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I used to have this toy, and I miss it. Aside from eBay - is there anyone other outlet selling it?

I love what you are doing with this website. Bring back a by gone era of the internet. It reminds me of the old Geocities websites from back in the day. I found this site when looking for Japanese Thomas Merchandise and I'm glad I did. It makes me want to create my own personalize website some day.

This is such an awesome website! As a train lover myself, this is very helpful for research. Found it through Train Tsar Fun!

I play Plarail with my children. I didn't know that Plarail is loved outside of Japan, so I really enjoyed visiting this site.

This site is awesome.

i really like the trains on this website and i can always count on it to let me know what the name of the obscure japanese plarail or thomas toy i just got is. good stuff.

Awesome!!!!!!! love the GameBoy Collection!!

Extremely helpful info. Thank you

SO excited to see your going out page!! (=^･ｪ･^=))ﾉ彡☆

Hi, nice site. Hope you don't mind me asking: Where to get or how to make a subsitute for the brown tires for black wheels for ZOO. Mine are gone. Stiff and hard with several wear. Best regards, Leif

Hi! I noticed that you do not have a picture of 2003 Plarail Oliver's box. I have one in fair condition. Would you like me to attempt to take some pictures of it?

Do you have Instagram btw ?? Planning on using some of these scans for show posters in Hamilton, Ontario if that's ok with you, they'll be up on @_your.aunt_ eventually <3

this website is wonderful thank you so much for these amazing scans, such a breadth of wonderful artwork

according to the playrail catalogue for the 新幹線開業60周年記念0系新幹線ひかり1号＆超特急ひかり号セット, the original red livery was because that children preferred it over blue cheers, azure

Hello. I like this website very much! It helped me a lot with searching obscure Plarail toys and similar. I'm collecting Plarail trains, for now I only have Thomas but I want to have more real life trains! Greetings!

G'day, I love the website, as an insight into an individual, but particularly as a reference for lots of things I enjoy. If you're able, I have a request: I bought my son a TOMY Train 3 set which is naturally missing various bits and pieces, including the logs, and the Freight Station's ladder and log lever/trigger. I have produced a basic 3D model of a log (without accurate texture) that I plan to order for printing. I'd particularly like to do the same for the lever. Would you please provide some dimensions for me to help with my modelling efforts (also I'm really struggling to find any reference photos, so additional photos would also be terrific). To aid in determining dimensions of interest I used one of your photos and some quick editing to describe what I think I need: https://imgur.com/a/F4rqcnc Thank you!

Hello my name is Muchael Arnett I'm 64 years old and retired and I think you wrote about me and my Powerful Gordon Tributes (see below): "There is someone who makes reproductions of these faces and installs them on later body shells - these generally have thicker eyebrows." Thats me, I'm Powerful Gordon Mike and here's a link to BluePlasticTracks.org on the Powerful Gordon Tributes I built back in Feb. 1995. https://www.blueplastictracks.org/thread-748.html?highlight=powerful+gordon Also here's a Youtube link I published March 2020 on how I reproduced my PG Tributes: https://youtu.be/obWgBMuqnfs?si=yBFyBjvt2gpGxw9h It would be an absolute honor if you could publish my name in association with your the great work you accomplished in this field Plarail toy trains. I learned so much from it! I plan on making a few Powerful Gordon Tributes this year and I would love to send you one for free. Thank you for the work you accomplished here and for your considering to pubishing my name in it. Cheers, Mike

Hello. I am glad to meet you. I am Japanese Thomas the Tank Engine fan. When I looked at this website for the first time, I was impressed! I want everybody to look at this website! I run a website. Is it all right even if I share your site in the website? Thank you very much for your help. This sentence uses a translation site. I am sorry if incomprehensible.

Hey All! Super cool being here!

これはすばらしいサイトです

I've been reading in the 'Plarail James' page and I don't know this but in 2002, right before most of the painted face models stopped being produced, James had one last variation where they changed the dome paint to be just like the 2003+ James'

Nice site, very informative, thank you.I have a 1963 set of the child guidance building set. (Hubs thinks it's more than one set). Is there anyplace where collectors gather online where I might be able to rehome it to someone that appreciates it?

