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Sam in Albany scoops us on some HOT toys from Japan. In three days, it will have been a year since F-Toys in Osaka had released their “Moped Collection” from the “1/24 Vintage Bike Museam” (misspelled as it is on the packaging) set.

This sweetly detailed collection includes a 1958 Honda Cub with rider (and a little basket with two kitties in there), a 1966 Cub with ‘head intensely cocked out’ rider wearing a pair of flip-flops, a Mr. Thurston Howell dressed gentleman on a 1957 Rabbit, a stylish scarfed little bird and her trusty 1964 Rabbit AND a couple of sweet 70′s hunnies on a pair of 1976 Honda Expresses.

I know I need say nothing else… You want them.

Now, how to get them is another issue. Are they still available? Maybe a hip little shop will get them imported and offer them online. Any takers? P-Town? Urban Moto? The Motorcycle Shop? Any of the multitudes of swanky moped shops? This chapter is just unfolding… We’ll keep you posted, in the meantime here’s how F-Toys describes ‘em:

NEWS
December 19th 2005
‘ Moped collection ‘

East Japan (ChubuHokuriku from here east) with it sells starts from January 23rd! ! !!
From the sixties reproducing the popularity motorcycle of the seventies and the rider of the social conditions manners with 1/24 scales! Furthermore now, it continues to run with active service, “super Cub”, the name car very important boom was caused with, TVCF “of Rabbit” which after the war represents scooter zenith age and “Ratsutatsutaa” the “load pal” was lined up. It is old with combination with the fashionable figure, please come well and taste the longing into age. (I haven’t a clue what Ratsutatsutaa or “load pal” is. -steve)

Furthermore the main thing you handle and the store is description below.
Seven eleven, and circle K, poplar, ion and in addition specialty store etc..

So… 7-11 and Circle-K? If you live in Japan you could just hit the corner store to pick these things up (assuming they are still available).

If you do actually collect Scooter / Moped toys and whatnot, you would benefit by keeping an eye on Scooter Swag . com. They’ve been busier than a 3-legged ninja over there, keeping you on TOP of the world of “Scooter ephemera and stuff”. Who knows… maybe they’ll add THESE guys and gimme a little linkage. ;)

***UPDATE***
Found them in a store here. About $35 + shipping. Here’s a better explanation of the characters via Google Translation:

* Explanation of commodity
From the sixties the popularity motorcycle of the seventies and the rider of the social conditions manners were reproduced with 1/24 scales. By the fact that the motorcycle and the rider are set the new feeling which it reappears it has become the motorcycle model to the air of that time. The fact that it thinks to those age and utilizing in the scene model, are your idea circumstance. Please enjoy the world view which spreads. (c) F-toys

(includes)
Brother of HONDA super Cub C50+ buckwheat noodle house
Source of HONDA super Cub C50+ liquor store
Gentleman of the Fuji Heavy Industries Rabbit super flow S601C+ ivy style
[machiko] of Fuji Heavy Industries Rabbit super flow S601C+ actress
Load pal NC50+ beauty Oobu HONDA
Sophia of load pal NC50+ English conversation teacher HONDA
1 kinds of all the 6 kind + secrets

* Because it has entered into random, it cannot choose content.