Continuation of BigLobe Plarail Museum

Phantom Gem 50: All Farm Related Plarail

牧場セット　1970 Ranch Set, D-51牧場セット 1976 D51 Ranch/Farm Set, ファームハウス Farmhouse 44 are farm Plarail.
Farm theme was discontinued in 1976, Farmhouse 44 marks the last product to be released.
1970 Ranch Set immediately disappeared 5 months after initial release, it is so rare that the original packaging is unknown until today. It has surfaced the internet just a few weeks ago (I started a thread on this). D-51 Ranch set appeared in a commercial in 1975, and released in 1976. The interest wasn't really there, due to that awkward spinning cow whenever the train passes the ranch. So it became a stagnant product and became short lived. That is the only set with yellow wagons mind you... And last but not least the farmhouse itself that is sold as a single product, it came straight out of the D-51 Ranch Set. Beware of the lorry, it tends to get missing from the farmhouse. It decreases the overall value by nearly half if that happens.



Phantom Gem 51: フェリーボートセット Ferry Boat Set

Nice boat! (if you know what I mean). That is the first generation boat in Plarail history, 1976. It is a very famous and wanted set. Again like all other gimmick sets, it became too expensive to manufacture and immediately became out of print in a year after initial sales. It was a shame that the production was way too small, but there is a Thomas reprint. Cranky crane replaces the light tower, and Thomas replaced the D-51 (shame on TOMY for that poor choice of using fictitious characters to reprint the set, entirely my opinion). It is rumoured that this set was out of print 6 months after sales, and actual buyout price would be 70000 yen for an OK condition set.



Phantom Gem 52a: Spanish Plarail

Tu Primer Tren Electrico and Tu Primer Tren Minero are 2 things to look out for. These trains inherit the background artwork and the body styles of the Japanese trains.
Could be around 1965-1977, depends on which product you are looking at. Only sold in Spain, by GEYPER (Spanish TOMY). The log loader is a big surprise and is highly wanted in Japanese Round Trip Sumioroshi Sets.



Phantom Gem 52b: Spanish Yuuenchi

Yuuenchi is different from Plarail in the sense that Japanese Yuuenchi did not have the Plarail logo. Probably 1965?
Yuuenchi is a widely known Phantom Gem in the Japanese world.