Welcome to the world of car talk. Talking about configurations and prices every day, don’t you think it’s a bit boring? Today we’re going to talk about a light-hearted topic: toys!
Exquisite children's toys: TOMICA
Yes, today we are not talking about the models that straight men like, but toys, toys suitable for all ages! I have always felt that our country is developing rapidly and steadily, and this can also be reflected in children's toys. Looking back on those days, having a tin frog was considered a luxury, but now mothers are willing to spend forty or fifty yuan to buy a tomica for their babies in the mall.
Although as a straight man, I once complained that Tomica’s wheels were too childlike when I was in junior high school, but the actual actions still betrayed me, because I never stopped buying. It wasn't until college that I realized that the red and white boxes were originally products for children. There was nothing wrong with deliberately distinguishing the characteristics of some cartoons. On the contrary, many adults now buy them. It is probably because of this sentiment.
Whether you are an adult or a child, as long as you like cars, the Tomica brand from Japan is still worth buying. In such a sophisticated and compact car toy, the manufacturer has injected rich and colorful elements into it, and is able to make the entire system go forward strategically in the long run. It is really amazing!
As we all know, Tomica is a Japanese brand. In Japan, a country with a popular car culture, there are many elements that Tomica can promote. It’s a bit far-fetched. You can probably write a book to talk about these topics. Let’s choose one of them and talk about a branch of the traditional topic---British police cars.
Yes, police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, taxis, trucks, cranes... This is a theme for children. It is necessary to establish a preliminary understanding for children. Usually domestic toy brands will put effort into painting their own police cars, but if you think back to the domestic toys, police cars and ambulances in the 1990s, they were simply perfunctory.
And tomica has determined a correct subdivision path from the beginning, and will inject some special elements according to the real uses of different police cars. For example, traffic police cars will have high-mounted warning signs, explosion-proof police cars will have fiberglass mesh, and covered police cars will use snail lights.
Although we did not make separate molds for these toys, the embellishment of small elements is undoubtedly the finishing touch, and it also allows children to clearly find the key points between change and immutability, subtly forming a sense of car culture. Instead of canceling these elements, make something more or less the same to quickly enter the market. If you do this, you will lose loyal users long ago.
Of course, it is not enough to just have Japanese themes. If foreign themes are injected, it will be both foreign and fashionable. For example, many friends must have seen this model in the mall, the Mitsubishi EVO X painted with Tenberg pattern.
But the ones I am going to send out below are even more interesting.
Mitsubishi Pajero police car version (shogun)
Mitsubishi iMiEV police version, or ceiling police light.
Nissan silvia police version.
Toyota Prius police version.
It can be seen that on interesting themes, Tomica will make some paintings in small quantities, randomly, carefully and specially. This not only enriches the color of the theme, increases the scarcity of these toys, but also further generates collection value. .
The randomness mentioned here only seems random, but when you bring these random paintings together, you will find a kind of harmonious but different shock.
And in most cases, Tomica will still be produced based on real cars. For example, except for Silvia, which has no real car pictures, the above models are all relatively typical British police car models.
The classic Battenberg plaid
Now that we have mentioned this, we have to mention the painting of British police cars, so follow me to learn about this handsome set of Battenberg plaid!
This set of blue The yellow and white coating is called "Batenberg" plaid, which is named after its appearance is the same as the cross-section shape of the Battenberg cake.
Battenburg markings (English: Battenburg markings) is a highly visible checkered marking used to enhance the eye-catching degree. It is usually used as the body painting of emergency vehicles (police vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances). In addition, Battenberg plaid is sometimes printed on uniforms (such as traffic police windbreakers).
However, the early British police cars were painted with red stripes, not the Battenberg painting with such a strong impact.
The Battenberg plaid first appeared in the mid-1990s and was developed by the British Police Scientific Development Branch, which has now been reorganized into the Home Office Scientific Development Branch. It is said that the painting of my country's Type 04 police car was also formulated by the Traffic Management Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security.
The livery was developed at the request of the National motorway policing sub-committee of the Association of Chief Police Officers and was first provided to the British police's traffic patrol vehicles.
This new paint was originally developed to provide a unified, highly visible standard body paint for British motorway and trunk road patrols. The British police require that the new paint must be clearly distinguishable by drivers within a range of at least 500 meters under natural sunlight during the day and under ordinary car headlights at night. police car.
Key research objectives of the new coating include:
Reduce the probability of traffic accidents caused by insufficient eye-catchingness of police vehicle body markings, improve the safety of police officers and public drivers, and ensure that police vehicles are clearly visible within a range of 500 meters under daylight. discernible.
uses highly visible body painting to act as a tweezer for traffic patrols, thereby creating a sense of public safety and improving the quality of public security.
Through research, it has been concluded that human eyes are most sensitive to blue/green squares and yellow/green squares during the day and at night. The Battenberg check design combines two or more rows of staggered reflective squares. Usually the first square in the first row at the top is yellow (strictly speaking, fluorescent yellow), and then another color (such as blue) is staggered and neatly arranged along the car body. The squares are usually arranged in two rows, and the car body is relatively small. Larger vehicles may add more ranks.
Battenberg plaid is generally not used on the rear of the car. Most emergency vehicles choose to paint red and yellow diagonal stripes with upward arrows on the rear of the car to warn following vehicles. Having said all that, the main purpose of painting British police cars with Battenberg checkered pattern is to make themselves look particularly conspicuous and to serve as a warning.
But if you think about it, these major car countries in the world are not stingy in the equipment of police cars. Due to public safety reasons, our country's laws do not allow police cars to chase criminals. Therefore, our country's police cars have not made many performance upgrades. Occasionally, a few luxury cars are used to support the cards.
Other countries are different. Whether it is the United States, Japan or Germany, all are equipped with high-speed pursuit police cars. The UK actually likes high-performance police cars, so having a bright painting is also very important.
For example, Lotus Evora, EVO X, Subaru STI, Jaguar XFR, Focus RS, etc. Of course, the Battenberg plaid is not only used on police cars, but also on other emergency vehicles. Please follow the car forum to have a quick look.
The wide application of Battenberg plaid
Police: blue/yellow (Police Forces)
Ambulance and medical vehicles: green/yellow (Ambulance and Doctors)
Fire trucks: red/yellow (Fire and Rescue)
Blood delivery vehicles: Orange/Yellow (NHS Blood and Transplant, Blood Bikes)
Highways Authority: Black/Yellow (Highways England and DVSA)
Network Infrastructure Limited: Blue/Orange (Rail Response)
Mountain Rescue Team: White/Orange (Mountain Rescue)
Royal Coast Guard: Navy Blue/Yellow (HM Coastguard)
Immigration Enforcement Force: Sky Blue/Navy Blue (Immigration Enforcement)
Of course, now that it has been studied, it is necessary to share the results with other countries, including China.
Ireland Police cars
Neighboring Ireland has applied this paint, but the color blocks are different from those of British police cars.
Sweden Police car
Sweden in Northern Europe also uses this painting, but it is not painted on a large area all over the body, but only takes up some area on the border.
Hong Kong Police Car (Traffic Department)
The Hong Kong Traffic Department also followed this result, but through the Chinese characters police and the red and blue police lights on the roof, it can be clearly distinguished that this police car belongs to Hong Kong.
New Zealand police car
The front of the New Zealand police car is also equipped with an interception guardrail like the American police car. The painted grid is smaller than that of the British police car, and the contrasting colors are not completely staggered.
Ok, what is the beautiful British police car livery? Do you understand it? Friends who are interested can try the Battenberg cake. For more interesting information, please pay attention to the car forum!
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