I saw a Zylmex VW Bus not long ago at a little antiques/junk store, and I left it there, but it's been itching at the back of my mind. They wanted 3 or 4 bucks for it and it was kinda beat but all there. This place doesn't get much traffic, it had dust on it when I saw it, and I'd bet it's still there. Anybody know if this a hard-to-find piece and if it's worth a few bucks even with noticeable playwear, or will I probably find another in better shape fairly easily?

thanx--

--rick

Do you like it? If so, is it worth 3 to 4 bucks to you. A new JL bus in mint shape goes for 2.99 so, if you think you like the older style with some play wear then I would buy it.


Dave

ok i went back yesterday. my mind was playing tricks. there were some cars there for $3-$4 (some pretty nice Tomicas, actually) but he wanted $7.50 for this VW. I didn't want it THAT bad...

--rick

I just pivked one of these up - almost looks like a tomica with a sliding side door right?

yeah, that's it. Two tone blue/white. I've since seen a couple on FleaBay, it seems they came with stickers...

--rick

I will try to take a pic of mine

there were some cars there for $3-$4 (some pretty nice Tomicas, actually) --rick

If the TOmica are not F-series, are passenger cars, and are made in Japan, HOP ON THAT S**T!

jk

Three others.I stoped at a thrift store close to where i work and was going through some boxes of toys and found four zylmex buses.The one is like you said,it is blue and white with a sliding door on the side,it also says dragvan in black and red on the roof.The second one is a van,it's yellow with a port hole window on the side and it says straight arrow on it's sides.The third one is a brown van,it has a raised roof with large windows on the sides.And the last one is red,silver and black with long yellow side windows,both the front and the back look the same,almost like a future or space van.This one says super van on the side windows.IM not sure of the value of these either.i also checked on ebay to see.The good thing is i only paid 2.50 for all four of them and they are in great shape.I would consider trading them for the right thing.

Thanks,
Mustangmike

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Mike, can you post a pic?

If the TOmica are not F-series, are passenger cars, and are made in Japan, HOP ON THAT S**T!

jk

What exactly is an F-series, unless you're referring to Ford pickups?

hmmm... lemme see if I remember what all was there...

a silver Rolls Royce (the big freakin one from the 50s and 60s)

a Bugatti, maybe? dark color, black I think, with the light beige panel on the side...

a gullwing Mercedes?

a red Packard, maybe 1930s, with a rumble seat?

a couple trucks, like a Pepsi truck and a Subaru fire truck

a Toyota Land Cruisery-Jeepy looking thing

they also had the blue mid 70's Sedan de Ville in nice shape, but I grabbed that bad boy on my first visit... :D

They were all kinda neat-looking, but I was kinda trying to save the hobby budget for slot cars. Also, I don't remember if these were all in the $3-$4 range... some may have been higher. Now ya got me thinking I might go back AGAIN...

also, he DID have a pair of Lionel HO scale slot cars, a Mercedes and a Vette. Dangit, now I GOTTA go back. :rolleyes:

EDIT: Also located a couple other Tomicas, a lime green 911 and a big blue 1970s Mercedes sedan, at another antique store... but they want $8 each and I don't like them THAT much... they've been sitting, they'll be there for a while, I bet...

--rick

Y'know, somewhere in one of the boxes in the Sanctuary cave I have a Corvette, still on the card, that I think might be one of the Zyl-type cars. I'll have to go digging one of these days.

:)

What exactly is an F-series, unless you're referring to Ford pickups?

hmmm... lemme see if I remember what all was there...

a silver Rolls Royce (the big freakin one from the 50s and 60s)

a Bugatti, maybe? dark color, black I think, with the light beige panel on the side...

a gullwing Mercedes?

a red Packard, maybe 1930s, with a rumble seat?

a couple trucks, like a Pepsi truck and a Subaru fire truck

a Toyota Land Cruisery-Jeepy looking thing

they also had the blue mid 70's Sedan de Ville in nice shape, but I grabbed that bad boy on my first visit... :D

--rick

F-Series Tomica are the Foreign cars. Remember 'Foreign' to the Japanese are any non-Japanese cars. Sounds like most of the Tomicas you found were F-Series except the Land Cruiser and the Fire Truck. The Land Cruisers are pretty collectable. As Jeff said, any made-in-Japan Tomicas that are Japanese cars (sedans, sports cars) are generally the most collectable.

This subject is kind of interesting, I picked up a Tomica made in Japan Red Rolls Royce Phantom VI and a Made in Japan Silver Cadillac Seville over the weekend at a car show. It seems every once in awhile I find them cheap to, the opening doors and the rather odd castings that I haven't seen done before intrigue me. Along with those I also got a - a.j foyt Indy al unser for a buck. All the tires are the but it has some nicks out of it and the motor is missing. I thought it was worth it, at that price- it still has the number 2 decal on it to. I'm a sucker for old stuff at bargain prices :)