Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

chrisjo · chrisjo 02-28-2022, 08:47 AM Investigations Dept.

(02-28-2022, 03:58 AM)PerkyHydrAan Wrote: i NEED to have this. Hopefully i can buy from 1999.co.jp, bcs in my country, the last "best selection set" is twice the original price.

Consider Plazajapan for the Red Express set, they keep more stock than HobbySearch. I see HobbySearch are taking pre-orders for the Cross Liner set now.

**Super** · **Super** 02-28-2022, 10:53 AM Track Engineer

PerkyHydrAan · PerkyHydrAan 02-28-2022, 01:06 PM ?

(02-28-2022, 08:47 AM)chrisjo Wrote:
(02-28-2022, 03:58 AM)PerkyHydrAan Wrote: i NEED to have this. Hopefully i can buy from 1999.co.jp, bcs in my country, the last "best selection set" is twice the original price.
Consider Plazajapan for the Red Express set, they keep more stock than HobbySearch. I see HobbySearch are taking pre-orders for the Cross Liner set now.

thanks!

Mister No · Mister No 02-28-2022, 01:19 PM AEG Cult Member

(02-28-2022, 12:50 AM)leylandvictory2 Wrote: I thought Japanese are very punctual in arriving at each stop right to the seconds. Wouldn't packing passengers like sardnes cause delays?

No, timely packing of passengers like sardines before the arrival of the train will actually reduce the possibility of delays in a way that will speed up the process of boarding and disembarking passengers! Big Grin

Look:

Mister No · Mister No 02-28-2022, 11:34 PM AEG Cult Member

About Suzukawa's video:

The details of the set can be clearly seen in Suzukawa's video. Trees are halves, but they can be merged into one. Pay attention to the slopes, they are a little different. Suzukawa has also added interesting Tomica elements (car wash, parking, 7-Eleven ...) that can be nicely combined.

Unfortunately, I don't really like the train. And something isn’t exactly right with the colours (blue from the roof spills over a bit). But the gimmick with the door is interesting; it is generally seen that Tomy continues to invest in creative solutions, albeit small. That makes me happy! Smile

**Super** · **Super** 02-28-2022, 11:57 PM Track Engineer

I noticed that about the trees but they still look to be top heavy and will easily tip over. I must have missed it but have gone over the video and can't see anything different in the slopes...care to give a hint? Undecided

Mister No · Mister No 03-01-2022, 12:15 AM AEG Cult Member

When I watched the video for the first time, it seemed to me that the middle sections of the beginning and the end of the slope were somehow different. Now I looked at them more closely, and then I looked at my slopes, and now I don't think they are any different... Oops, I was probably deceived by the shooting angle. Blush

**Super** · **Super** 03-01-2022, 12:19 AM Track Engineer

(03-01-2022, 12:15 AM)Mister No Wrote: .. Oops, I was probably deceived by the shooting angle.

Or old age?

Like I have room to talk

Mister No · Mister No 03-01-2022, 12:24 AM AEG Cult Member

Or old age combined with really bad eyesight... Confused

AOF04 · AOF04 03-01-2022, 08:48 PM Becoming Addicted

Shinkalion Z Releases
I was watching out for the release of the new Alpha X release. I saw the release on Tomy website and checked Hobbysearch, hadn't come up yet, 1 hr later still hadn't come up, When I did see it come up, it had already sold out!!!
Come on HobbySearch you need to do better and get more stock to sell or get more in once released. (this goes for the EVA version) which was released mid December but has never come back into stock.
I know of very few websites that sell these items, or they sell some but not others (PlazaJapan for example).
As I am in New Zealand I can't use Amazon Japan anymore except through Buyee, but that adds extra costs again.
I am just a little frustrated with the way company's pick and choose what they will buy to sell and then the ones that don't pre-order enough or get it back in stock.
That is my Rant for the day.