Hi. My name is Kyle, and I fell inside a hole a few weeks ago, looking at all of the Betamax & VHS video tape cases pictured on your web site. Ever since I was a little kid, I have had an interest in audio & video equipment, and I am still a loyal user of both Betamax & VHS today. Whenever I see them for sale in my community, I always buy them. For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by the physical mechanics of video tapes, along with the cases they come in & the label sheets included with them, and until I found this web site, I thought I was the only person in the world interested in them. Something else about video tapes which has always intrigued me, and I still do not really understand very well, is the differences between the various grades of tapes; Betamax & VHS tape manufacturers produced the common standard grade tapes along with the more expensive "high grade" & "hi-fi" tapes, but I have never noticed any difference with any of them, and they are also fully compatible with any VCR of either format. I also have an offer for you: I own a few old video tape cases & label sheets which are not pictured here on your web site, which I have been saving. If you are interested, then I can mail them to you, and you can add them to your collection, and post pictures of them on here. Just let me know.

Thank you for your sharing

nice to meet you. My name is Nayuho and I run the "Plarail Museum(プラレール資料館 https://parlorfleur-pm.com/)." Thank you for using this as a reference. I saw your homepage. It's wonderful to have detailed information about Thomas that even the museum has not been able to cover. If you don't mind, I would like to include a link to this page in my link collection(https://parlorfleur-pm.com/Link_List.html). Is that okay? I would also like to be able to collaborate on information. Best regards, Nayuho

I like this site a lot. Being a fan of Plarail trains (both Thomas and non-Thomas), this site is an excellent resource for me. Keep it up!

This is really a terrific website! I’m recreating some of the Tomy Train range as 3d models, and the pages about them have been a huge help

I would like to buy a locomotive for a Tomy Train 3. Do you know where i could buy it ? Thank

A--If I could, I would edit my first post where I said 1st gen 'Flippity Flyer' to 'Sky Plane'. B--After telling you about the other 4 Big Loader layouts, I found a John Deere Big Loader ..LOL.. yes I too had a chuckle when I stumbled across it-at time of writing this, 2 are listed in ebay if you wanna look. C--So that you don't feel left out after telling you of the Echo's (seem to be) found only in England and Australia, I found another 'Stand-alone'/'Island' Tomy Train-like set that I think is well worth mentioning because it's Made in the U.S.A. :P So far I've found only 1x set also released twice, 1991 and 1992. Both have a lot of noticeable differences=colors mainly, I'll just mention the most note-worthy. 1--SHELCORE, Chug Chug Choo Choo, 1991. Note: green bridge, red cog-ramp. Set n0.01400. 2--SHELCORE, Fun Sounds Railroad, 1992. Note: blue bridge, yellow cog-ramp. Set no.01448. The s'loco has the typical cog molded onto side of back wheels to get up ramp and move trackside things?

G'day, back again after 3 full days down a rabbithole using 1000 failed search words that, in the end; a Youtube video finally gave me the lead on. ECHO TOYS released 1x Tomy Train-like set twice in 1991 and can only be found in England and Australia. And know doubt everyone reading this has seen one/a few but can't find them because of the weird words used on the boxes=you wouldn't associate an "Action Playset" to be a Train Set would you!? I have a few carriages because they're usually found in Lego Bulk Lots. 1-- (green) ECHO, Action Playset, 63pcs, Build-A-Train, 1991, with window to see loco. 2-- (red) ECHO, Action Basic, 63pcs, Electronic Melody Action Playset, 1991, without window, box with Lego-like studded baseplate boxart top boarder. ------- While the trains do have the Lego-Like studs, the BIG noticeable difference (apart from the obvious of the locos and track, and colors), the couplings are no-kidding exact copies of Lego Duplo Trains, even down to the color=black hook and pincer clip. The sets don't have anything 'TOMY' anywhere on them (judging from a distance only). And trying to find these/this Set is EXTREMELY HARD because they're rare as hens teeth. Most times you'll find them mixed in with TomyTrains because they're a bunch of Studs ;) :P lol.

You're so lucky to have all that Thomas stuff; as a little kid it was my dream to have almost all the Tomy engines as well as the big track sets, but alas, I only ever had a few.

