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Whaaaat...is This?...The New SC Maglev - Super - 01-31-2015
Never seen this one....a knockoff maybe?
RE: Whaaaat...is This? - Gerisplarail1 - 01-31-2015
not a knock off new official Tomy Maglev plarail train runs on blue track it is replica of the prototype they are currently testing
RE: Whaaaat...is This? - Super - 01-31-2015
Thanks Geris, what would we (me) do without you knowledge? Has this Tomy Train already been released? The front or rear windows, is that how the real one will be, driverless?
Upon further research, the real one might indeed have no driver. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) has no wheels just magnets. Oh, now I recognize the name but not the Tomy version.
http://www.blueplastictracks.com/showthread.php?tid=311&highlight=maglev
http://www.blueplastictracks.com/showthread.php?tid=705&highlight=maglev
RE: Whaaaat...is This?...The New SC Maglev - Super - 02-01-2015
Another new video of Plarail/Tomy's new SCMaglev Series LO Train. In this video you get a look at the box. Where are they getting these? I am not sure I like this, still up in the air about it. Kind of plain looking with not much detail of paint. Can't tell if those tiny windows are a sticker or paint.
RE: Whaaaat...is This?...The New SC Maglev - Super - 02-08-2015
Suzukawa has her unboxing and first run of the Maglev LO and the train has something that I have not seen before. Since I guess the real Maglev LO is propelled by magnets I assume they have no wheels. So to help that look for this model Tomy has made the wheels clear. What do you think?
RE: Whaaaat...is This?...The New SC Maglev - sunhuntin - 02-08-2015
looks wrong without a windscreen.
RE: Whaaaat...is This?...The New SC Maglev - Super - 02-08-2015
Yes, it does look weird but that is what the real one looks like.
RE: Whaaaat...is This?...The New SC Maglev - chrisjo - 02-08-2015
You'd have thought they could have clipped the track together properly before making the (first) video. I hope the real one rides better than that!