I was pumped to pick this pack up the other day because so far it’s proven hard to find. I don’t want to crack it until I find another one because I think it’s gonna be a classic. Thanks for sharing and for the details on the Japanese words. You do more research than Lamley lol 😂
Thanks, I really appreciate that 🙏 I'm hoping to pick up another one of these Japan Cruisers sets in autumn... Normally they're on sale then for 5 Euros ... 😃
I can confirm, on the Skyline that's the kanji for Nissan (日産). You will very rarely see kanji or other Japanese script for Japanese car manufacturers as since WWII and the transition to being an export economy it is seen as very strange to not make car badges in roman script. As for the Honda I love that era of euro-model Civic but the color, eugh. Hope they put it out in a more normal colour. The Subaru is a nice model but not really representative of Japanese police cars, they do have this general black and white livery but the black is always solid, no white panels in the lower half at all, and numbering is found on the roof. You're right that the kanji says 'keishichou' which means 'metropolitan police' (i.e. Tokyo) but the roman script 'police' should be bigger and in white on the black part . If you want a Japanese police car that actually looks like what you might see in Japan, look for Tomica, they are usually realistic. The Mazda 3 is a great looking car if you ignore the 'basking shark' grille, the white is boring but realistic as it is by far the most common colour of car in Japan. I'd estimate more than half of all cars are white there. Where I used to live there was a Mazda 3 that lived nearby, it was this amazing metallic red. Mazda have some of the nicest paint among mainstream car manufacturers. The Toyota is pretty good although its a shame Matchbox only want to do front+back OR sides, the lack of definition on the front really hurts this model, and come on , white wheels look good on almost everything.
The blue 71 Nissan i like the colors. Not a fan of the tampons. The pink is one of the highlights of set. The Mazda is not best of the set. The 4runner is a great casting. I remember growing up seeing them alot.
I was pumped to pick this pack up the other day because so far it’s proven hard to find. I don’t want to crack it until I find another one because I think it’s gonna be a classic. Thanks for sharing and for the details on the Japanese words. You do more research than Lamley lol 😂
Thanks, I really appreciate that 🙏 I'm hoping to pick up another one of these Japan Cruisers sets in autumn... Normally they're on sale then for 5 Euros ... 😃
I can confirm, on the Skyline that's the kanji for Nissan (日産). You will very rarely see kanji or other Japanese script for Japanese car manufacturers as since WWII and the transition to being an export economy it is seen as very strange to not make car badges in roman script. As for the Honda I love that era of euro-model Civic but the color, eugh. Hope they put it out in a more normal colour. The Subaru is a nice model but not really representative of Japanese police cars, they do have this general black and white livery but the black is always solid, no white panels in the lower half at all, and numbering is found on the roof. You're right that the kanji says 'keishichou' which means 'metropolitan police' (i.e. Tokyo) but the roman script 'police' should be bigger and in white on the black part . If you want a Japanese police car that actually looks like what you might see in Japan, look for Tomica, they are usually realistic. The Mazda 3 is a great looking car if you ignore the 'basking shark' grille, the white is boring but realistic as it is by far the most common colour of car in Japan. I'd estimate more than half of all cars are white there. Where I used to live there was a Mazda 3 that lived nearby, it was this amazing metallic red. Mazda have some of the nicest paint among mainstream car manufacturers. The Toyota is pretty good although its a shame Matchbox only want to do front+back OR sides, the lack of definition on the front really hurts this model, and come on , white wheels look good on almost everything.
The blue 71 Nissan i like the colors. Not a fan of the tampons. The pink is one of the highlights of set. The Mazda is not best of the set. The 4runner is a great casting. I remember growing up seeing them alot.
Japanese symbols are called Kanji