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Plarail in the Western World? - GreatGordonFan - 11-26-2021
Plarail was in the western world? I found this image of a plarail set that is in english. What is this? Why have I never heard of it? Why do thomas and james have red running boards but percy has a white one?
![[Image: plarailjames-1-2-orig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/DSgt2LCd/plarailjames-1-2-orig.jpg)
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - TrainsRawesome - 11-26-2021
On the Wiki it says it was sold in parts of Asia, I guess Asian countries that speak more English?
I have no idea why they just had the more detailed Percy with the older-style Thomas and James
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - GreatGordonFan - 11-26-2021
But it has european/north american styled packaging
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - Super - 11-26-2021
I don't know nothing about Thomas but just looking at the front of the box I have to assume its not a USA release because.....the size of the Layout is in Metric. Soooo, maybe a UK, New Zealand, Australia release???? Might be more info on the back of the box.
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - GreatGordonFan - 11-26-2021
The Uk had motor road and rail, so this makes no sense
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - GreatGordonFan - 11-26-2021
(11-26-2021, 05:40 PM)TrainsRawesome Wrote: On the Wiki it says it was sold in parts of Asia, I guess Asian countries that speak more English?
I have no idea why they just had the more detailed Percy with the older-style Thomas and James
The plarail logo is completely different, so I have no idea whats going on
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - TheDiamondDalek - 11-26-2021
I know this doesn't really contribute to anything, but there are several instances of the stock-standard Plarail Thomas featured in sets like the Thomas and Terence Deluxe Set in countries worldwide
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - Super - 11-26-2021
Isn't the Plarail Logo in English on the box an indicate that it is not a Japan release and something much older?
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - Mister No - 11-27-2021
The same Plarail logo (in Latin script), although together with Japanese logo, have all my Hong Kong MTR trains, and they are made by: TOMY ASIA LIMITED, Star House, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. So maybe this set is also made by them and mostly intended for Asian market.
RE: Plarail in the Western World? - GreatGordonFan - 11-27-2021
@TheDiamondDalek
That's what I thought of when I saw this set.
Speaking of which, why is the thomas in the terence set a plarail thomas?