Tag: tomica skyline

WTF: Tomica Nissan Gazelle S12 Super Silhouette replica

After yesterdays TOMs Corolla Group 5 I was searching for Group 5 cars and found this Tomica Gazelle. Wait a minute! Isn’t that supposed to read Tomica Skyline Super Silhouette replica? No, it isn’t! This is all about the Tomica Nissan Gazelle S12 Super Silhouette replica: Yes, someone made a replica of the Tomica Skyline…




Family Album Treasures: Super Silhouette daughter

One of my favorite Minkara feeds is by Restive Horse who owns a very nice Nissan Skyline DR30 and a cute little daughter and likes to post about both of them. Some time ago he posted one about his daughter with the Tomica Skyline Super Silhouette: If I was able to view the very same…




Family Album Treasures: Group C

Back in 1983 the Group C races (prototypes) were the main event at the Fuji International Speedway with its smaller brother Group 5 (Super Silhouette) being the teaser for the big race. Not surprisingly the Group 5 cars were way more popular than the Group C as they were looking like the cars in real…




Skyline R30 pre production models

I was watching some old Skyline documentaries and stumbled upon this little piece of footage where Shinichiro Sakurai sits inside a wooden pre production model of the Skyline R30: You can see the lines of the coupe emerging into the real prototypes and from the prototypes to the Skyline RS Formula Silhouette. Nice! The question…




Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34

Suppose you are a big Seibu Keisatsu fan and want a comfortable daily ride, what would you choose? Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS34 Minkara user Ken chose to drive his ER34 as a daily driver and turn the car into a Seibu Keisatsu Machine RS DR30 lookalike! 4Valve DOHC GT-Turbo intercooler Even the writing on the…