Nissan TW-06 slight variant

Summary of power switch variation in my Tomica World motorised vehicle collection:



The white, red and yellow switch knobs are rectangular. The black switch knobs are square.  Vehicles that were only ever available in one set can have either, for example TW-02 and TW-03.

I feel that the ones with the CE mark (Conformité Européene - European safety certification) may have been the last to be produced, though with no real justification since the regulations had been in force since 1993, well before Tomica World was created. I'd need to look into this some more.

A quick look at the B/O Tomica and Motor Tomica ranges suggests that both rectangular/coloured and square/black switches are represented there too, so I'm not going to speculate further at the moment.



I can't tell what switches my BNIB bubble-pack ones have without unpacking them, and that isn't going to happen.

As a shocking footnote, this exercise has revealed that I don't have TW-17 (Subaru Legacy) Station Wagon. I thought I had one, but it turns out to be the +/- identical Motor Tomica A-01 version.