HW Batman | Batman Forever Batmobile

“Batman Forever” was a surprise following the exit of Michael Keaton as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Tim Burton vacating the director’s chair to helm the third Batman film. Replacing Batman/Bruce Wayne was Val Kilmer, and around that time his popularity with his previous films made him a suitable replacement. But Joel Schumacher as the director for this one was quite an uncertainty in the 1990s. The same goes for how the fans would take it as something else. With the ‘New’ Batman everything is also different, and the term ‘semi-reboot’ was not yet the catchphrase everyone was used to. Although one thing that has caught everyone’s attention is the ‘New’ Batmobile that Kilmer will be driving in this next Bat-Film.

Disney Motors | Finnick's Van

Zootopia is a 2016 Walt Disney Animation film, and well regarded as one of the best feature about a traffic police officer dreaming of becoming a full fledge officer of the law. In-between the story of Judy Hopps is some high jinx adventures, and the interesting denizens of the place aptly titled for this film. There have been several characters, but it focuses on the story with Judy Hopps and con artist Nick Wilde. There have been several merchandise that were released at the height of the release of the feature film. But Finnick's Van is an interesting look.

HW Experimotors | Tanknator

Hot Wheels has been around long enough to just focus on making real world diecast cars. Over the years they expand and create different types of diecast cars and in their mainline every year a theme is added or introduced. In the last eight years they have come up with diecast cars made out of everyday objects turned into cars. This also included cars that can be ridden by minifigures, and since their parent company Mattel acquired Canadian toy company Mega Bloks and re-branded it into Mega Construx they also produced cars for this range of toys namely the oddball vehicle The Tanknator, that definitely made true to its name.

Dream Tomica | Lupin The 3rd Fiat 500

02.18.2020 – With the resurgence of Lupin the Third due to the recent film’s “Lupin III: The First” long-time fans and those recently introduced to the franchise will probably look for merchandise tie-ins or previously released collectibles based on the characters or even the iconic car that Jigen and Goumon has driven in the film. Your worries are immediately forgotten as Tomica, a diecast toy brand has produced the iconic Fiat 500 car that appears in the Lupin the Third franchise from television series, Manga, and the recent film under the Dream Tomica sub-brand!

Dream Tomica | Speed Racer's Mach 5

07.14.2016 – The ‘Mach 5’ is an iconic car that appeared in Speed Race an anime series that was originally known as Mach GoGoGo in Japan. This was serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 Shōnen Book. From April 1967 t0 March 1968 it aired 52 episodes on Fuji TV, which was later re-broadcast on Tokyo MX from July 1 to September 25, 2008. It was popular in the US and has spawned a movie in 2008 a successful franchise up to now.

Dream Tomica: NERV Official Business Coupe

05.11.2016 – Dream Tomica continues to expand Takara Tomy’s Tomica sub line based from licensed pop culture properties. The subline launched in 2012 with a set of vehicles ranging from the batmobile to including a Pikachu car. In 2015 they have launched another wave of cars, which includes a vehicle version of Godzilla, Mothra which also include Lupin the 3rd and even have some more Pokemons. But there realistic cars too like from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

HW Tooned 58 of 250: The Homer!

01.26.2016 – The Simpsons is the longest running animated sitcom that’s clearly not for kids that also inspired other shows with almost similar themes. The show is currently on its 27th season they continue to relevant and interesting to this day. In the Simpsons household a patriarch in the form of Homer J. Simpsons makes the show as interesting as its stories. Homer certainly on the lead role had once had the opportunity to design his own car dubbed “The Homer” which has also become an iconic vehicle beside the pink family car that Hot Wheels produced one in 2015.

Dream Tomica: Snoopy School Bus!

01.11.2016 - “Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie” is already out in Philippine cinemas, and the merchandise related to the film like the character tumblers from Snack Time is already available not including the Happy Meal Toys. But for long time readers of Charles M. Schulz’s timeless comic strips has been into Snoopy collectibles. These are the ones not related to the animated feature one example is the diecast cars by Takara Tomy’s Dream Tomica licensed vehicles…

APCC Manila 2015: Tomica Event Model Exclusives!

09.16.2015 – Apart from the guests at Asia Pop Comicon that were featured during ‘Media Day’ there where several merchandise which was on display. They are mostly from the exhibitors for this event namely Ban Kee Trading, Comicave and Filbar’s. Of course no fan won’t get their chance to see the exclusives and collectibles, which are only available at APCC Manila with Ban Kee they are the local distributors for Bandai’s popular Gundam property and Takara Tomy’s Tomica diecast cars!

Tomica: Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Toy Kingdom Truck!

09.10.2015 – Diecast cars collecting is one of the interesting hobbies out there. There are countless cars based from licensed automobile manufacturers out there produced by well known brands in this generation. There are also exclusives from conventions, event launches and stores. In the Philippines it’s rare to see one exclusively made for a particular store. But for Toy Kingdom this might be a first exclusive everyone should not pass up.

HW Tooned 57 of 250: The Jetsons Capsule Car!

06.16.2015 – The future is a great possibility for imaginations when it comes to technology and what would define that era. This is also where those talented science fiction writers mine their ideas for a good story and yes the future is optimistic. There’s one science fiction that catered to everyone and that’s The Jetsons, which is the complete opposite of The Flintstones. Hot Wheels produced the Flintstone car in 2013 of course you can’t have one for the other so they produced Capsule car in 2014.

HW Tooned II 88 of 250: Snoopy!

06.12.2015 – Every Hot Wheels car has a story it’s either based on the design or just an interesting conversation why this particular vehicle is unique. But when you talk about cars based on popular culture its something that is less discussed by its image. There are a few things to think about the Peanuts gang’s pooch. There has been a diecast car that has Snoopy prints in them and also shaped like the beagle himself…