Tomy Pla Advance

[bill937ca]

Something interesting has just come on the Japanese market.  Its Plarail trains in N scale with realistic design as much as possible.  Its like a cross between Plarail and B Train Shorty. Ages over 15. Market for Plarail is 4-7. Tomix buildings appear in the background on the Pla Advance web page so this may be an attempt to build a bridge between Plarail and Tomix.

 

The market is supposed to be parents and grandparents for children.   I bet there are also a good chunk of collectors.  The Japanese seem to collect almost anything related to trains.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/1515/0/1

 

http://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/tomix_plaad/index.htm

 

 

[cteno4]

nice videos, lucky kid, but i think dad is having as much fun as the kid!

 

theres another thread going on these here

 

http://www.jnsforum.com/index.php/topic,5630.0.html

 

they look like fun toys to really leverage all the stuff that plarail already has with just a few track additions! wonder if they work well with the switches, would think it should. now all they need to do is make them rc!

 

jeff

[Tecchan]

The thing they really nailed with this system is that it uses the same tracks as the regular PlaRail. So, as a parent, you don't need to buy a whole system one more time, you just get new trains and some of the special parts (crossings, stations, etc.).

 

When I have kids, it will be hard for me not to get some of those... (a way to keep the kid away from my trains too: "you have yours, daddy has his"  )

[westfalen]

I'm planning on picking some of the trains and crossover tracks up while I'm in Japan. My nephew has a heap of track that he and my brother set up round their house.

[CaptOblivious]

Something interesting has just come on the Japanese market.  Its Plarail trains in N scale with realistic design as much as possible.  Its like a cross between Plarail and B Train Shorty. Ages over 15. Market for Plarail is 4-7. Tomix buildings appear in the background on the Pla Advance web page so this may be an attempt to build a bridge between Plarail and Tomix.

 

The market is supposed to be parents and grandparents for children.   I bet there are also a good chunk of collectors.  The Japanese seem to collect almost anything related to trains.

 

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/1515/0/1

 

http://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/tomix_plaad/index.htm

 

 

 

A month late to the game! This system was released almost one month ago. I was in Yodobashi the day after they were released, and there were hundreds of sets available. Last time I was in Yodobashi, about two weeks ago, all the train sets save a couple of 500-series, were sold out!

[bill937ca]

Its been a very busy month Captain! 

[CaptOblivious]

Its been a very busy month Captain! 

 

http://www.jnsforum.com/index.php/topic,5630.0.html  :D

 

Was at Kyoto Yodobashi tonight. All that is left is two (count 'em!) station platform kits. From what was an initial inventory of perhaps thousands of items!

 

Anyway, I've got a McDonald's promotional DVD that came out last month with some cool vids of the Pla-Rail Advance stuff I've been meaning to rip and post here…

[westfalen]

I saw some earlier on my trip, at the hobby shop upstairs at Hakata station, but I thought I'll leave it till later to save carrying them around. I'm sure they do another run with them selling so well.