Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

okay, so it's not THAT new
personally i want to pick one up whenever i go to japan

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@Drew5195
I haven't heard of any announcement yet but I am sure that Dr Chris or Mr No will be on it when an announcement is out.

Strange, as I don't see this new version of the Rainbow Bridge Thomas set in the new Plarail Catalog Linked for us by Mr No New Catalog

That's why I'm worried about that new Rainbow Bridge... We only saw it in that video, but later it wasn't shown in the catalog. Could it be cancelled?

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In the meantime, I found a nice photo of the new Toei Mita Series 6500 Limited Edition commuter train. The model seems very faithful to the original!

Tomica World overpass, crossing, bus stop... Could be a nice addition to a Plarail layout:

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Thanks Mr No. I like those Bus Stops, looks like they would fit nicely in a Layout for a Tram Stop.

Right! they would be great as tram stops! They would even do as a commuter train stops...

you have to wonder if these new road plates are actually compatible to the cardboard road made by tomica in the past.

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I was thinking the same Leyland but the connection points look bigger. I was also wondering if they are compatible with the vintage Hotwheels plastic roadways. Except for the side rails that blue/teal/aqua overpass looks exactly like the Hotwheels one from the past.

I think the road plates look like they are compatible with blue plastic tracks…aren’t the connections are the exact same shape?

Whole bunch of stuff announced for July and August release, Hobby Search reservation already closed on some including the Dinosaur Train:

July:
S-01 N700A Shinkansen with light
S-05 E7 series Shinkansen with light

ES-01 Shinkansen N700S
ES-02 E5 series Shinkansen Hayabusa
ES-03 E6 Series Shinkansen Komachi
ES-04 E7 Shinkansen Kagayaki

Jurassic World Dinosaur Carrier Train
Carry Tomica Loading and Unloading Terminal
Sound Change! My station 4WAY

August:
Thomas the Tank Engine Let's Cross the Rainbow! Extending Bridge
Thomas 30th Anniversary Glitter Thomas and Harold's Party Collection

Can't quite work out the USP of the new ES series at the moment, except that the intermediate cars look shorter.