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| Product type | Scale model cars |
|---|---|
| Owner | Takara Tomy |
| Country | Japan |
| Introduced | 1970 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Website | takaratomy.co.jp/tomica |
Tomica (トミカ, Tomika) is a line of die-cast toy vehicles (mainly cars) produced since 1970 by Takara Tomy Co. of Japan (formerly known as Tomiyama and Tomy Kogyo Incorporated).[1] Ostensibly, Tomica diecast were an outgrowth of Tomica World, an autonomous toy line of motorized train accessories that Tomy had created based on Plarail and produced since 1959.[2] Similar in concept, Tomica can be thought of as the "Japanese Matchbox", but focuses mainly on Japanese brands.
- ^ Rixon (2005), p. 99.
- ^ Tomica (2013).