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Tomytec - 264354 - Bus, GMC, TDH-4512 - Painted/Unlettered

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N Scale - Tomytec - 264354 - Bus, GMC, TDH-4512 - Painted/Unlettered
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Stock Number264354
Secondary Stock NumberWB003
BrandTomytec
ManufacturerTakara Tomy
Body StyleTomytec Vehicle World Bus
PrototypeBus, GMC, TDH-4512
Road or Company NamePainted/Unlettered (Details)
Paint Color(s)Green and White
Series NameThe World Bus Collection
Release Date2016-04-01
Item CategoryVehicles
Model TypeBus
Model SubtypeTransit
Model VarietyGMC TDH-4512



Specific Item Information: Designed for use with the Tomytec operating bus system, unlike most N-Scale vehicles of Japanese manufacture, this product is 1:160, not 1:150 scale.
Model Information: You can find an excellent review on the Railwire Forum
Road Name History:
Some items are designed to have their owner add whatever company marking they choose, usually in the form of decals or dry-transfers. These items are painted in a generic prototypical fashion but with all company affiliation deliberately left off.

Brand/Importer Information:
Tomytec is a subsidiary of Takara Tomy, a large Japanese conglomerate of companies that makes toys and games for the international marketplace. The Tomytec subsidiary focuses on toys which are scale models of real and fantasy prototypes. The Tomytec range includes trains, vehicles, aircraft, dolls and other items (camera lenses?). Most importantly (for us) the Tomytec brand name lands on certain N Gauge models.

Generally, but not always, Tomytec branded N Gauge items have some element of "collectibility". Sometimes they have packaging that obscures the exact item being purchased which encourages the consumer to buy multiple items to complete a set. Sometimes they produce limited edition releases which are quickly retired and replaced by a new similar item with an alternate series marker (A, B, etc). The brand also is used for their operating N Gauge bus system.
Manufacturer Information:
Largely a Japanese manufacturer of children's toys and baby products, Takara Tomy has established a number of different subsidiary companies, with sales offices and factories located in various locations around the world. The firm is the product of a 2006 merger-of-equals between Tomy and Takara.

Takara Tomy produces N Scale model trains under their Tomytec division (we use the term loosely because it is actually a more complex relationship) using two different brand names "Tomytec" and "Tomix". Technically speaking these are not brands in the Western sense but rather they more closely resemble subsidiaries -of-subsidiaries, and where they fit in the corporate org chart may be the matter for a Master's thesis, but for our purposes we can think of them as simply two different brands with one manufacturer. In the past (prior to 1976) some model train products were branded simply "Tomy". To further confuse things, since 2000, outside of Japan, the company goes by the simple name, "Tomy" for their international subsidiaries.

If you consider both brand names as a single company, then the Tomytec/Tomix product line is the largest of its kind in Japan; with Kato following in second place (as of 2017). While Takara Tomy products are popular around the world, the firm's focus on children's toys has limited the international acceptance and distribution of its Tomytec model railroad products. Furthermore, unlike Kato, their focus tends to be heavily skewed towards Japanes prototypes.
Item created by: nscalemodeler160 on 2016-04-28 16:56:25. Last edited by George on 2024-01-26 20:28:58

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