Many of the Japanese vehicles appear to have once been Tomicas, some Playart models are copies of Matchboxes (specifically the bulldozer with cab, and the Estate Wagon which was the Matchbox King Size Mercury station wagon).
Many of the Japanese vehicles appear to have once been Tomicas, while in the casting for the Toyota 2000 GT was also used by Yatming. One or two Playart models look like previous Matchboxes (specifically the bulldozer with cab, and the Estate Wagon which was Matchbox's Mercury station wagon).