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Tomica Plarail World '98~'99 Catalogue

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In the later 1990s Tomy's Tomica and Plarail ranges were well-integrated. 1999 would mark the 40th anniversary of Plarail and Hikarian is also featured on the front.

The nice big range of Tomica diecast cars and trucks.

More Tomica cars and several new Tomica Town buildings.

Tomica multi packs and some character cars.

Neat large Tomica "21st Century Planning" vehicle playsets and a Tomica playmat and display cases.

Classic Tomica garages, ferry, and plane sets and some other Tomica accessories as well as the Motor Tomica range, with two new vehicles for 1998.

Motor Tomica road and accessories as well as standalone and Plarail crossover sets and accessories.

Some nice promotional shots and a timeline of Plarail releases up to 1998, with 1999 being the 40th year of regular Plarail production.

The Plarail lineup including a number of new trains.

Plarail sets including the first set to use the U-Turn Rail, Doll Play Mickey Mouse Train & Colorful Rail Set, and the last version of the radio control Nozomi set.

New for 1998 and the latest in a series of oversized train-shaped Plarail accessories is the Super Big 500 Series Nozomi and companion rail set.

Plarail accessories, including a nice mix of older and newer toolings and features. The right page also shows some layout ideas and information about the rail standard.

The Thomas the Tank Engine range continued to grow. New in Japan this year was the Thomas the Tank Engine Big Loader.

More Thomas toys including Golden Bear, Tomy's own 1997 windups, and some new toys like Melody Poppo Thomas. The other page has some Plarail books, candy toys, and some household goods.

Hikarian trains and playsets. This seems to have been around the height of the Hikarian range.

More Hikarian trains including some intermediate cars and some of Tomy's books and software including Digital Plarail and Tomica DX and Plarail papercraft software.

The back cover outlines the campaign for the all-gold and clear Nozomis.