Trackmaster Flip face Toby.. Outbid... Err

ripley802

Well I was hoping to get this one but of course was out it at the last second. Hopefully someone on here snagged it. Seller did not know what they had.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Huge-lot-Thomas-the-Tank-Engine-motorized-Trackmaster-trains-engines-track-TOMY-/291626880104?nav=BIDDING_ACTIVE

Nigels

Not me bud, didn't even know it was listed 🙂

ripley802

Nigels wrote
Not me bud, didn't even know it was listed 🙂

😃 .. No worries. I know. It was not listed in my opinion with the best title so was hoping to get a good deal..

sunhuntin

not me either. didnt see it listed, and have one already anyway. 🙂

ROKMAN1445

Haven't been on ebay in a month, but I was on Amazon 2 or 3 weeks ago ordering a DD51... Not me.

ripley802

Well not this time... 😃

I put in a late night bid expecting I would be outbid at the last minute, but I won. This again was a case of the seller not listing the item as what it actually was. Since the whole set seems to be between $100-$150, I think $15 that I paid was pretty decent. I will post a pic once it arrives.

anc6802

Wow great find! I never saw it myself and i check eBay constantly for trains and my other hobbies aswell!

ripley802

anc6802 wrote
Wow great find! I never saw it myself and i check eBay constantly for trains and my other hobbies aswell!

Thanks. Yeah I was excited to see it. The funny thing was is the seller had a buy it now for $15, plus $5 shipping. Someone bid befor I saw that. I asked "begged" 😃 the seller to let me buy it now and even offers $20, $25, and $30, but they declined. Much to my excitement I got it for $0.50 more than the BIN..

ripley802

And here he is. A few blemishes but works well. I was a bit disappointed but I guess that was my fault. For some reason I was thinking there was sound, like the Lost and Found HIRO, but not the case. Still a cool item.

Ucwepn

It is my favorite Toby for sure and one of my favorite trains of these type overall, mine had the flip car full of corrosion so I modified a Henrietta to hold a battery 🙂

Super

I like the looks of the Flip Face Toby especially with the painted grab bars in the doorways and the lower skirt (?) over the wheels. So he would not be considered a T n A then right?

ripley802

Super wrote
So he would not be considered a T n A then right?

Unfortunately probably not. He is not very talkative. Actually none at all. Lost and found HIRO though, he has talking and action.. 😃

Ucwepn wrote
mine had the flip car full of corrosion so I modified a Henrietta to hold a battery 🙂

Noooo. Dreaded battery corrosion. If only someone could come up with a non corrosive battery that was cheap and easily made. It would save us all a lot of headaches.

anc6802

Very nice Toby, I've never seen a flip face one before.

Currently in fixing talking first flynns battery trouble, what I thought was corrosion was actually rust on his terminal, its a pain to take the terminal out because of the circuit board and the ridiculous amount of solder they use on the battery terminals, ugh!

DalaGStanator

I recall seeing Etenks1 putting the shell of one of those on a normal Toby, and it still looked nice (despite how the sideplates and cowcatchers were shorter since it was a normal chassis).

Super

Hmmm, don't remember if I had seen that but would like to.

DalaGStanator

Super wrote
Hmmm, don't remember if I had seen that but would like to.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOxIgwGkQg[/video]

Super

oops, my mistake. For some reason I thought you meant the other way around but after re-reading your post I was wrong. I thought it was the flip face chassis that a regular shell was on. Thanks for the video link DalaGStanator

ripley802

Flip face Toby listed, if anyone is in need.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THOMAS-TOMY-TRACKMASTER-FACE-CHANGING-TOBY-TRACK-BATTERY-OPERATED-LOT-/182094193908?hash=item2a65a8e4f4:g:mPIAAOSwJMhXESkg