The Honda NSX in Miniature
by Doug Breithaupt |
For 14 years, the Honda NSX has carried the flag as Japan's premier supercar.
When it was introduced, the NSX showed that exotic mid-engine cars could
also be trouble-free and very user-friendly. A modest re-style has changed
little on the NSX and Honda is finally preparing an all-new model for production.
Small-scale NSX models were slow to arrive. Novacar of Portugal and Tomica
were the first to offer examples. The plastic-bodied Novacar model appeared
as a cartoon-carrying Majorette model, still in plastic. It then was done
in diecast as a Majorette and continues in the line today. Tomica did the
production car first followed by a police version. The roof has always looked
too high on this casting. A more recent Tomica is labeled as an NSX-R but
is little different from the original casting. In 2003, Racing Champions
packaged and re-released the Tomica casting in their 'Fast and Furious'
line. Johnny Lightning did an NSX in 1996 but a licensing problem delayed
release. Eight year later, it has been released with tuner graphics. The
best tuner version is currently part of the Muscle machines line. Maisto
has also done a tuner version. Motor Max has done the current NSX with uncovered
headlights. This is an excellent casting, especially for less than $1.
The NSX-R is the racing version of Honda's supercar. Both Majorette and
Motor Max have offered racing graphics on their NSX castings. The real NSX-R
has had success at Le Mans and in other GT racing events. A more accurate
NSX-R with racing graphics has been done by Tomica but is quite expensive
and not yet in my collection..
Honda NSX (plastic body) - Novacar
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Honda NSX (plastic body) - Majorette
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Honda NSX - Majorette
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Honda NSX - Tomica
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Honda NSX Police - Tomica
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Honda NSX - Tomica/Racing Champions |
Honda NSX - Johnny Lightning
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Honda NSX - Muscle Machines
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Honda NSX - Maisto
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Honda NSX (second generation) - Motor Max
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Honda NSX-R - Majorette
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Honda NSX-R - Motor Max
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Honda NSX-R - Tomica
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