Isuzu Bonnet Bus, Tomica nº 6

This is one of the first Tomica models produced in Japan in the 1970´s, diecast vehicle with plastic parts and unpainted metal base. Red interior., 1/110 scale.

Tomica (???, Tomika) is the line of die-cast toy vehicles produced since 1970 by Takara Tomy Co. of Japan (formerly known as Tomiyama and Tomy Kogyo Incorporated) (Rixon 2005, 99). Ostensibly, Tomica diecast were an outgrowth of Tomica World, an autonomous toy line of motorized train accessories that Tomy had created based on Plarail and produced since 1959 (About Tomica 2013). Similar in concept, Tomica can be thought of as the Matchbox of Japan - but focuses mainly on Japanese brands.