Takara TOMY Plarail knockoffs (Thomas and non-Thomas related)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSyHHAxJRL8
it appears it work on plarail tracks
My Trackmaster/Tomy/Plarail Photo Gallery Page (over 600+ photos and still under construction)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183311600@N03/
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(01-20-2025, 04:55 PM)MrKirby48 Wrote: My friend EqualSeaso told me about these exports of Plarail. Well, for me it's looks the engines seems to have new original moulds and they can run on TOMY/Trackmaster track. Some of these engines has features like lights, smoke & sounds. (take note the soundchip is not the generic steam train sounds heard in many knock-offs)
This is very impressive compared to other china exports where they are very ugly and low quality like Southward Toys or Dumica.

These look quite decent for knock offs. Matsuoka, a prominent Japanese Plarail enthusiast, reviewed one, specifically the red DF4B, on Youtube, and if I remember correctly he was quite impressed with the quality. It'd be neat to see these, the high speed train in particular, alongside the official Plarail CRH2.
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I will buy a few on shopping websites after the Chinese New Year, and then I will post a comparison
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A promotional ad of Super Robot Train series https://x.com/EqualSeaso26521/status/188...FLaRA&s=19
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I found this express train set. I don't see any TOMY or Takara TOMY logos, but what it caught my attention it's the inclusion of Pla-kids (Plarail figures) in this knock-off train set. This is the only image I could find.
   
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Neat find Kirby, I don't remember seeing this copycat set before with those PlaKid like figures. I do recognize that tunnel, billboard and station though. They look to be exactly like what came in this Discovery Set...

   

   
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I do remember saw this set before. I think it's the same used for a knockoff "Cars" set we talked before.

   
I do find it interesting that the matching items are exact copies including the graphics on the billboard.
Can anyone translate the language on the box?

   
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他很有趣。
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EqualSeaso told me to send these pictures of his most recent adquisition, the knockoff Plarail set with figures. It was second hand, so the figures were missing.

   
   
   
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