TUGS, anyone?

i absolutely love tugs! as a show and their incredibly detailed takara toys, unfortunately they are super hard to find. They had eye mech and everything! they were Japanese exclusives therefore VERY hard to find and very very expensive the rarest one (top hat) has been known to go for extreme prices. (eg over 1k)
All the same only 4 characters were made. the first 2 (sunshine and ten cents) can be found rather regularly the latter (Zorran and Top Hat) are the Alfie and gold thomas of the category.
There is also a port set that is rather common, it is defiantly outdated because the crate is labelled as whisky! it does have some nice accessories though which can be carried over into your layout.

Now that you've bumped this thread, you've reminded me a whole compilation of all 13 episodes of the show itself was uploaded to YouTube three years ago.

I do plan on going there, only a 2hr drive from my home