Finer points

If Tomica could make finer metal flakes in their metallic paint, their models would be more fun to photograph up close.

Their silver die-casts look nice to the eyes, but macro photography reveals flakes that look out of scale with the model's size. The only thing lacking from the current Tomica metallic paint are sparkles when the sun hits the models... something I'm pretty sure that teeny-bopper vampires like Edward would be really proud of. He would wish that instead of rolling around Forks, Washington in that lame Volvo C30, he's inside a 1:1 silver Tomica — like this First Release Special Color Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4.

Vampires love sparkly things... like their skin... bathed in sunlight. Well, except Blade. Blade hates sparkly vampires. I like Blade.

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