Sunday, July 14, 2019

Tomica Initial D back to SRP


 
What you see here are Initial D diecast replicas from Tomica. For those who are not aware, Tomica has long produced Initial D diecasts especially during the franchise's heyday. At the peak of its popularity, the anime has captivated thousands of fans around the globe and somewhat promoted the drifting and imports car culture.

Tomica has mostly produced diecast replicas of Initial D from seasons 1 to 3. These replicas include Takumi's Toyota AE86 (otherwise known as the Trueno), the Mazdas of the Takahasi brothers, the black Nissan Skyline of the Night Kidz, and the Mitsu Evolutions of the Emperors.

The early seasons of Initial D run started from 1998 to 2001. Around this period, a lot of Initial D diecast merchandise was produced by different manufacturers (even Coca Cola jumped in the bandwagon) including Tomica.

However, since the franchise has entered hiatus in a certain sort of way, so did production of Initial D diecasts making it relatively rare thereby prices expectedly surged.

Until  recently, Tomica Initial D diecast are again populating toy shelves. Even though the details are not that accurate, it is still very much welcomed since Initial D diecast prices has also dropped.

However, for true Initial D diecast collectors who wanted highly accurate details can always shell out a little extra for Jada's Initial D diecast

  
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Trueno AE86 Initial D Takumi



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Sunday, December 9, 2018

White Comet Jada Initial D Diecast


The White Comet of Akagi

Look at this Jada Initial D diecast replica of Ryosuke’s Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 III (FC3S) – commonly known as FC in both Initial D manga and anime.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Initial D diecast by Real X



Models: Mazda RX7 Type FD3S (Yellow and Black) 
Driver: Keisuke Takahashi (Yellow) | Kyoko Iwase (Black)
Team: Project D (Yellow) | Northern Saitama Alliance
Manufacturer: RealX
Scale: 1/72
Trivia ---
The tandem is usually called the fated lovers/drivers of destiny. The female driver of the black FD has a crush on Project D's Keisuke




Toyota ae86 Trueno Initial D diecast by Jada



Model: Toyota Trueno (ae86)
Driver: Takumi Fujiwara
Team: Akina Speed Stars (white hood) | Project D (black hood)
Manufacturer: Jada
Scale: 1/64
Trivia ---
 Vehicle is the most iconic and noticeable in the Initial D universe. The car originally belonged to Bunta (Takumi's father) where it gained the reputation as the ghost of Akina. Vehicle underwent major upgrade after Takumi was defeated by Emperor's team leader. The encryption on the side translates to "Fujiwara Tofu Shop"
Hands down, the 1:64 Trueno diecast produced by Jada is apparently miles better than any other replicas produced by other manufacturers



Impact Blue Initial D Diecast by Jada



Model: Nissan Sil80
Driver: Mako Sato and Sayuki
Team: Impact Blue
Manufacturer: Jada
Scale: 1/64
Trivia ---
Vehicle did not appear in Initial D film. Only race where Takumi drove with two drivers (Sayuki served as a navigator on the passenger seat). Car appeared in many issues / episodes of both anime and manga



Emperor Mitsubishi Evo III Initial D 1:64



Model: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A)
Driver: Kyoichi Sudo
Team: Emperor
Manufacturer: Jada
Scale: 1/64
TRIVIA --- 
Vehicle also appeared in both Initial D movie and anime. This is the vehicle that defeated Takumi and his ae86 forcing him to replace the engine thereby upgrading the legendary Panda Trueno
 

Monday, September 14, 2015

Night Kidz Skyline Jada Diecast Initial D 1:18


Model: Nissan Skyline R32 Diecast
Driver: Takeshi Nakazato
Team: Myogi Night Kidz
Manufacturer: Jada
Scale: 1/18
TRIVIA ---
Car appeared in both Initial D movie and anime. In the Intial D film, this vehicle was defeated by Red Suns' team leader Ryosuke Takahashi. In both anime and manga, Nakazato was defeated by Takumi on the 3rd race of season 1.


Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Nissan Skyline Initial D Diecast by Jada (1:64)


Model: Nissan Skyline R32 Diecast
Driver: Takeshi Nakazato
Team: Myogi Night Kidz
Manufacturer: Jada
Scale: 1/64
TRIVIA ---
Car appeared in both Initial D movie and anime. In the Intial D film, this vehicle was defeated by Red Suns' team leader Ryosuke Takahashi. In both anime and manga, Nakazato was defeated by Takumi on the 3rd race of season 1.


 

Red Suns Diecast by Jada Initial D (1:18)


Model: Nissan Mazda RX7 FC
Driver: Keisuke Takahashi
Team: Akagi Red Suns
Manufacturer: Jada
Scale: 1/18
TRIVIA ---  Vehicle did not appear in Initial D film. This vehicle was the first race car defeated by Takumi in the mountain pass of Akina. This was Keisuke's race car for the whole duration of his stint at team Red Suns. However, it was upgraded when he joined Project D