These will probably be my last Tomicas in awhile

Happy 2019 All! I'm into my last couple of days in Hong Kong before I head back to Canada, where Tomica diecast is virtually non-existent.

 Today I made one final stop into Wan Chai, specifically Tai Yuen street to pick up a few more cheap Tomicas. I revisited Hung Hing toys and saw that they had the latest 2019 Hot Wheels lineup of cars. They've also got the Team Transport sets for between $149 and $169 HKD. Oh I did find an old 30th Anniversary Celica 4 car set, and it was only $89 HKD. I almost bought it except I noticed the chrome on one of the cars front wheel was gone, and another car looked like there was a spot of rust forming on the door. It was hard to tell if this package was brand new or not, but I decided to give it a pass. No regrets.

 The only cheap Tomicas I got from Hung Hing this trip was a Toyota Corolla Axio #27 in blister pack for $20 HKD.

And this unmarked Subaru police car #52 for $25 HKD.

 Across the street from Hung Hing Toys is another toy store that carries Tomica, they are called Yat Sing Toys. They carry later models of Tomicas at the $30 to $35 HKD price point. Their Tomica and diecast selection is nowhere near Hung Hing, but I did manage to find the Asia Special cars. I got Datsun Go AS-02 and the Honda BRIO AS-03, both for $20 HKD.

The next time I post, it will be back in Canada, probably in a week or two.  I'll unbox and take lots of pictures of all the cars I got.   Check back then!

Reporting in from Hong Kong - Dec 16, 2018

I went back to the HMV store in The Forest mall, Mongkok, only to discover it was in the process of closing it's doors.  No more Tomicas to be found.   Around the corner in the Moko mall, I found a store called CD Warehouse.  Can't believe that stores that sell CDs and DVDs still survive in this day and age.  But I digress, they have a small selection of basic Tomicas and TLVs.  Not cheap though, There basic cars range from 40 HKD to 46 HKD.

In other news, I finally managed to make it down to Tai Yuen St. near Wan Chai MTR station in Hong Kong.  Amidst all the clothing and christmas decorations, I managed to find four toy stores on this street.  Of those four, there are two stores that carry a decent diecast inventory.   Hung Hing Toys definitely had the biggest diecast collection I've seen so far in Hong Kong.  One can literally spend hours here checking out all the display cases with their vintage wares.   As I was in a bit of a rush, I didn't spend as much time as I wanted to here.   Newer basic Tomicas can be found for $25 and $30 HKD.

I picked this up on the way out.  It's number 34 The Mitsubishi Delica D5.   Scale is 1/65.  Nice feature is that both side doors open.   The price I paid was $18 HKD or about $3 CDN or $2.30 USD.

I'll definitely try to get back to Tai Yuen St to grab some more Tomicas maybe next week.   Bye for now.