My Tomica World - Introductions

the unusual components include a 300 Series 'Nozomi' train case, similar in concept to the 'Giant Thomas' from the Tomica World range, except this one's a 300 Series Shinkansen that opens up to reveal 9 tracks and also the 'Plarail' add-on for the SEGA Pico, which appears to be a controller that you attach to your console, then connect directly to your layout, with the aim being that you use one of your trains to control the game on-screen; I'll probably make a post about this when I've got it and had it running.

I never knew either of those existed, though I should've guessed there would be a Japanese themed item that's like Giant Thomas. Are there any dates or other info anywhere on the 300 Series so we could get an idea what time it was from? The Pico peripheral sounds even more exciting, and I'll look forward to seeing it in action complete with the console. I assume by connecting "directly to the layout", there must be a special track piece that another wire from the controller plugs into (like how model train track is powered), and the game somehow detects a train's movements. I can only wonder exactly how it works and what the game does.