My Tomica World - Introductions

That's it 

I knew it was a JNR steam type, I guess I must have just got the type numbers mixed up   It's an oddity in the Tomica World range for sure, since as far as I know, it only ever got released around maybe a year, if that, before Tomica World was discontinued?

My one was about £15 on Ebay, came to me in good condition, except the 'monkey wagon' as I call it wasn't working - The monkey's supposed to beat his chest as the carriage rolls along - I had to remove one of the stickers to dismantle the wagon and access the mechanism, and after a little grease and re-engaging the cogs [which had worked loose], it went back to normal.

Oddly enough, the monkey wagon was one of the reasons [aside from Tomica World range completion] that I bought this, as the monkey figure, especially with his action feature, reminded me a bit of Donkey Kong [guess that's what you get for combining Plarail with a video game addiction lol  ]  



Interestingly, the animal coaches have also now re-surfaced in the Plarail line, this time as 'Animal Park' wagons for the Thomas line, sold as part of a set including a Plarail Percy. Only difference appears to be a slightly different face on the monkey now, and the birds [who have a 'pecking' action] appear to now be playing a piano? The original had them pecking at seed, which makes more sense in my mind, but hey, who am I to decide what birds spend their free time doing