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A Miniature 7-Eleven Is Coming — Small Enough to Cross Borders
Tomytec has recreated a Japanese 7-Eleven as a highly detailed 1/64-scale model, complete with an ATM, coffee machine and hot-snack counter.
Japan’s convenience stores are known for fitting an improbable amount into a modest footprint. Tomytec is taking the idea considerably further: soon, a Japanese 7-Eleven will be small enough to fit almost anywhere.
In February 2027, Tomytec, a Japanese model maker best known for its TOMIX railway range, will release TOMICARAMA Vintage 16a Convenience Store (7-Eleven), a 1/64-scale recreation of a Japanese 7-Eleven. It will be the first convenience store in the TOMICARAMA Vintage series.
Developed under the supervision of Seven-Eleven Japan, the model reproduces not only the familiar striped storefront but much of the interior: checkout counters, store shelves, an ATM, a multi-copy machine, a Seven Café coffee machine and the hot-snack case. Individual items make an appearance, too, including 7-Eleven’s karaage stick, a skewer of fried chicken.
For konbini devotees, the smaller details may be the point. Flags, signs, an outdoor storage unit and a parking area are all included, and Tomytec’s other 1/64-scale cars and human figures can be placed around the store to create a fuller slice of everyday Japan.
Some of it even works. The entrance doors can be opened and closed by moving one of the U-shaped bollards outside, and the shelves inside can be rearranged. Two 7-Eleven employee figures are included.
At ¥26,400, the set is rather more expensive than anything one might casually add at the register. It measures 330 millimeters wide, 235 millimeters deep and 115 millimeters high, and is intended for collectors 15 and older. Reservations are scheduled to open in Japan at 4 p.m. on September 10, 2026, ahead of its February release.
Tomytec calls the 7-Eleven its first convenience-store model in the series, leaving an obvious question: what comes next? A FamilyMart, perhaps, or a Lawson. And for the particularly hopeful konbini enthusiast, maybe even a Seicomart.
For now, though, 7-Eleven is the only konbini on the block — and there is plenty to explore inside.