If you’ve either been into cars or anime long enough, you’ve probably come across a black and white panda themed boxy Toyota with pop-up headlights. If you couldn’t guess already, it's the legendary AE86 from the anime Initial D. With probably one of the highest cult following any Toyota cars have ever received other than the Supra, the AE86 from Initial D has way too many fan accessories such as over hundreds of features in several racing games, tshirts, mugs, car stickers and even diecasts

Now, this is something we as collectors tend to forget. We all got ourselves into this hobby for a reason. Maybe one wanted to collect the cars that they never got to own or they are collecting because of the main satisfaction they get out of this hobby.

The Diecast collector’s world, albeit a very niche category, certainly has a cult following all over the world. There is a certain something about collecting miniature versions of your dream cars, perhaps even your actual car. Some hobbies are quite challenging to elaborate on, for example it’s hard to come up with an answer when you’re asked why you collect toy cars even though you are well above “toy car age.” This interesting hobby has now found its way into the minds of the enthusiasts of Ba

Now, I don’t know where to begin with this model since everything about it is nearly perfectly. Starting from the iconic body line of the fender flares and the rear quarter panels to the meshed rims, all of the crucial details that build up the M3 have been taken care of precisely. The rear taillights are also of the right thickness and one would not fail to notice the nicely placed exhaust tips.

Through the glass doors one can sense that this is not an ordinary dealership. Rather, a walk-in vault for cars atypical to be seen on the road. This robust collection housed some of the legends of history, and one such vehicle would be the streamlined McLaren hypercar known as the Speedtail. A common Speedtail cannot be seen by the general masses daily, yet at Tomini Classics it is parked in front of a bright red Ferrari Testarossa in all its glory.

My name is Faysal Zakaria and I am 32 yrs old. I work as a director at Car House Imports. I trade cars for a living and basically everything in my life is about cars.

Now, this is something we as collectors tend to forget. We all got ourselves into this hobby for a reason. Maybe one wanted to collect the cars that they never got to own or they are collecting because of the main satisfaction they get out of this hobby.