Why Do You Collect The Trains You Do?

Trackmaster-Rail-Yard · Trackmaster-Rail-Yard 07-08-2014, 03:26 PM Train Insane

Nice story Train Man! Sure is funny how we get dragged into collecting trains, but boy don't we all love it Wink

leylandvictory2 · leylandvictory2 07-09-2014, 01:31 AM Posting Freak

I got into collecting Plarail/Tomy/Trackmaster trains because they are a lot cheaper than HO scale trains.

***Ucwepn*** · ***Ucwepn*** 07-09-2014, 02:35 AM The Fat Controller

Well you probably know who I am if you're here, I probably hassled you enough that you finally came to have a look hehe. My first experience with these types of trains would have been around 2002 when my eldest son thehsvdude was 2 years old and we had a modest Thomas layout mounted on a wooden board. He had around 6-7 engines including magic rail talking thomas and an angry thomas. We would let him play under supervision but they still tended to be handled quite roughly at times until he eventually lost interest and the layout was in disrepair (I had screwed the tracks to the baseboard and many were cracked and or coming apart). He finally lost interest and moved onto the next big thing which I believe was starwars.

I still have all of the locos from our 2002 collection, In around 2011 I picked up a tomica world set for $30 or so and I dusted off all the old Thomas trains and it has grown from there! I collect the trains I do because I enjoy making videos of them and customizing them to be much more than what they originally were. This is a great train system with an ease of accessibility unmatched by any other.

sunhuntin · sunhuntin 07-09-2014, 07:31 AM out of the game

good story, chris!

emilyfan101 · emilyfan101 07-09-2014, 01:16 PM Member

my first train I got is tomy percy.his rubber is almost gone but he runs like a dream.then I got my henry and james.I did got tomy edward but his wires were broken so I got henry.then I started collecting these trains.
when hit trackmaster came out I only got whiff and rosie.then I got freddie.
after I moved to korea I knew I can't get any trains but when I went to toys r us they had a full shelf of plarail thomas.However,they only have a half
shelf of trackmasters.shame.but they only had thomas,percy,whiff and stanley.the only set they have is the cranky with diesel set.and it's about $50.and the trains are about $20.(a train with a truck is about $40 Angry

).so I only get plarail as the price is about $15. I got plarail edward(at last Big Grin

)and plarail hiro.I also found busy as a bee james at toys r us!Should I get it or no?so yeah, thats why I collect these trains.Their a hobby to collect Big Grin

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***Ucwepn*** · ***Ucwepn*** 07-09-2014, 03:32 PM The Fat Controller

Get the busy as a bee James he is Great!

sunhuntin · sunhuntin 07-10-2014, 05:55 AM out of the game

i would love to walk into a shop and be faced with plarails!!

emilyfan101 · emilyfan101 07-10-2014, 06:01 AM Member

(07-09-2014, 03:32 PM)Ucwepn Wrote: Get the busy as a bee James he is Great!

I may but when I went to toys r us today,he was about $27! Angry

Trackmaster-Rail-Yard · Trackmaster-Rail-Yard 07-10-2014, 01:51 PM Train Insane

(07-10-2014, 06:01 AM)emilyfan101 Wrote:
(07-09-2014, 03:32 PM)Ucwepn Wrote: Get the busy as a bee James he is Great!

I may but when I went to toys r us today,he was about $27!

I'd say it's worth it. It's a nice model from my experience with it, and runs well. Plus it looks very well on any layout Wink

emilyfan101 · emilyfan101 07-11-2014, 06:31 AM Member

(07-10-2014, 01:51 PM)Trackmaster-Rail-Yard Wrote:
(07-10-2014, 06:01 AM)emilyfan101 Wrote:
(07-09-2014, 03:32 PM)Ucwepn Wrote: Get the busy as a bee James he is Great!

I may but when I went to toys r us today,he was about $27!

I'd say it's worth it. It's a nice model from my experience with it, and runs well. Plus it looks very well on any layout

oh... ok