Tomica Rolls Royce found

[Ecclesley]

Happy to find and get this one, the Tomica 1/78 RR Phantom VI in black.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Always thought this was a good representation of the Phantom VI for it's size and Black suits it, we can even pretend the Ivory interior represents Cream Leather...

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Fox]

A nice model. Only the wheel aren't really RR spirit to me.

[Ecclesley]

Thanks Kevin and Stéphane.
I agree on the wheels, I never really liked this or any type of Hotwheels, but for some model cars it cannot be avoided.
I have six of them now, that is 5 Tomica's of which the blue one is a repaint. The gold one in the back only says: Made in Hong Kong,
no Tomica. It also has different wheels, but the quality is as good as the original, it is not like the shabby Yatming copy.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

I would like to see the base of that Gold Phantom because it is wearing a design of wheel used by 'YATMING' and my first thoughts were that it is the 'ROAD CHAMPS' version which are in fact just re-packaged Yatmings.

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This is a Yatming with the first wheels.

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This is a Yatming, also with the first wheels.

These are packaged and marketed by 'JRI INC' as 'ROAD CHAMPS', the Road Champs name becoming a 'Brand' name and the source of models come from various companies including 'YATMING', 'SUMMER' and 'MC TOYS'.

There are various 'Versions' of the Yatming Rolls-Royce which sadly I am unable to show at the moment.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Ecclesley]

Here it is Kevin, next to a Tomica:

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Thank's Gerrit, very prompt.

It certainly has the usual Yatming catalogue number of 1051 and the full metal baseplate including both bumpers, other versions have plastic bumpers. So I think it is a later version from them but minus any branding suggesting this was intended for someone else to market. Nice model, I have not seen that before and something for me to look out for.

I wonder if our friends Stephane and Ritchie have this one.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Fox]

Sorry I only have one loose model. But where is it ?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

RIGHT, NOBODY LEAVES THE FORUM UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN STRIP SEARCHED, "FOX" HAS LOST A MODEL.

You'll be pleased to know I have some medical training so I'll be doing the searches myself, so if you'll all stand in a line please...

Ghosty.

[ritchie]

I do have a similar example, but the colour is different from Gerrit's. It's in light champagne. It came in loose.....

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The paint is actually very beautiful, with the effect of shimmery powders similar to the Hungarian made Matchbox Rolls.

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The rear door line could suggest it's a different casting from the Yat Ming baseplate models. And a more accurate copy to Tomica's.

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