Japanese Auction Wins...

Ok, well before I begin this I have to apologise for the length of this post, but it seems the parcel fairies decided to stop off in Coventry for longer than usual and several shipments from the land of the rising sun decided to arrive together

Anyway on with the goodies, first up we have a whole bunch of new/sealed Takara PlaRail goodies;

The first one here is in response to the query above regarding the turn-table, I actually had two turn up, one boxed/sealed and the other 2nd hand, but apparently pristine when I opened it. As can be seen by the closeups its operated by a 'crank', but it does also have a 'stop' function for the trains on both ends and is large enough to hold the complete 'normal' 3 car trains;

Next up we have another new/unopened set, this one is particularly interesting and this is the only example I've seen to date. It is interesting in that it not only has a normal 3 car train, but also a single car 'tram' and some different dedicated track for it that fits inside the oval of train track. I've not opened it yet as it appears to be so rare, but I'll be keeping my eyes open for another example;

Next up is an engine shed come storage container, these are intended to work alongside the turntable or alone and it appears they can be 'stacked' for storage purposes;

Here's an elevated oval track, very similar to the current Tomy offering, complete with risers and overhead catenary (posts for electric wires);

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Now for some new loco's, some of these I already had as 'used' examples, but these are new/sealed ones for the 'future box' as Super would say ;

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This next one is a bit of an oddity, as it has a Shinkansen 500 in the box which looks pretty much mint condition, but the box is for a 'Sonic' train, if this was just a packing error or 2nd hand I don't know as I purchased it from Amazon but was received by From Japan as incorrect and they offered it to me for free - i.e. refunded the cost

Now some scenery items, up first one that has been seen before but thats in an old thread somewhere so no harm repeating it, a box containing a number of 'trees' and train signals - got 3 of these in a bundle of new goodies;

A girder bridge set (i.e. bridge, supports, etc...)

A tunnel

Finally for the new goodies we have a selection of track packs many of which there were multiple packs of;

Now we move onto the 'used' Takara PlaRail items, the first one is something I mentioned before, a fold up miniature train layout - well I say miniature, the folder is quite large about 14" x 14" x 6" this is quite an interesting set too as it has some unique track pieces. This one I know is not complete and I bought it as such, but it was only 850'ish yen so cheap enough. I've now got another better/cleaner and complete set coming which again only cost me about 1500 yen;

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A new to me loco (a D52 steamer);

Various bundles of tracks and other scenic items;

Now I did have a bunch of Tomy PlaRail as well as some N Gauge items, but those I'm going to save for another day as I've not photographed them yet and this post is darn long enough already! But I do have a couple I wanted to share as they are quite nice

First one is a translucent blue Nankia Rapit (ta da!);

Then the golden liveried Spacia express;

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Now a few PlaRail Advance loco's and sets, all new apart from the last one which is 2nd user (but complete and in good condition;

Lastly there are a couple of oddities which were included with one of the bundles of used Takara items, the first one is a 3 car train, powered, but very unusual/odd in that it uses a very small 1.5 cell in the front power car (I mean the battery is about half the length of an AAA). At the moment it appears non-functional and has some battery corrosion on one terminal, but the nice thing is it fits the Takara track perfectly as shown in the photo's. The only indication of make is 'Yodel Made In China' printed on the bottom of the power car.

These two I have absolutely no idea about, they seem about Takara scale, but non-powered and just well weird - probably something from a promo/candy type item I suspect;