Why is Oliver so expensive?

Hi guys, a lot of you have tomy olivers and i have one myself but I was just wondering why they are so expensive? It's just a normal train but why is it so expensive and sought after. I don't get the reason for paying over $75 for a train that was produced in millions upon millions just like every other train in the tomy/plarail/trackmaster line.

Simply because it was never released in all markets, so therefore in some countries like the USA it can only be bought as an import...

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(06-05-2017, 01:22 PM)Super Wrote: You may also like to check out this Thread https://www.blueplastictracks.com/showth...ght=Oliver

Thank you

(06-05-2017, 12:25 PM)Tharazero1 Wrote: Hi guys, a lot of you have tomy olivers and i have one myself but I was just wondering why they are so expensive? It's just a normal train but why is it so expensive and sought after. I don't get the reason for paying over $75 for a train that was produced in millions upon millions just like every other train in the tomy/plarail/trackmaster line.

On my case I paid for Oliver £50 on Amazon UK, that means $62,48. So on Amazon UK was much cheaper than Ebay

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(06-05-2017, 12:25 PM)Tharazero1 Wrote: Hi guys, a lot of you have tomy olivers and i have one myself but I was just wondering why they are so expensive? It's just a normal train but why is it so expensive and sought after. I don't get the reason for paying over $75 for a train that was produced in millions upon millions just like every other train in the tomy/plarail/trackmaster line.

Ok, hold on. It's expensive because:

1) He was never released in the US

2) He's VERY RARE

3) He was only released in the UK and Japan

(06-05-2017, 09:13 PM)grodriguez Wrote: On my case I paid for Oliver £50 on Amazon UK, that means $62,48. So on Amazon UK was much cheaper than Ebay

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Ok, hold on. It's expensive because:

1) He was never released in the US

2) He's VERY RARE

3) He was only released in the UK and Japan

He was also released in Australia

There have been a few instances where singular countries have received exclusive releases...Flip face Toby at the Copper Mine set (USA), Muddy Gordon & Muddy Spencer (UK), as well as Target, Walmart, and other chain exclusives, that all bring premiums in countries and areas where they aren't readily available.

Just wondering aren't there 2 versions, one that is marked as 2003 tomy and the other one 1998 tomy. Mine is 2003 but which one is rarer?

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(06-06-2017, 08:37 AM)Tharazero1 Wrote: Just wondering aren't there 2 versions, one that is marked as 2003 tomy and the other one 1998 tomy. Mine is 2003 but which one is rarer?

I didn't realise there are two versions, I'll have to check my ones and see what I got lol!