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Here's a company that I review less often here, at least for now.  This is a big diecast manufacturer for the far east and has been running good since the 1970's.  Today, you can get the cars from Tomica from online or occasionally from a retail store.  Tomica's entry into the US back in 2011 did not go so well, so the line was cancelled after one year.  Some of the cars look homely and not for the US roads, but others are beautifully done and, if you can spare the extra money look into the Tomica Vintage series.  I'm interested in a few Tomica's that i'll get later on in the future, but for now here's three in my collection, two recently added. Click Here for Photo Gallery Nissan Juke One of the craziest designs that surprisingly was very popular is the Nissan Juke, a small SUV based on the same platform as the unsuccessful Nissan Cube in the US.  The styling evokes the rally-car look with headlights that look like large round foglights...

Matchbox joins the few other diecast manufacturers that are replicating the unique Presidential limousine for the current President of the United States.  It comes at a time when two problems exist: the lack of body-on-frame large sedans and the addition of more heavy armor.  The solution GM came up with is the Cadillac One limo, better known as "The Beast." Click Here for Photo Gallery The dilemma is that by now the body-on-frame full-size sedans that were once the king of limousine conversions, like the Lincoln Town Car, Cadillac Sedan DeVille, and Ford Crown Victoria, have all gone the way of the dinosaur.  Your best bet is a full-size SUV's, but they to are going to be the next endangered species and they're too big to fit in most areas.  You could stretch an uni-body frame like the Chrysler 300 or the previous Cadillac DTS limo, but now Presidential limos require more stringent, and heavy, armor that the unibody frames cannot handle. ...