Tomica (toy line)

Tomica
Tomica store
Product typeScale model cars
OwnerTakara Tomy
CountryJapan
Introduced1970; 54 years ago (1970)
MarketsWorldwide
Websitetakaratomy.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.