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    Default TakaraTomy Tomica Hyper Rescue/Blue Police

    So, anyone heard of this stuff?

    Some of you may have heard of Tomica, which is one of the original Matchbox/Hot Wheel 3" metal car manufacturers. Great stuff. They just celebrated their 40th anniversary.

    So, the Hyper stuff, which is Hyper Rescue and Hyper Blue Police are like larger vehicles that contain and integrate with the standard 3" vehicles. They also include little men (two big to fit into the 3"ers, but great to drive these larger vehicles). They're all basically transforming playsets. The level of functionality is amazing.

    I stumbled upon them in Sogo, a Japanese department store I frequented in Hong Kong. I was blown away, and thought some of you might appreciate them too.

    Here's the TT website for it:
    http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products...ttei/index.htm

    I got these two sets for my son and they're great fun:


    http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products...7_09/index.htm


    http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products...8_02/index.htm (Helicopter only)

    The level of integration between all the sets is amazing. They're all really modular. You might notice that each set has these convertible containers that all do something different. They're all completely interchangeable. Also, most can combine to form ridiculously large vehicles:



    So anyone else heard of these? Got any? Want to know more?

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    i've seen them on sale at HLJ before, and they do look really fun but I don't like buying toys for my son, he can't take care of anything -.-

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    Unfortunately, at the ripe old age of 3, my son is the same. I want to buy more, but for me.

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    If they had a gestalt mode, I'd buy them

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    They look really cool, especially the police Lambo.

    They also seem very familiar. Would they happen to be the same modular toys from late 80s/early 90s that could all connect into incredibly long monstrosities? I remember they joined by small black plugs about an inch wide with a male and female connection. Even the small vehicles could combine with the large ones.

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    Hmmm... not sure about that other toy. Would love to know what it is if you can figure it out. The vehicle to vehicle connector on these is virtually identical to the backpack connector on Classics Jetfire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaiden View Post
    If they had a gestalt mode, I'd buy them
    http://randomtoyreviews.blogspot.com...ue-police.html





    I'm buying one of these next month.

    From Takara Tomy, part of the same series of toys.

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    Yeah, they've been killing it recently. All sorts of transforming goodies.

    White Hope and the new Rescue Helicopter have robot parts that you can mix and match:


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    Like the car mode than the bot

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    Got White Hope toy this week from this series and it's awesome. Already ordered some add on bits that let you swap limbs like megazords etc.

    I just ordered the two yellow mini vehicles today that also double as swappable limbs and a diff head.

    Fyi best price for these is HLJ about half price other stores are selling for. I overpaid for white hope off eBay.




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