After quite a long time of collecting all the Steam Locomotives that we like from Plarail , I have finally acquired the last and elusive vehicle to that collection. With the help of Carrick Wilmot I was able to get this D-51 882 First Try set that fooled me for so many years. Over the years I had several times where I could have bought this set from the Japan auctions but I was fooled by the box graphics and ignored the Listings as I already have a D-51 498 and didn't investigate further. It wasn't until a few months ago that I learn from members here at BPT"s that this set wasn't a D-51 498 but in fact an exclusive D-51 882. Why would they put a large picture of 498 train on the front of the box when that is not whats inside?
WooHoo...I no longer have to search for any more Plarail Steamers as we have all that we want. Not counting any doubles or the dummy Steamers used for tandems, or all the remakes of the original no-name generics, we have about 23 different black steam engines. WooHoo!
Now the only thing I have to decide is...what do I do with all the extra time I am going to have WooHoo!