Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

I'm glad they are releasing 2 commuters as general products. The latest commuters and trams - Tokyu 6020 Series Q Seat Oimachi Express, Tokio Sakura Tram and Toei Shinjuku - were all special/limited editions availible only at some stations or in shopping malls. 



Plarail Galaxy has way too bold white line, and I personally don't like the big "plakid friendly" windows/holes, but that's just me... The front and side logo is nice, though. The windshild wipers could be silver, couldn't they?

The violet color on the roof is too bright, and even the pantographs are painted violet! 


I'm not so excited with the detailing on that train, they did a much better job with some of the latest trains. There are some trains that look just nice and complete, with well finished and detailed body, and then there are some that look like simple plastic toys. This one is, I'm afraid, one of the latter. 


The 235 Yokosuka is, of course, a variation of Yamanote train, just in blue and with double decker middle car.

And this "microvawe oven" E 235 Yamanote is released in many variations - with sound, as a six-car-combination, with moving doors... and now in blue as Yokosuka train. Well, I suppose it was easier to use old mold then to come up with the entirely new train. I was hoping for something exciting, this is not that exciting. But, the body of the double-decker car seems new, it's not just copy of the older E233 double-decker car...


Regarding the GoGo Station... Are these sides on flyover and the information panel made out of cardboard? If so, that's bad. The flyover itself looks good, but they could think it out better, because it leads to - nowhere. It's just for sightseeing, or should it have a purpose (to get to the other side)? A second stairway on the opposite side would be nice.

And would it be that hard to produce a station with platforms that are at least one 3-car-train long? Would that be possible, Tomy? Why are all those stations with such short platforms? Moreover, this one is rather high, so it wouldn't be easy to combine it with J-28 Station as an extention, for example.