M Yokota Collection - Big Boy Toys

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M Yokota Collection - Big Boy Toys

<dt>M Yokota Collection - Big Boy Toys
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<a href="/features/130_0809_m_yokota_collection/index.html">Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Somewhere In Japan-And It's Full Of Candy, Toys And Cool Classic Cars</a><p>Once you've loaded yourself up on all the toys from the gift shop, you enter the first of three floors of classic automobiles, which is allocated for the kei cars and trucks. That's right, trucks. It's funny; in America it's all about how powerful trucks are to carry 20 million pounds of cargo. Well, Japan's thinking is a little bit different; I think they are more worried about how small the streets are as well as the price of gas. Not to mention the Japanese must have been carrying "smaller packages." And despite what you've heard, don't believe those urban myths about Jonny's size (from what the ladies tell me, he'll be the first to prove that myth wrong). Enough talk about "packages"-let's look at some cars. A tiny pickup that caught my eye was a tiny-ass Daihatsu Midget three-wheeler. Back in '63 you could buy this truck for 228,000 yen or just over $2,000. Just to give you some frame of reference, back in '63 a college graduate in Japan was making around 20,000 or just over $175 a month. You could have purchased a big bottle of beer for 115 yen or around a buck and could take a bath in a hot spring for 23 yen or around 20 cents. Another unique vehicle in this section is the 1972 Honda Vamos. This car looks like it was custom made for Disneyland's jungle ride, but it was made to drive on the streets. Honda's slogan for the Vamos was, "Jump in and go!" If this was offered in LA, where I grew up without doors or windows, a lot of people would have jumped in and left. Space must have been an issue with this vehicle; check out where they put the spare tire. That's right, baby, in between the headlights!</p>
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