Year
|
Set name
|
Description
|
Photo
|
| 1968 |
Electric Limited Express Hikarigo Set NO.1
|
Includes a first-generation powered
0-series Shinkansen with roof switch, early plastic
couplings, a small oval of track, and early examples of
some classic accessories |
 |
| 1972 |
D-51 Express Set |
D-51 set
with coaches, country station, crossing, and Y points |
 |
| 1974 |
EF-15 Electric Locomotive Overpass Panorama Set |
First set
to use the classic "overpass" layout, with early EF15 and freight
train |
 |
| 1974 |
Super
Express Hikari Turnout Set |
First of
the oval-with-passing-loop sets, with blue and white Super Express
Hikari |
 |
1977
|
Basic No.3 Set
|
Includes rim-drive L Limited Express and a
medium-sized layout with a passing loop and siding |
 |
1979
|
Basic No.2 Set Hikari with
Light
|
Rerelease of
the 1977 Basic No.2 Set with the new-for-1979 Hikari with Light |
|
| 1981 |
Electric Locomotive
Overpass Set |
"Overpass"
layout set with EF15 and freight train, nice station, and level crossing |
 |
| 1982 |
Basic
No.1 Set D-51 |
Includes rim-drive D51 and a small loop of
track with old style railroad crossing |
|
| 1982 |
Tohoku
Joetsu Shinkansen Deluxe Set |
Includes
old power 200 series Shinkansen
with front light, Plateau Lake scenery, and partially
elevated layout |
|
| 1982 |
Shuppo
D-51 Set |
Basic No.2
Set-style layout with country station, D51, cattle wagon, and
"chuffing" mail car |
 |
| 1983 |
Mickey
Poppo NO.1 Set |
Basic oval
set with Mickey Poppo Red and several family dolls |
 |
| 1985 |
Round-Trip EF-66 Blue Train Set |
Round-Trip
set with EF66 hauling blue train coaches around a small layout with
train wash and garage on a siding |
 |
| 1986 |
Rail Road Level Crossing Set |
First
Plaroad
crossover set with a railroad crossing between a red double decker bus and
an L
Limited Express |
 |
| 1987 |
Tohoku
Joetsu Shinkansen with Light Set |
New power
rerelease of a 1982 basic set with a 200 series Shinkansen with
light |
 |
| 1987 |
2-Speed
Shinkansen Set |
Includes 2-speed 100 series Shinkansen with
the classic basic set passing loop layout with station |
|
| 1987 |
2-Speed Shinkansen Three-Dimensional Station Set |
Includes 2-speed 100 series Shinkansen and
the first use of the modern slope curve rail as well as
the panel station system |
|
| 1988 |
I'm Driving the Super Hikari
Set |
Initial
large radio control Super Hikari set with suspension bridge and
panel station |
 |
| 1988 |
Tohoku
Joetsu Shinkansen with Light New Overpass Set |
Overpass
layout set with 200 series Shinkansen and exclusive intermediate car
celebrating Plarail's 30th anniversary |
 |
| 1989 |
First Set |
Includes a 0-series Shinkansen and a number
of rare pieces like red track-to-surface ramps and yellow
iron bridge supports |
 |
| 1990 |
Mickey
Poppo Set |
Disney set
that includes a variant of the Mickey Poppo,
modified overpass layout, Disney station, and "it's a small world" ride |
 |
| 1990 |
Hikari with Light Overpass Set |
Includes 0-series Shinkansen with light and
classic "overpass" layout with the new-for-1990 R-19
automatic turnout rail as well as two "bonus" straight
track sections |
 |
| 1992 |
D-51 Sound Play Set |
Includes
rim-drive D51 with light, tender, and 24 series Blue Train cars,
set-exclusive Sound Station, and a partially elevated layout with
two iron bridges |
|
| 1993 |
Overpass
Nozomi Set with Video |
Includes 300-series Shinkansen and classic
overpass layout as well as a VHS video |
|
| 1993 |
Doll
Play Ticket Play Station Set |
Includes "Doll Play" 300-series Shinkansen,
