a land yacht:

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It has a nice interior too, but definitely the cool feature of this casting is the opening rear, which shows off an engine:

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Some details underneath, too:

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A little beauty that I am happy to have in my collection.