OOH!! I like it that you quickly took the opportunity to update your site with the "Tipoff" I gave ya as well as linking it to my first 'Guestbook Sign In'. So I've come back with possibly another 4, (possibly more but I think they're just recolored skins of).... Another 4 Big Loader Sets that you may not know about because they use tooled parts (the stopping stations) not seen in previous Big and Big Big Loader sets (and the endless Thomas themed sets). 1, TOMY Tomytime Busy Puppy. (I want to add here that it seems 'Tomytime' was the GB England's line of 'a handful of sets' like,similar to the American designed box with wood grain, but the toys seem 'chunkier' like directed at 2-5yo's, though the Jungle Pinball Machine sound's the most interesting from the line :) 2, TAKARA TOMY Megatron Dump (Truck). 3, TAKARA TOMY Megatron Dump (Truck) 2? 4, TAKARA TOMY Cars (Movie). Sets 2,3,4 have Asian writing, so my guess they were not released in Western Countries. For 10+ yrs I've had a site bookmarked, and now's the time to pass this knowledge onto you - it's another rabbithole site like yours, so have fun for a few days like I did :D lol. Google Search: Big Loader Box Designs > below the list of video directly under 'view all' there should be a site there saying: Weebly, suncollections dot com.

For over 40 years I searched for the flipping plane toy, not knowing who sold it nor what it was called, whether it was sold in Australia or imported. I finally found one, possibly the last New Old stock left in Australia's existence and was the only one listed on Ebay. It was sold under TOLTOYS (Aus) and called the "STUNT FLYER". Originally this toy captivated me way back in 1980 at the age of 4, and it still does to this very day. Although my memory of it was it's smaller, with transclear tower, all white 'windup' plane-continuing to find my memory is how I found your website, hoping to find other versions (if there is any)(except for the 1st gen 'Flippity Flyer' and Jumbo Jet versions).

thanks for the L Limited Express write-up. Helped me sort out my collection. (BPT chrisjo)

i appreciate the look of this website, it gives me a warm feeling

This is a very interesting site. I will continue to fall into the hole

This website has shown me so much more Plarail that I've never even seen before!

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I remember playing with the Tomy Thomas toys when I was little! Thanks for this site, I guess.

Can we beat the person who designed the inners of the TNA engine please :) (Nightmare to repair)

I could spend hours looking through all the plarail related pages here. :D

i must eat your thomas collection

hey pretty nice place you got here

hey, im not sure if you know about this yet, but theres a red variant of the plarail mail van (not the thomas series) https://jp.mercari.com/en/item/m44890977132

Hello. This collection of videotapes is impressive. I am also a collector, but I mostly collect European types. I found a lot of interesting things on this site. Greetings from Germany.

Very fun website to read, I think the oliver page is a little messed up though

This place makes me appreciate Plarail and Japanese Railways as well, a whole lot more. Thanks :)

will you make a page on douglas next?

Very informative! Keep up the amazing archival efforts. Cheers! ඞ

I needed some info for a obscure D51 and this site is perfect!

Came here to look at your plarail history stuff, its really insane! you should update this site more often, i want to see some more stuff. p.s i have begun collecting plarail and im blown away by the stuff you have wow

Hi I came around your site during searching for Tomy Merry Go Zoo train repair. Amazing stuff you turned into in a young age. I only collect Bang & Olufsen vintage audio having a complete collection from 1960 to 1980. Around 300 items... Best regards, Leif DK-7330 Brande, Europe

Amazing site, when I need to search up more info on a engine, here’s the place to go

High quality and informative website. I appreciate it!

heckin’ cool

HI

this is really impressive i didnt realize how many things you collect/archive :3

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this place is #supersigma

I just want to say how happy I am that this page exists in the modern world. It feels like the old internet that a lot of us are starting to miss.

very awesome website!! thank you for sharing!! i will be sharing with my friends !!!!

Just skimming over the site and, wow, I am going to have a lot of fun browsing all of this content.

Wonderful website. There is lots of interesting information to read about. It’s really apparent that there was a lot of research, passion, and dedication behind the making of this site. Keep up the awesome work!

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thank you so much for to playing my game!

thank you so much for to playing my game!

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Great website. Lots of text. I love to read because my grade is three!

Awesum.

I love you.

Pretty cool website, it has an early internet vibe. (intentional or not, still cool IMO.)

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