Best viewed postings of 2009!
Time to do a most popular list for us as well!
The top 3 most popular postings this year were:
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Rare Bosozoku cars: Mazda RX7 FC
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Bosozoku car feature: James’ Scion xB
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Rare Bosozoku cars: Toyota Corona Mark II T60/T70
Thank you all for visiting and supporting us during the past year! 🙂
by banpei with 1 commentCar feature: grachan Advan Celica XX
I know: I’ve been slacking on the car features lately. I still have to do one about a certain Cressida, so that one will be posted next week! 😉
Today we have this very nice grachan styled Advan Celica XX:
Advan Grachan Celica XX
Apart from its paintscheme and its wide fenders it is actually very delicately styled!
No big nose, oil coolers or hood ornaments like we saw on the My Road Celica XX.
Advan Grachan Celica XX
Actually the only thing I miss on this car is a wild styled exhaust or at least some straight up pipes… Ah well, you can’t have everything. 😉
I did see this Advan Celica XX somewhere before, but unfortunately I could not find pictures or videos about it… So whenever I find it again I will certainly post up more!
by banpei with no comments yetBosozoku car feature: Demon Cedric Y31
So, what’s left if you get bored with your bosozoku style die cast collection? You create an itasha out of it!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
No, I’m not out of my mind posting a scale model in the car features! The reason for this is because it is a very well done itasha model! 😉
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
First of all the amount of detail put into the bosozoku style is amazing! It has got a double zigzag exhaust, a tiny tsurikawa and a gigantic double spoiler on the trunk!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
At the front is has got a sharknose, a supercharger sticking out of the bonnet, an oilcooler and a lip which can be used as a snow shovel during wintertime!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
It even has tiny little Marshal decals on the headlights, a tiny Cedric hood badge and a double horn under the sharknose!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
You may wonder what the itasha part of this model is… Well, the theme of the itasha is Urusei Yatsura (aka Lum), which is an anime and manga series about demon aliens invading the Earth. Bosozoku were called demons as well and in the Urusei Yatsura manga the aliens resembled bosozoku! Main character Lum is a female alien (so she is a demon!) who is capable of flying and generating electrical shocks and lightning. Hence the big lightning zigzag exhaust!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
On the inside the itasha is covered in tiger plush, just like the skirt of Lum. Tiny little manga are covered all over the floor of the car and there is even a screen showing the anime!
Bosozoku style itasha Nissan Cedric Y31 Urusei Yatsura
The antenna with the two carp streamers is also a pun on one of the episodes shown on Children’s Day (when Japanese hang out these flags) when they meet a boy called Kintaro.
All in all this is a very nicely done crossover between bosozoku style and itasha! Not only the car is bosozoku, but also the itasha theme is bosozoku! Now that’s in my opinion worth posting in the car features! 😉
If you are interested in other itasha by the same creator, you can find them here!
by banpei with 1 commentBosozoku car feature: My Road Celica XX
I have no idea what made the difference, but this bosozoku styled Celica XX just looks perfect to me:
My Road Toyota Celica XX
My Road did a great job on it and I could not think of anything I’d like to see changed on this Celica XX. Even a headlightswap would be out of the question here: it simply would not suit the Celica XX popup lights.
My Road Toyota Celica XX with deep dish SSR Mk 2
The deep dish SSR Mk 2 rims are hidden well in those really wide fenders and the side exhaust looks just spot on: not too flashy or long while at the same time really noticeable!
I’d say it is perfectly balanced! 🙂