Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

**Super** · **Super** 12-03-2022, 05:34 PM Track Engineer

Thanks for the heads up Dr Chris 👌

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 12-07-2022, 03:28 AM Collector

Did I miss this discussion?
No batteries?
What this all about?

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HanoibusGamer · HanoibusGamer 12-07-2022, 04:34 AM Random Asian

So apparently, you roll the motor car back and forward multiple times to "charge" (and there's a light inside to indicate how much energy is charged).
Once you done, you flick the switch (positioned the same as typical Plarail train) and the train will run. The more you charge, the faster and the longer it would run.
There are 4 trains, Shinkansen E5, E6, E7 and Doctor Yellow, released back in 2021.

As far as I can see from Japanese reviews.

leylandvictory2 · leylandvictory2 12-08-2022, 05:12 PM Posting Freak

can these train chassis be fitted on regular train shells?

chrisjo · chrisjo 12-08-2022, 07:16 PM Investigations Dept.

(12-08-2022, 05:12 PM)leylandvictory2 Wrote: can these train chassis be fitted on regular train shells?

They certainly can. And the other way around:

**Super** · **Super** 12-09-2022, 08:09 AM Track Engineer

Thanks Dr Chris 😃

chrisjo · chrisjo 12-09-2022, 09:21 AM Investigations Dept.

So here it is. Four years after the release of the Tobu Railway 70000 in the "I love it too! Fun Train Series", we now have it re-painted as the Tobu Railway limited edition 70090 TH Liner.

The TH Liner is a limited-stop reservation-only service on the Tobu Isesaki Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, operating since June 2020.

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Headboard destination stickers for Ebisu 恵比寿 and Kuki 久喜

**Super** · **Super** 12-09-2022, 09:56 AM Track Engineer

Thank you Dr Chris, the new version does look nice.

Mister No · Mister No 12-18-2022, 08:55 AM AEG Cult Member

I came across this video of the new Seibu 6000 train (limited edition, like all Seibu) and found it interesting. A nice little layout (with a particularly well-thought-out inner loop) represents several older Seibu trains, even implementing an auto-reverse unit on a new train (I think it's the one from the sushi set):

chrisjo · chrisjo 12-20-2022, 10:13 AM Investigations Dept.

Limited edition Keisei Electric Railway Type 3000, to be re-issued on 23rd December, with even-more-limited 'pre-sales' the day before. The original came out on the 3rd October 2010, and was limited to 3,000 pieces.

The destination board on the original said 特急上野 (Limited Express Ueno), while the new one appears to say 特急京成上野 (Limited Express Keisei Ueno). It remains to be seen whether the box will be up-dated with a contemporary design.

Press release: https://www.keisei.co.jp/cms/files/keise...zGbmBj.pdf

So Tobu, Seibu, Keikyu, and Keisei have all put out limited editions this month. Maybe things are picking up?