Hhhmmm, this is the problem - well opportunity I suppose depending on your view of the Japanese auctions, some of the really unusual things you get on offer.
As Super knows I've dipped my toe in the water in my search for Takara Plarail (i.e. pre Tomy merger) and been quite successful in my crusade. Things have started to arrive at Jauce and From Japan so will soon be winging their merry way to the UK.
However while looking I've also found something else which has caught my eye/imagination, a product called 'ZZ Trains' made by Bandai. Now as many will know I love the PlaRail Advance because of their diminutive dimensions and level of detail.
But these ZZ Trains are something else, sold in 'blind' boxes a bit like trading cards or similar things you don't really know what you get when you buy a box. They typically will (apparently) have either a rear & middle coach with two curved rails or a single motor car with a single curved rail. Now you may think that the motor car sounds like a bit of a swizz, except it turns out these are actually motorised - powered by a single 'button cell' which gives you an idea of the scale of these things.
They are actually a smaller scale than 'N' gauge and maybe even smaller than 'Z' gauge - now for you that know your gauges in hobby trains 'Z' gauge are small, so you can imagine how small these will be. They carry the accolade of being the smallest self powered train on the market. Anyway when they arrive I'll quite happily share some pics of them, probably alongside a PlaRail and a PlaRail advance for size comparison purposes
As Super knows I've dipped my toe in the water in my search for Takara Plarail (i.e. pre Tomy merger) and been quite successful in my crusade. Things have started to arrive at Jauce and From Japan so will soon be winging their merry way to the UK.
However while looking I've also found something else which has caught my eye/imagination, a product called 'ZZ Trains' made by Bandai. Now as many will know I love the PlaRail Advance because of their diminutive dimensions and level of detail.
But these ZZ Trains are something else, sold in 'blind' boxes a bit like trading cards or similar things you don't really know what you get when you buy a box. They typically will (apparently) have either a rear & middle coach with two curved rails or a single motor car with a single curved rail. Now you may think that the motor car sounds like a bit of a swizz, except it turns out these are actually motorised - powered by a single 'button cell' which gives you an idea of the scale of these things.
They are actually a smaller scale than 'N' gauge and maybe even smaller than 'Z' gauge - now for you that know your gauges in hobby trains 'Z' gauge are small, so you can imagine how small these will be. They carry the accolade of being the smallest self powered train on the market. Anyway when they arrive I'll quite happily share some pics of them, probably alongside a PlaRail and a PlaRail advance for size comparison purposes
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