exciting times are here!

no pics yet, but i can say there are exciting items currently winging their way to me, including my second jauce shipment and some rare tomy pieces from local sellers, bought for bargain bin prices!

cant wait for everything to arrive so i can show you guys.

EDIT: all has arrived. pics furthur down the thread a bit

[Super]

I love a good tease. Can't wait to see what you have

lol, super. im pretty good at teasing. lol. i cant wait to see what i have either! both local shipments hopefully started their journeys yesterday. one is being delivered to me at work, and the other to home.

anyways, an unexpected purchase today. mum and i went to the next town, and ran into a friend we havent seen in about 11 years. shes managing one of the thrift shops down there, and gave us a tip-off on a new end-of-lines store. we stopped in on the way home, and i found these 2 for $20 each. the store had about $300 worth, give or take. wish i could have afforded to buy the rest.



the talking station i will likely give to a friend son, as i already have one. only grabbed it since it was so cheap. lol.

[Super]

Very nice of you helping out the kids.

well guys, amazing buy #1 arrived today. i had to get a courier to collect, as it was a pick up only from a town 2 days drive away, lol. the seller did an amazing job with the packing... loads of bubble wrap and newspaper. i deposited an extra $10 as a thank you for the trouble taken.
the photos she used were terrible and it was listed as a plastic train set. no mention of tomy, thomas, tomica or disney anywhere.
i had it delivered to work. it was packed in a beer carton. got a few looks walking through the factory with a case like that in my arms. lol

in total, i got all this for $45. [not including shipping.] the tan train, dr yellow and grumpy thomas all need major work. yep, thats another troublesome tanker there.


yes, i did say disney! the auction came with 5 plakids, which fit in the coach. havent tested this yet as i havent worked out how to open it. will fiddle with it more.


this i ordered from ebay and it also arrived today. i hope to replicate the mickey-shaped track set using double track. have another pair of these coming from jauce.

[Super]

Nice grabs Sunhuntin and you got the fine detailed Mickey Mouse train too. I am sure the children will love to see that one running at one of you clubs open house shows. I will also like to see the two rail Mickey Mouse track layout too!

here it is, finally!! this cost me about $130NZD, bought from the seller i got the boxed grumpy thomas siding set from back in june. she emailed me and we negotiated a price back and forth, settling on $100.

its pretty big, but i would limit to a year old child. it has stickers celebrating 35 years of plarail. to my knowledge was only sold in japan.


will get better photos this weekend. just a quick shot between getting home from work, having tea and heading to the club.

[Super]

Oh, wow, what child isn't going to love hopping on that for a ride around the rails. How much rail came with it?

thanks, super. it came with a full circuit of track. i just didnt have time to get it all out, lol. at this stage, kids will not be allowed on. it seems like a rare item [google images only found one other], so want to protect it.

took a few mins tonight and set up the tracks. it looks really good! in the middle i used the same tracks but in normal size, to show the size difference.
for some reason, the tracks are not marked tomy or anything else. all the pieces have a hole in each end sleeper, which means i will be able to peg it down to the club lawn to hold it together on the slight slope.