Continuation of BigLobe Plarail Museum

THIS is not a BPT thread?
I see a ton of Plakid variations on Yahoo Auctions too. The most interesting ones are in closed auctions.

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OOPS!  Linked the wrong page...sorry, old lock down braiin, try THIS

I see lots of black uniform Plakids, I don't know whether these are the Umekoji Plakids (too blur to see the details), but it is said that the uniformed Plakids are generally harder to find.

Sorry for hijacking the thread but I think i found an ebay posting that is selling rare tomy station.  

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-TOMY-Pla...Swr2delOrT

it looks like it has a some sort of launching pad.  





found another rare gem

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Plarail-Fan-Club...SwEuterSM9

Launch pad is not a Plarail. That station is Fukusen Automatic Station, it is somewhat rare but it is not a true phantom gem. We had a debate on this but the frequency of that station coming up in auctions are too high to be considered a true phantom gem.

That green Enoden is a fan club variant of the reprint yellow Chinchin Densha, it is way too common in comparison to true phantom gems like my C-62汽笛入り, New International Airport Set, 1973 Rotary Snowplough and Highway Bus. And not even close to being rarer than the common types of Round trip 往復 Round Trip EF-66 (backwards and forwards), so will not be considered.

These 2 are true phantom gems of Plarail owned by me, reason they are mentioned is because they are made before red TOMY mark era, made in Japan and cream of cream rarity.
https://youtu.be/XDBzNmNKAbU : There are only 13 confirmed survivors, least price was 50000 yen and max price of the set version was 92100 yen.
https://youtu.be/GkMut9MPBuM : There are only 5 confirmed survivors, least price was 23000 yen and max price was 79000 yen for new condition.

This is the past auction prices where the most expensive Plarail auctions are sorted in ascending order (excludes buyout auctions): http://www.ta-ka-ra.com/best50/toy_plarail2.htm

Update Phantom Gem 5: Furano Express Set

Finally someone uploaded the clear images online. The sandpaper surface rails are STILL BEING PRODUCED in the 90s!!! In 1988, the rails had their surface changed from sandpaper surface to grooves that we see today.
For those who don't already know the set, the set was only manufactured in Hokkaido, Japan in 1990. It has the set contents of Basic No. 2 Set, the station changed from unnamed orange roof station to Yumegaoka Station. What matters most is the box, where the same box design used in the late 70s and early 80s is reused back in 1990 for unknown reasons. Although produced in red TOMY mark era, it is one of the few sets that were the last to be made in Japan. It is a true phantom gem nevertheless during red TOMY mark era due to the extreme rarity. It is believed that it is even more rare than all the Plarail produced during winter production era (1984)

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Thanks Vio. I have always thought this version of the Furano Express is odd but very interesting looking.

This Furano Express is the same as normal one in 3 car set.

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I should have clarified the real ones like these or do I have these wrong.

No it is this one: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furano_exp.jpg
Blog post is up: http://b773jl408.livedoor.blog/archives/6343707.html