Another One. AUTOart's 1/18 Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 LM Limited

You can never have too much of a good thing.

Not one, not two, not three, but four:

Front to back: LM Limited, V-Spec, Nismo 400R, Nismo R-Tune

That good thing being the R33-generation GT-R. Behind those clean lines lies a monster that made the proverbial Nurburgring run in less than 8 minutes, one of (if not) the first production cars to do so. What makes this more amazing is that the R33 is no supercar, exotic, or hypercar. It's a two-door sports car based off a four-door family sedan. 

The blue example shown here is the V-Spec LM Limited edition of the R33. It's a special edition model made to commemorate Nissan entering the 24-hours of Le Mans with the race-ready R33 Nismo LM, where it finished in tenth place amongst a swarm of the top supercars of the era. Nissan produced only 98 of the LM Limited, with a mere 14 of them based on the V-Spec rather than the standard model. Since this is diecast and you can have essentially any car you want, AUTOart naturally gave us the rarest of the rare. 

Hence, the Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33) V-Spec LM Limited, in Championship Blue.

So, what exactly is the difference between this and the "normal" R33 other than the paint job, you ask? 

To sum it up, there are three very, very minor tidbits. Here's how it compares with the Midnight Purple V-Spec, also by AUTOart:

Lip spoiler on the hood.

Carbon-fiber wing.

Commemorative badge on the C-pillars.

That's it!

For the hardcore fans, the small differences are reason enough to get this one and the standard one. For others who are juggling between one or the other, the Championship Blue color is what usually tips the scales. I will always be more partial to any purple over any blue, but I identify as the former.

And I might not be done with just four of them either.