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Disney Pixar CARS Diecast Tomy Takara Shu, Mach & Pitty “Gekku”

Thanks, “Josh F.” – forgot all about the Tomy Takara Shu Crew Chief & Pitty set …

Shu 3-Pack Tomy MC

While it’s not from Mattel, it is important to note that the Shu Pitty from Takara Tomy is the only one released and he’s in scale.

T5 Rainson

His name is ギック which accordingly to the translation software sounds like “Gea-Kuu” – (Gekku directly translated?) while he is a little larger than the usual Pitty – now compared with Krate Rainson-Wash, his size is not that strange.

rainfront

Or compared to Muggsy Liftsome, he’s positively normal. Plus, his headphones are removeable.

muggsy

The other important thing about this set is that Mach, the crew chief 240Z is better sized. The 240Z is not a large car and looks about right compared to Mattel’s 1:55 Shu. (Mach here is 1:64 scale).

shu-tomy mach

Mattel’s Mach is clearly too HUGE.

shu-mach

Though Mattel’s headphones are much nicer.

mach

The mattel sculpt is actually very nice – detailed and looks great but it’s way off scale. More like 1:50 in scale.

mach side

Here’s mach parked next to John, a Silverado sized medium pickup.

john

Here is a 240Z diecast with a ’67 Mustang diecast so you get an idea of its more accurate size.

mach mustang 240Z

Shu is presumably a IMSA GTP race car – the silver diecast is a 1:64 Porsche IMSA GTP racer so Shu is appropriately a 1:55 version …

 

shu-racer

The 1:64 240Z diecast.

racer-240z

In scale and size.

racer-240

Thanks for the reminder, “Josh F.”

The set was around $15 in its intial release in Japan – about a year ago?

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One Comment

  • bobbyjack says:

    The Takara Tomy Mach is a much better scaled 240Z than the Mattel one. I wish they could at least finish the WGP crew chiefs here. Would love to collect the pitties too.

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