Tomica Malaysia announced at the start of this month that it will be opening its first-ever store in Southeast Asia, located in Malaysia. Now, the company has confirmed that the store will open in Suria KLCC soon on 18 December.
According to a recent teaser shared on Facebook, the upcoming Tomica outlet will be housed in the mall’s Toys “R” Us store. Naturally, it will feature a range of products as well as replicas of cars that we all know and love. Unfortunately, the company did not elaborate further on what these specific models or products are.
As a brief history lesson, Tomica was first introduced in 1970 by Takara Tomy Co as Japan’s first domestic palm-sized diecast miniature car series. The name itself normally refers to the 3-inch-sized mainstream vehicles that were commonly produced by the company.
In the 1970s, Tomicas sold in the United States were originally marketed under the name “Pocket Cars”. Four decades later, in 2010, Tomy Corporation reintroduced the Tomica brand to North American and European markets.
Tomica has had a very strong presence in Malaysia for some time, with hundreds of products lining toy store shelves. As mentioned earlier, this will be the brand’s first expansion into Southeast Asia, and it will also be its third store outside Japan, following openings in Shanghai in September 2024 and Beijing in September 2025.
(Source: Tomica [Facebook])
