Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

Ucwepn · 2014-02-18T18:29:12+00:00

Hey guys these have popped up on the net, Stephen appears to be tender drive and Connor has a proper coach and a HUGE face! Harvey looks unchanged except for...

chrisjo

FfarquharDeveloper wrote
GOGOトーマスニア・ウィフ・ブルーノのおともだちセット [GOGO Thomas Near Wife Bruno's Friends Set]

Hmmm! Let's take a closer look at that. The text on the label is actually:
GOGOトーマスニア・ブルーノ・ウィフのおともだちセット

Which I would translate as GOGO Thomas Friends; Nia, Bruno and Whiff Set. Now doesn't that make a bit more sense?

Now, have another look at "Wataru Batteran!" !

Destination Realization

YEAH, Although AEG sucks, plarail be getting the good things as always!!

FfarquharDeveloper

chrisjo wrote
FfarquharDeveloper wrote
GOGOトーマスニア・ウィフ・ブルーノのおともだちセット [GOGO Thomas Near Wife Bruno's Friends Set]

Hmmm! Let's take a closer look at that. The text on the label is actually:
GOGOトーマスニア・ブルーノ・ウィフのおともだちセット

Which I would translate as GOGO Thomas; Nia, Bruno and Whiff Friend's Set. Now doesn't that make a bit more sense?

Now, have another look at "Wataru Batteran!" !

Makes a lot more sense, I'm just using google translate so don't trust any translations i send lol

chrisjo

Super

Fantastic, thank you Dr Chris

The best I can see with that Scenic Color Rail Kit is that is has a new color, Light Blue with Light Blue Rails, Slopes and Single Post Risers. It also looks like the rails on the left are white? If so then I believe the Kit include New Right Turn Curved Slopes in White although I may be wrong there.

Its nice to see them make a completely new Huge Sound and Action Big Station. Wonder if any YouTubers have made any Expo videos.

chrisjo

Real Class Station. Unclear whether this is a future release or not.

Interesting to compare it with the old Super Rail station.

Super

Hey, Thanks Dr Chris, nice find but I do have some questions...

Did wherever this image comes from actually say this is a 'Real Class' Station? The reason I ask as even though there are Real Class rails leading into the station that orange train does not look like real class. It does look to have a removable roof on the lead engine like a Real Class but looking at pictures of the released orange Real Class, it has black roofs. Also, looking closely, there looks to be Tomy Blue Rails inside the covered station (see circle) itself which could be because the Real Class rails have ties that extend outward and would not fit close to the platform. Looking closely they may have cut the extended ties off to get the grey Real Class Rails snug against the exterior platform (see circle). In addition doesn't it look like the covered Station and the extending platforms could all be one piece? I would be very excited to see a release of a Station like this. Can't wait to hear more.

Good similarities with the old Super Rail platform station but I am wondering if I ever saw that one with the clear red roof before as I don't recall it. Except for the extended part of the platform the station looks closely like the not so vintage but at the same time not so new is this long platform station...

chrisjo

Super wrote
Did wherever this image comes from actually say this is a 'Real Class' Station?

Looks the same as the one you posted, except for the platform itself. It's part of the Real Class layout/display at Plarail Expo.

HanoibusGamer

Super wrote
...that orange train does not look like real class. It does look to have a removable roof on the lead engine like a Real Class but looking at pictures of the released orange Real Class, it has black roofs.

Actual color is grey, or slightly dark grey, as seen from this review of the Real Class train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjgD-o9_kmc

Super

Super wrote
The reason I ask as even though there are Real Class rails leading into the station that orange train does not look like real class. It does look to have a removable roof on the lead engine like a Real Class but looking at pictures of the released orange Real Class, it has black roofs.

My mistake. I just saw a different video of the orange train and indeed the one in Chrisjos images is a Real Class but with grey roofs. The orange train in the image train is missing the Coach with the pantograph on the roof. Wonder why its missing being a display for the Real Class at the Expo?

Thanks Hanoi ðŸ‘

This was actually the image I was looking at and to be quite frank...this one looks a lot better to me than the final release. The details and the black roofs and black details around the window framings really makes it pop. Even the wheels look black which I would have loved. I suppose that this image is enhanced to make the train look sharper but...

Also in this close up of Dr Chris's image at the Expo we can see that the orange train is indeed a Real Class with the pantograph. We can also see that the blue track inside the covered station is actually a double wide Tomy track which, to me, I would assume that they indeed had to trim of the Ties on the grey Real Class rails to make them fit. Wouldn't it be great if this was something planned in the future? If it was then wouldn't it be a great idea if two stations could be connected together and thus, have a big, long station like the Plarail Knapford station? Maybe they have ideas to release a whole series of buildings and scenery for the Real Class series....wow, wouldn't that be great? Are you listening Plarail???

chrisjo

links to the two sets in which this long station can be found:
Sound Door Opening/Closing Yamanote Line Set (Oct-04)
Structure Special Set (Oct-09)

Super

Thanks Dr Chris for once again helping me with my memory lapses ðŸ˜Š
So there is no confusion...those Links are the original sets that the Long Station that I Posted above came in and not the Long station in the images of the Real Class you have in your posts.

chrisjo

Super wrote
Wonder if any YouTubers have made any Expo videos.

Suzukawa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1woMa4T45w

Super

Ah...we can always count on Miss Suzukawa going to the Expo. Thanks Dr Chris.

I particularly liked the view of the Vintage train Wall starting at the 11:16 Minute Mark but was curious to not see a Steamer section unless it was there but she didn't film it.

I was also impressed with the attention to detail that Plarail put into the Magnetic coupling display at the 14:57 Minute Mark where they used replica Blue Plastic Tracks for the frame work.

JustTylerHere

Some official images of the White Stream have released.

Taken from of HobbySearch.

Destination Realization

Can't wait for this!!

HanoibusGamer

Nicely inspired from 300 Series Shinkansen. I wonder how would Plarail imagine the coupling mechanism of the White Stream if it were an actual train?

300 Series has a manually operated coupler hatch (for emergency towing only) so I'm quite curious.

Super

Love the look of that EF-66.
Note: I don't think these are to be released until the middle of July but I could be wrong.

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/BEVsonj5D8w?si=6tqAk2pVM5YONSD5[/video]

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/By9TCHUveRA?si=jui4M0OCCGq65TUB[/video]

chrisjo

Super wrote
Note: I don't think these are to be released until the middle of July but I could be wrong.

When were you ever wrong? 🙂

July 13th. Packs of Real Class straight and curved rails will at last go on sale through independent sellers at the same time.

Super

Thanks Dr Chris but...I have been wrong a lot so its easier to count the times I am right ðŸ˜’

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