+- Blue Plastic Tracks (https://www.blueplastictracks.org)
+-- Forum: Blue Plastic Tracks (https://www.blueplastictracks.org/forum-36.html)
+--- Forum: Trackmaster Thomas and Friends (https://www.blueplastictracks.org/forum-5.html)
+--- Thread: Rarest TrackMaster Trains (/thread-4623.html)
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - MuddyPoppins - 05-28-2022
Thank you so much gordonfan01!!
Oh my I completely forgot about Red Bulgy w/service window!
I’ve updated the list and put it at #8
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - GreatGordonFan - 05-28-2022
The bulgy is a very VERY interesting scenario.
If the varient truly was released in 1998 , then this would be hiding something HUGE. "Bulgy rides again" (episode where bulgy was turned into a veg stand) was released in 2003.
Could this mean Bulgy Rides Again was meant to be released a lot earlier (probably season 5) but was delayed?
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - Super - 05-28-2022
Would the Yellow Coach found in the elusive James Figure 8 Set make any List???
![[Image: Figure8-Playsetbox.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/V01JD0GY/Figure8-Playsetbox.jpg)
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - TrainsRawesome - 05-28-2022
I’d think the set would be pretty high up, as there’s only one image of it anywhere
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - Super - 05-28-2022
Which is strange as the yellow Coach exclusive to this set can be found...I have 4 of them 😁
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - MuddyPoppins - 05-28-2022
Yes that Figure 8 set is VERY rare, and along with a few others should probably be inserted somewhere between the 15-30 slots..
1. James Figure 8 set
2. Toby at the Coppermine set
3. James Works it out set
4. James at Boulder Mountain set
5. PLARAIL Big Slash Victor Blue Mountain Mystery set w/Kevin & red breakdown crane
6. PLARAIL Henry play set
7. PLARAIL Bill & Ben/Cranky Harbor set
8. PLARAIL Thomas & Bash set
9. PLARAIL Thomas Round Round bridge set
10. 2012 FisherPrice little friends Mavis w/matte finish
It seems the deeper the list goes the more debatable it becomes.
ALSO, I forgot Thumper, so I updated the list yet again! Lol
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - TrainsRawesome - 05-28-2022
Here is how I would rate them by rarity, what do you all think?
1. Plarail Gold Thomas
2. Plarail Silver Thomas
3. Plarail 60th Anniversary Campaign Thomas
4. Plarail Baby Star (Blushing) Thomas
5. TrackMaster international talking engines
6. TrackMaster Hector pack with red coach
7. Tomica World U.S. Talk 'n' Action James
8. TrackMaster James Figure 8 Set
9. TrackMaster Buster with black front wheel holder
10. TOMY Red Bulgy with service window
11. Yujin Thomas & Percy candy dispensers
12. TrackMaster Alfie
13. TrackMaster Monty
14. Trackmaster Thomas in "Slippy Sodor" with original face
15. Plarail Powerful Gordon & box
16. Plarail Thomas & Jeremy Airplane Set
17. TrackMaster Greatest Moments Thomas, Annie, & Clarabel
18. TrackMaster 2010 Red Express Coaches & box
19. Plarail Clear Brown Annie
20. Plarail Thumper at Boulder Mountain
21. TrackMaster Thomas & the Stinky Cheese with non-CGI face
22. Plarail Thomas & Percy at Knapford Set
23. Plarail Lady & Diesel 10 Chasing Set
24. TrackMaster Sodor Copper Mine
25. Plarail Donald & Douglas Snowplow Set
26. TrackMaster James Works It Out Set
27. TrackMaster "Deluxe" Engines
28. Plarail Thomas & Bash Logging Set
29. Plarail Bill & Ben Harbor Set
30. Plarail Henry Playset
31. Plarail Thomas Round & Round Bridge Set
32. Plarail Clear Brown Clarabel
33. TrackMaster James at Boulder Mountain
34. TrackMaster 2012 Mavis
35. TOMY Diesel, Freight Wagons, and Cargo
*We don’t know if the Flip-Face R/C Celebration Thomas was actually available/given out or just a prototype
*We don’t know if Snowy Freddie was actually available anywhere or a canceled prototype
*We don’t have any concrete info on the promotional Lion of Sodor
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - MuddyPoppins - 05-29-2022
Our lists are a good start TRa…lots to think about and reconsider.
I’d like to go down the list and discuss/debate/scrutinize each of them and their rankings individually.
For instance:
I cannot decide on Alfie or Monty and called it a tie or coin flip.
ALFIE was basically only sold in North America, and it’s production was limited due to its design flaw, so it never had a mass production/distribution run.
There are less, but the limited numbers that were made are far easier find, and to have shipped to someone living in North America than they are in Europe or Asia.
MONTY was buried in Poland and eastern block countries, and is literally and geographically as far away from North America as could possibly be.
It is impossible to have anything shipped from that region, but Monty CAN be found on Polish sites and for only a few dollars.
Also, Monty most likely received a full standard production run, so there will always be far more Monty’s on this earth than Alfie’s, but they are on the other side of the planet.
I guess some of it has to do with where you live as to what is rarest?
Which would make any item produced exclusively to its own country, most rare to every other country.
Like the Toby at the Coppermine set is to the US, so each individual countries own language international talking engines are to them, Oliver is to England, and Plarail is to Japan.
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - MuddyPoppins - 05-29-2022
Please delete
RE: Rarest TrackMaster Trains - gordonfan01 - 05-29-2022
I have a fantastic idea! We all ought to get together on some sort of call or live chat where we can take all the rare tomy/plarail/trackmaster items, debate them, then order them based on rarity, and there could be two seperate categories, rarest plarail/tomys and rarest hit toys/trackmaster lists. of course with many of us living in different time zones and regions around the world it would be difficult to organize, but it could be done. I have a few ideas about placement of items myself.