westfalen Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 You could even have a model of the man himself. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 would be wonderful if microace made the figure set for the characters on the train to go with it like they did for the galaxy express 999 sets! well at least Anpanman would be pretty easy to make with a figure and a few layers of blobbed paint! btw i do have a few Doreamon and Pokemon charms that are like 8-12' tall scale to make some plaza show/displays with. i eventually want to have a nice train plaza in front of a large station where there can be rotating fun displays of things like these figures, the mach 5, batmobile, sculputures, art/culture, etc. jeff Link to comment
IST Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Not the best video, but here is my Mangattan Liner II: Link to comment
cteno4 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 new J.N.R. Kiha 52-100 `Tokimeki no Koiressha`2 car dmu set coming from Miyazawa Mokei in march. very nice balloons on it, but a price of 14,630yen ($190) is OUCH! although its quite nice, i dont think ill pop on that one... http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10175415 jeff Link to comment
keitaro Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 This is made by tomix I think it's a special that going to be sold off at a show. HS are purchasing them and reselling them also a portion of profits from sales are going to tsunami/earthquake fund It is a really great looking model and thinking about how the model is being obtained by hs and that it's likely inflated due to a painted train, looks amazingly awesome and is going towards a charity the price really isn't that bad. I'm assuming it would have a flywheel though it does not state. likely to be using same build as this http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10160432 the undercarriage details certainly look similar to the pics Link to comment
cteno4 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 im curious, where did you see the tsunami relief part? hs did not post that on their blog or the item description. i cant see it doubling in price due to the paint job, tomytec has done painted trains at the regular price. there would be a bit for the license i guess, but if its a charity train then i would hope they would get the license for free. even so are they going to contribute half the price of this to the tsunami relief? i kind of doubt that and i would expect them to make a bigger deal out of that. i would hope that tomix would throw in their profit as well to the charity. perhaps if hs is buying them retail at the show and then reselling that could drive the price up if they are putting in a good margin on it. i would probably buy for tsunami support if a large chunk of the money was going to the effort, but its not feeling like it here. jeff aside: while reading some of the hs blogs i noticed this fun translation at the top of one HAS Been written this article in Japanese. We apologize for your Inconvenience, and your for your Understanding. is a mound of shrimp paste. i LOVE mounds of shrimp paste! jr Link to comment
keitaro Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 near the bottom 東日本大震災復興支援のため寄付されます it's being obtained at retail from what i see in the blog as they are obtaining from a exhibition??? either way i can't get it just spent way too much lately Link to comment
keitaro Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 GM are doing a painted meitetsu 3100 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10175798 http://www.mc.ccnw.ne.jp/series211/Meitetsu/commuter/ECB/meitetsu-series3700-aichi-police-color.jpg Link to comment
disturbman Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Haha! New painted train is coming, it's a MA and it's from Kyushu. It's the new Kiha 183-1000 "Aso Boy"! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aso_Boy Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Well, that's going to be a 100% pre-order for me ;) Edit: make that, pre-ordered :) 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 oh groaaaaannnn... the aso boy looks too nice! well its not out till july soooo, click, pre ordered. very good as in the last 6 months so far its only that and the zoo train for me for sets. well did pick up a couple of locos, but those were on cheap! i really do need to work on the display cabinet for these. jeff Link to comment
Krackel Hopper Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Just pre-ordered my ASO Boy as well.. This is also a cool offering from MicroAce, due in July as well.. I like the distinctive headlights.. Series 485 `Irodori` http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10176590 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 shes got great eyes! jeff Link to comment
Densha Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 shes got great eyes! jeff They definitely look like eyes indeed. Link to comment
cteno4 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Mangattan liner is back in stock at hs! its a nice looker and decent priced for a painted train. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10110217 jeff Link to comment
linkey Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 shes got great eyes! jeff They definitely look like eyes indeed. Have a look at the last car... the eyes are evil but the train looks really good from it's color scheme Link to comment
bill937ca Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Iga Railway Co. Ltd. Uenoshi Station Iga City Mie Pref. Japan Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Must .. Resist .. Mangattan .. Liner .. Even .. Though .. It's .. In .. Stock ... ... Too .. Much .. On .. Preorder ........ ARG! :) Link to comment
cteno4 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Ah Ha Ha HA Ha [meniacal laughing] another one caught! jeff Link to comment
cteno4 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 oh no another one onto the micro ace wish list! new eyes train! thanks bill jeff Iga Railway Co. Ltd. Uenoshi Station Iga City Mie Pref. Japan Link to comment
Krackel Hopper Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm more a fan of the ladies.. 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Asahiyama Zoo train is in! already sold out now by the time i got the preorder notice early this am! http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10164000 im tempted to see if i can change this to ems shipping to get it here by the Sakuri Matsuri in two weeks. this is going to be a great looking train! ouch on the price though, its going to average $50/car with shipping! jeff Link to comment
bill937ca Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Anyone for a Carp train? Jeff, get the credit card out! Link to comment
cteno4 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 thanks bill, that one brought a smile to my face after all the other carp, er i mean crap, going on with the jrm invite... ok ma how long??? i really do want to make the wall case with all the painted trains, wouldnt that look grand! jeff Link to comment
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