"Plarail Station" with functioning ticketing system,
and reversing figure-eight layout |
|
| 1995 |
Nozomi
Three-Dimensional Loop Set |
First of
the figure-eight point rail and sloping curve "loop" sets with
standard Nozomi |
 |
| 1996 |
Nozomi
4-Car Loop Set |
Updated
Nozomi "loop" set with additional "Plarail" 300 series intermediate
car |
 |
| August 1996 |
B/O Tomica New
Town Station Set |
Very cool
Battery Operated Tomica set with Plarail train and station with
multi-lane road pickup/dropoff area |
 |
| 1997 |
Motor Tomica Basic Set |
"Tomica
Plarail World" crossover set with parallel road and rail sections,
DD51, and Honda CR-V |
 |
| 1997 |
Akita
Shinkansen Opening Commemorative Set |
Set
commemorating the opening of the Akita Shinkansen with a connection
gimmick between "mini" E2 and E3 shinkansens |
 |
| October 1997 |
Hokuriku Shinkansen Asama Opening Commemorative Set |
Includes three-car E2 series Shinkansen and
two-car Asama L Limited Express with a
two-layer layout with stacked panel stations to represent
a transfer station between the Shinkansen and local trains |
 |
| Late 1997 |
Komachi & Tsubasa
Three-Dimensional Loop Set |
Hello Mac
store limited set with connection gimmick E3 and 400 series
mini shinkansens
on "loop" layout |
 |
| 1998 |
Doll Play Mickey Mouse Train & Colorful Rail Set |
Disney
licensed set with colored rails and several doll figurines which can
be placed in the train or around the set |
 |
| 1999 |
Let's Play
With Parents and Children!! Shinkansen Set |
Nice set
commemorating the 40th anniversary of Plarail with a special red and
white new power 0 series referencing the 1960s and early 1970s red
and white Hikaris
and a 500 series Shinkansen plus a loop of double rail track with
station |
 |
| 2000 |
Let's play on TV! I am a Plarail driver |
Includes a special remote control
922-series Doctor Yellow train with integrated camera that
feeds back to the controller which can be plugged into a
television
|
|
| 2000 |
First
Try Set Red |
Includes a
nicely detailed and fairly accurate repaint of the old DD51 molding,
container car, and small circle of track with switches |
|
| 2001 |
Railway
Yard Set Full of Freight Cars |
Nice
freight yard set with a three-way switch and lots of freight cars
for the freight-livery EF-66 included |
 |
| 2001 |
First
Try Set Dark Blue |
Includes
an EF66 with the running number EF 66 11 and a Schnabel-type large
cargo car with removable machinery and circle of track |
|
| 2002 |
Shinkansen Kodama Set |
Set with
red arched bridge, "fresh green" Kodama 0 series Shinkansen, PlaKids, and station |
 |
| December
2002 |
My Town Train
Set Hokkaido |
Small
set with C11 171 steam locomotive and two old passenger cars |
 |
| April 2003 |
Sound C62
Double Set |
Set
featuring the first new Plarail C-62 steam locomotives in over 25
years. C 62 2 is powered and C 62 1 has an electronic sound
function. The included layout is simple but features a green arch
bridge and several PlaKid figures |
|
| October
2004 |
Sound - Door Opening
and Closing Yamanote Line Set |
Double
track loop set with station and electronic train that plays
successive announcements for the stations on the line each time it
is stopped, with additional noises when the intermediate car's doors
are opened and closed |
 |
| 2007 |
Subway Rail Set |
A "track
pack" with no train but a loop of track with six subway tunnels |
 |
| April 23 2009 |
50th Anniversary C12 Steam Locomotive Arch Bridge and Rail Set |
Anniversary set with C12, unique freight cars, and figure eight
layout with bridge and station |
 |
