Unrecorded Phantom Gems

Will never happen at the rate this is going. The black and white 0 series was released with it's reprint opening tickets, without the TOMIYAMA logo.

Odakyu Romance Car Set. It was sold in June 1987 as a special set made by Odakyu Department Store. It will be first mention of this set in the internet after 20 years the website vanished from Google archives. It is a modified version of Basic No. 2 Set.

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I do love the 50's Car looks of these Romance trains.

Finally, the EC-01 box which was unconfirmed for 44 years appeared in the internet. If you check what was EC-01 on the museum, it will show the 4th generation Densha Box. This one is the 5th generation box.

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At least in can be confirmed now even though its not in very good condition. Good work to the team.

The roots of all 4 items were found recently, which predates back to 1950 Keystone TOT Railroad. Now we put all 2 headers in.

Finally, the EC-01 box which was unconfirmed for 44 years appeared in the internet. If you check what was EC-01 on the museum, it will show the 4th generation Densha Box. This one is the 5th generation box.

Finally, after 42 years, the header is confirmed. A navy blue header EC-01 manufactured in G-27 (1978) which is one year later than the Densha Box version manufactured in G-26 (1977). From here, the 2 generations: 4th gen Densha Box and 5th gen EC box, are manufactured during the same time. It is a miracle that these 2 generations coexist.

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パノラマとっきゅうふえふきはっしゃセット

Panorama Express replaced Shindai Express for unknown reasons. You can see that the initial lighter cream colour Shindai Express was printed in the box art, so this Panorama Express should have been in it's final stages of production as seen in the type of drive wheel. I have covered another set "パノラマとっきゅう基本Ｎo.３セット" in the past, where the Panorama Express replaced L Limited Express. In the contents list on the box cover, Shindai Express and L Limited Express respectively was printed, not Panorama Express. I have that set, so I'm able to confirm it's existence.

A view from our team: The seller intentionally replaced the vehicle.

There is no solid evidence, but it's existence is confirmed. So another active case is on.

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It is a cool set. I see that this set is missing the tubing and aspirator bulb which I think is quite common with this vinatge set.

I saw this one on Mecari and it was sold straight away. Must've sold within an hour or half an hour of the listing being up there. Just shows you how often I check