Choro-Q
Sign in to savethumb|Q-Steer based on a Nissan Skyline|Nissan R34 Skyline is a line of Japanese 3–4 cm pullback car toys produced by Takara Tomy (formerly Takara). Known in North America as Penny Racers, they were introduced in late 1978 and have seen multiple revisions and successors since. The name comes from the Japanese term choro-choro, meaning "dash around", as well as an abbreviation of the Japanese borrowing from "cute" (kyūto) to connote their petite size.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- die-cast toy
- Country
- Japan
- Manufacturer
- Tomy
- Official website
- minicar.tomytec.co.jp/lineup/choroqzero
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- Commons category
- Choro-Q
- inception
- 1978-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Features
- History
- Specialty models
- Video games
- Motorsports
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Q-Steer based on a Nissan Skyline|Nissan R34 Skyline is a line of Japanese 3–4 cm pullback car toys produced by Takara Tomy (formerly Takara). Known in North America as Penny Racers, they were introduced in late 1978 and have seen multiple revisions and successors since. The name comes from the Japanese term choro-choro, meaning "dash around", as well as an abbreviation of the Japanese borrowing from "cute" (kyūto) to connote their petite size.
Takara created the Choro-Q line after noticing the popularity of miniature car toys in Japan. Choro-Qs are stylized after real-world automobiles, with real rubber wheels and a pullback motor that makes them move. Each car has a coin slot at the back, where inserting a penny will make it perform a wheelie when the car is released. A wide variety of car models was chosen to make the Choro-Q series appeal to everybody, ranging from sports cars to formula racers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Choro-Q” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.