My Tomica World - Introductions

Since I never got to add pics of the rest of my recent JAuce Plarail haul [mixed in with a load of, mostly Sailor Moon, anime merch], here we go


First up [I know not the most interesting, but still] - Yellow drive wheels




These are to fix my Tomica World 'Silver Streak'; aka the JR Kyushu 883 Series 'Sonic'. This came to me from Ebay as 'working', and actually was in very good physical condition, but when I powered it on, it could barely power itself around the layout; turns out the main drive gear on the axle was cracked; I swapped it for a spare set of grey drive wheels that I had, but it doesn't look right when the other wheels are yellow - At least now it'll look right 


Secondly,  Mk1 [original livery] 400 Series ['Bullet Train' in the Tomica World catalogue].





This is one of the last trains of the Tomica World export range that I don't already have, which I want to complete if I can. I had to go with a Japanese import since I couldn't find a Mk1 400 Series in decent enough condition around here, at least not for a decent price. The listing says it's not working, but knowing me, I'll be able to get it working; I got some spare gearboxes stripped from other dead or damaged units that definitely work, so it'll probably be a case of using one of those.  

Thirdly; [this is still on-going, so not sure if i've got this yet, but hopefully], a 'Ambitious Japan' 700 Series rear car.



This is just a special livery variant of the 700 Series, the significance being this was used in several adverts for JR Tokai's Shinkansen service as part of an on-going campaign called 'Ambitious Japan!' [AMBITIOUS JAPAN! - Wikipedia], which heavily featured the 700 Series, and an accompanying pop song by the group 'Tokio' [TOKIO AMBITIOUS JAPAN! MUSIC VIDEO - YouTube] which seems to have become an unofficial theme song for the Shinkansen system [at least, the vast amount of music videos made up of nothing but Shinkansen clips seems to indicate this ]


Next, the previously mentioned VHS - I didn't send a picture before now, but here it is.



This, at least from the pictures on my 300 Series track set's box, appears to be the same tape that should have been included with that [the picture has a green label on the tape, but I think, from what i've found, it's the same film on either tape, as this one's label has the same text and logos as the one on the box picture].

I'm kind of hoping this is going to be the same film as is already on YouTube [in poor quality, created by someone filming a TV screen], as that has video demonstrations of several rare and unusual accessories, including the much-discussed Motor Tomica 'McDonalds', so to have a high-quality transfer would, I am sure, be of interest to many of us here at BPT.

Anyway, that's all the Plarail bits I've bought, no point sending pics of the rest of my purchases, as it's basically just a mix of anime merch, of the anime I like xD That is, unless you guys want to see a large mix of Sailor Moon merchandise, among other things