My Tomica World - Introductions

Well, the aforementioned 4 kilos of Plarail gear from Japan arrived, and needless to say, it's looking great. The delivery, all considered was surprisingly efficient, with both shipments taking only about a week; Interestingly the trains, which came by FedEx, went through 6 countries before the UK [Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Belgium, France, Germany] and yet still arrived first, the accessories arriving 2 days later via EMS.





This photo is all the boxed gear that i've amassed over the last month and a half or so, give or take, including the new Japanese gear. Most of this was funded from where I had been until recently [sadly no longer] working on the railways myself, on the High Speed 1 network out of St Pancras [to fill time prior to my University resuming in January]. 

Most of the track has come either from my own personal stock that I have had for many years, or where needed from the 4 sets that I bought recently, including a boxed Tomica World City Set [pictured], a Tomica World Super Deluxe Set, a Tomica World TGV set, and a Plarail [Tomica World era] 'Series 300' set [pictured].

The newest Japanese lot consists of around 26 trains to augment my existing fleet, enough 'Shinkansen' type track to make a loop around the edge of my grass matting [a 2x2 meter square], several stations, several Tomica road/city accessories, and a few extra level crossings, among other things.

So yeah, the next stage is to start building, and when i'm done, the results will be posted here 

I might actually post some more detailed pictures of the '300 Series' Plarail set in a seperate thread as it's probably right up you guys's alley...

It's a complete set [although missing a promotional VHS that would have contained a rare Japanese promotional video for the Tomica, Plarail and B/O Tomica/Motor Tomica [so basically Tomica World] system [avaliable on YouTube but in horrible quality], but i'm not sure how rare the set [sans VHS] is so you guys might be able to shed some light.

It only cost me something like £15, from a UK seller no less, and I bought it mainly for wanting a 300 series, wanting the VHS [fail ], wanting a Japanese set [I hadn't planned the Japanese order at this time] and the fact it has a special station, which IIRC is the same as what would later be released as the Amtrak station in the Tomica World line? 

[Close ups of the rest of the gear]