Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

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haha...I know I will trigger some with this but I don't consider Commuters as 'Trains' probably because I never saw (and still haven't) seen one in the flesh. Growing up on the rare occasion of seeing one on TV it was called a Subway Car and those were only in a hand full of cities here in the US. I grew up seeing only steamers and diesels, never even saw an electric and still haven't seen an electric to this day in the flesh. So when I mention about my disappointment and running out of ideas I am probably using my own bias. What I still wish, and I don't see why they wouldn't still be popular in Japan, is that instead of the fictitious Best Selection Series they came up with a 'Trains of the World Series' where once a year they released something very different from the Japan Trains from some other country. As you say though, it may not be feasible if they have to get permissions and share any profits with the intellectual property owners.