Hi everyone,
I've been handling Plarail for many years (15+) and I also only deal with Plarail. Although I know of the new Trackmaster series (be it the old or the new series), I have never actually taken a close look at them because they seemed too much of a problem to integrate into what I already have. Hence, I have almost no knowledge of the series and would like to know a little more about it and what others here think about it as well.
First of all, as far as I understand, after Plarail (Tomica World) got discontinued in the English-speaking countries, it transitioned to Trackmaster. Products included special parts and adapters to help the market transition from Plarail to Trackmaster. What were these products specifically? Are any of them still in high demand? I saw one of those adapters for USD$12 on eBay. That seems a bit expensive for just an adapter. Do any of you use these things a lot?
After Trackmaster, they went to the second generation of Trackmaster and also tried selling Plarail again as Tomica a few years ago. What are the main differences between the second generation Trackmaster and the first generation?
I hear people talking about the new Trackmaster Revolution series as being terrible. Is the Trackmaster Revolution series the second generation Trackmaster or is it a third generation? Besides the bad quality of the new toys, what is it that they are missing? How are they different? They seem compatible with the old Plarail tracks even though I have not tried them because I don't own any Trackmaster Revolution train sets. Are replacement parts for Plarail compatible with the new Revolution series? Has Tomy or whomever is responsible for the new series tried to make things so that they are compatible with the old track master or Plarail series?
That's it for my Trackmaster questions for now.
It would be very helpful if someone can help.
Thank you!
-plarnold
I've been handling Plarail for many years (15+) and I also only deal with Plarail. Although I know of the new Trackmaster series (be it the old or the new series), I have never actually taken a close look at them because they seemed too much of a problem to integrate into what I already have. Hence, I have almost no knowledge of the series and would like to know a little more about it and what others here think about it as well.
First of all, as far as I understand, after Plarail (Tomica World) got discontinued in the English-speaking countries, it transitioned to Trackmaster. Products included special parts and adapters to help the market transition from Plarail to Trackmaster. What were these products specifically? Are any of them still in high demand? I saw one of those adapters for USD$12 on eBay. That seems a bit expensive for just an adapter. Do any of you use these things a lot?
After Trackmaster, they went to the second generation of Trackmaster and also tried selling Plarail again as Tomica a few years ago. What are the main differences between the second generation Trackmaster and the first generation?
I hear people talking about the new Trackmaster Revolution series as being terrible. Is the Trackmaster Revolution series the second generation Trackmaster or is it a third generation? Besides the bad quality of the new toys, what is it that they are missing? How are they different? They seem compatible with the old Plarail tracks even though I have not tried them because I don't own any Trackmaster Revolution train sets. Are replacement parts for Plarail compatible with the new Revolution series? Has Tomy or whomever is responsible for the new series tried to make things so that they are compatible with the old track master or Plarail series?
That's it for my Trackmaster questions for now.
It would be very helpful if someone can help.
Thank you!
-plarnold