Hot Sixty 4th: Land of the Rising Sun-Day (Japan Metropolitan Police)

Welcome to Hot Sixty 4th in which I show off my DLM 1/64 and smaller and sometimes larger collections. On my 219th post is my ever growing Japanese police car collection with the addition of my favorite Land Cruiser casting.

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This was an unexpected find as I never knew this casting existed till I was browsing ebay and stumbled upon it.

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If you are wondering if this is a recent or an old release by Tomica under their TLV, the answer is no. It was our very own Round 2 branded  Johnny Lightning which is probably not a surprise to most of you after getting a closer look at the model itself. This is another Mijo Exclusives and is limited to 3600.

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The only flaw to this is it’s LHD instead of RHD which is the norm in Japan. Being a Mijo exclusive carries a higher price tag but is still a bargain compare to the price of TLV and even without separate headlights the detail is pretty good and even includes opening hood.