Diapet

Diapet (ダイヤペット) is a brand of Japanese die-cast metal toy vehicles currently managed by Agatsuma.

Diapet cars are usually 1:40 replicas of real vehicles; though some may be 1:30, 1:35 or 1:55. While initially aimed at children, like many other toy car replicas they have, over time, become popular with collectors.

History

The Diapet line originates from 1965 after Japanese toy manufacturer Yonezawa bought one of its rivals Taiseiya Co., Ltd.. Taiseiya had been producing die-cast cars in Japan under the "Micro Pet" brand, which was changed to "Cherryca Phenix" in 1962 - Yonezawa, which had to this point only been producing tin-plate toys, brought out Diapet as a replacement for both their and Taiseiya's efforts. Diapet rose to become a flagship brand for Yonezawa, who were already one of the largest post-war toy manufacturers in the country.

Sega bought Yonezawa in July 1994, creating Sega-Yonezawa, inheriting the Diapet brand. In March 2000, the company, now renamed Sega Toys, sold Diapet to Agatsuma. This means virtually all Diapet products over the course of six years are within the scope of the Sega Retro wiki.

Releases

Sega-Yonezawa

SG series

• Red boxes; Sega Yonezawa credit not obvious (it's round the back in Kanji). Re-releases?
  • SG-01: Rover Mini Cooper 1.3 (1993)
  • SG-02: ??
  • SG-03: ??
  • SG-04: ??
  • SG-05: Toyota Supra RZ
  • SG-06: Mitsubishi GTO
  • SG-07: Nissan Figaro
  • SG-08: ??
  • SG-09: ??
  • SG-10: ??
  • SG-11: ??
  • SG-12: ??
  • SG-13: Toyota Crown Majesta C-Type
  • SG-14: Eunos Roadster (1990)
  • SG-15: Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX
  • SG-16: Nissan Skyline GT-R
  • SG-17: Toyota Supra Castrol Type (as seen in Sega Touring Car Championship!)
  • SG-18: Honda NSX Advan Type
  • SG-19: Nissan Fairlady something (FedEx?) Type
  • SG-20: Nissan something GTR (R32)
  • SG-21: Toyota Supra something Type
  • SG-22: Mitsubishi GTO Puma Type
  • SG-23: Honda NSX Raybrig Type
  • SG-24: Toyota Supra Blitz Type

• • SG-35: Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)

RV series

• red boxes Sega Yonezawa
  • RV-01: Toyota RAV4
  • RV-02: ??
  • RV-03: Mitsubishi ??
  • RV-04: Toyota Hilux Surf (1994)
  • RV-05: Nissan Terano
  • RV-06: Toyota Land Cruiser
  • RV-07: Honda Odyessey (1996)
  • RV-08: Toyota Hilux Pickup
  • RV-09: Delica Space Gear (both white and darkish greenish)
  • RV-10: Honda CR-V
  • RV-13: Toyota Noah
  • RV-14: Honda Stepwgn (dark blue/green, light blue/purple? )

• Sega Yonezawa blue box
  • RV-11: Toyota Ipsum (blue, red, white)
  • RV-12: Honda S-MX Lowdown (black, red, orange)

GT series

• Sega Yonezawa (1:40 models) (black boxes)
  • GT-01: FET Sports Supra
  • GT-02: Endless Advan GTR (R32)
  • GT-03: Prince something something GTR (R32)
  • GT-04: Tomei Powered Silvia
  • GT-05: Calsonic Skyline GT-R (R32)
  • GT-07: Altia Dunlop GT-R (R33)
  • GT-09: Puma GTO
  • GT-10: Blitz Supra
  • GT-11: Raybrig NSX

Sega Toys

SG series

• • SG-12: Nissan Skyline GTR (R33) (white box)
  • SG-14: Mazda Roadster (black box)
  • SG-25: Honda NSX (white box)

RV series

Code	Name	Box scans	Images	Region	Date	Price	Documentation	Description
RV-15	Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution			JP

• • RV-16: Mitsubishi Pajero Exceed (short)

Miscellaneous

• Red boxes, black horizontal stripes; Sega Toys credit not obvious very similar to Yonezawa ones. 1:40
  • R-25: The 5000 Series Shinkansen-Nozomi
• red boxes etc. 1:55
  • K-3: Bulldozer
  • T-002: truck thing, green tractor
• P-06: Fairlady Patrolcar
• P-07: NSX Patrolcar
• P-08: Skyline GTR Patrolcar