Japanese Nostalgic Car

Lego are insanely popular right now, but there isn’t much in the way of JNCs. They have licenses from Nissan, Toyota, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and maybe Honda, but they barely do anything with them. There’s a lot of potential in those catalogs. We’re pretty certain a nice Datsun 240Z or Toyota FJ40 made of plastic bricks would sell quite well, and be a welcome alternative to yet another supercar. We’ve explored what creative fans can make, and Lego does sometimes adopt individual-built works into actual kits.

What JNC should be made into a Lego set?

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For the average law-abiding citizen the most likely encounter you’ve had with police involves a car. Today, January 15th, is the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, the famed department that has been the star of so many Japanese TV shows and movies. In the US, most of the JNC staff is old enough to remember when having a modified Japanese car was akin to having “Pull Me Over” painted on the back. But as times have changed and in our experience these days officers are just as likely to be fellow enthusiasts of Nihon steel themselves. Perhaps one day we’ll tell the story of when six Tennessee State Troopers took intense interest in the 3,700-mile Infiniti Q45 we had borrowed from Nissan USA.

What’s your best/worst police encounter story?

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