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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Successor

To the mighty Lamborghini Murcielago.

Compared to the Hot Wheels version, this Tomica rendition of the Lamborghini flagship model looks a bit pudgy.

Maybe the cast on the front air dam is just thick. Maybe coats of paint made the front profile even thicker. It maybe because Tomica overshot the Arancio Argo (Pearl Orange) color a wee bit. Or maybe it's the improper ride height. But maybe, it's just me.

Meh. I really don't care for any shortcomings. If a casting is featured in this blog, it means that it is worthy of attention (which is probably why I bought it in the first place), and photo-gallery-worthy.

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Speaking of Aventadors, you may want to see this video of one breaking into two pieces as a result of a collision with a sedan. It's one of those "Oh f*ck." moments:

Two pieces? Yup. Two. Pieces.

Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the accident.