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Tomica Shell Station - Finno - 12-13-2019

So I told myself I was going to have a cooling off period after I spent a bit too much in Japan. Then I find myself in Singapore and couldn't help from popping in to the local Tomica dealer at Let's Play.

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...and of course they had this Shell station from 1994 which I couldn't take my eye off because it also included the motorized Shell truck.

They also knew what they had and it was priced accordingly. So after asking myself 'What would Super do in this situation?', I of course walked out with a lighter wallet and a box under my arm.  Now I am really in cooling off mode as I enjoy eating sausages and gravel for Christmas this year... Wink

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RE: Tomica Shell Station - Off The Rails - 12-13-2019

Holy cow, that’s a really elaborate looking set! What a great find.

Sausages and gravel? That’s a new one to me but it sounds like it’s a bit up the food chain from ramen with those “flavor packets” that are mostly salt.

RE: Tomica Shell Station - Super - 12-13-2019

Oh... Fantastic score Finno, that station is much sought after even in Japan so its no wonder they knew what they had. A lot of times that beautiful truck is not included with the set and is sold separately and goes very high especially in the great condition you have.

"sausages and gravel"? .....you get sausages too???? Undecided

RE: Tomica Shell Station - Engineer Bob - 12-13-2019

Now that I've cleaned the drool off my keyboard let me say, nice purchase!

RE: Tomica Shell Station - leylandvictory2 - 12-13-2019

Better than my peanut and jelly diet lol. I sometimes do overtime just to support my expensive hobby lol

RE: Tomica Shell Station - Off The Rails - 12-14-2019

I remember eating a lot of PB&J for lunch and pasta for dinner back in the day. Come to think about it, things aren’t a lot different now! Confused

RE: Tomica Shell Station - Super - 12-14-2019

What is also great is that you found it live and avoided all the Auction Fees and shipping.

RE: Tomica Shell Station - leylandvictory2 - 12-14-2019

frozen pizzas sadly was one of my regular diets back when i was in college lol

RE: Tomica Shell Station - Super - 12-14-2019

Thats pretty bad that you had to eat them frozen! Big Grin

RE: Tomica Shell Station - Finno - 12-15-2019

(12-14-2019, 02:56 PM)Super Wrote: What is also great is that you found it live and avoided all the Auction Fees and shipping.

Yeah I know - that's what was awesome and one reason I didn't want to leave it.

I just arrived home today and confirmed I successfully transported it back without anything breaking in my suitcase. I had to carefully flatten the box and bring the station parts back packed with soft clothes around it for padding. I test run the truck and it goes really fast!

Very pleased with this lucky find.