easter market buy and shocking dollar store find

went with friends to an easter market a couple of hours south. i went last year and i was rubbish. this year was a bit better.

paid $5 for this mountain track and HIT james... amazing score


but what are those yellow packets in the front?

thats right, they are genuine plarail magnetic couplers! found them in a dollar store for $2 each. yes, i asked if they had more out the back and bought the 4 they had instore. the woman said they just came randomly in a delivery and she didnt know where they came from.


i had thought they were fakes, then my friend took one and i saw the tomy logo on the back. absolutely amazing, a total dream come true... buying plarail in a proper shop.

WOW I have never seen those coupler replacement packages before so so so awesome!!!! it would be neat to replace the couplers on brand new Tomy trains with those authentic NIB mag couplers I would not even think of it as amodification and you know my feelings on that. But due to their age and rarity i would keep at least one sealed. I havent even seen those for sale I Japan because they never had the big Lego style magnetic Tomy trains that the U.S. and Europe got, because plarail was already established there so the trains sold in Japan at the time were just the same look and size as they still are! awesome find!!