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26th January, 2006 |
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CONTENTS
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Index page of previous Product & DVD
RELEASE INFORMATION
NEWS |
EDITORIAL
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First of all
- a happy 'Australia Day' to all the Aussie readers, and those who are
not but wish they were Australian. 
Tomix has come out with some 6 year old news, finally releasing the 700
series Shinkansen !!! They are proving that they are the KING of
Japanese models in the Bullet train area.|
COLLECTIBLE SERIES NEWS Trains, girls and anime are very closely linked in
various ways in Japan, and a company has announced the release of an
anime figure based on the JR East Fastech360 train. There is one
figure, but option parts to make different poses. Whole web pages are
devoted to drawings of this type of train-based female figure - maybe
if this item proves popular, it will be the start of a whole new type
of collectible
Other items that have been definitely announced are ... January 2006
Bandai will release the 5th in their 'Working Vehicles' series, and it is a set of 2 different types of mini-bus. These smaller 7m long buses are seen everywhere in Japan, and are especially useful in the narrow streets, and winding roads of more rural areas. Companies include Enoshima Railway, Keio Teito, Keihan, Fuji Kyuko, Nishitetsu and Himeji buses. Tomy 'The Truck Collection' #2 - this set contains 12 vehicles made up
of mixture of Hino TC, Hino ZM & Isuzu Giga as delivery vans, dump trucks
and cement mixers, and a single Isuzu TX fire engine.
See official page at ... February 2006 Tomy 'The Trailer Collection' #1 - this is 10 vehicles comprising of 2
different cab-over prime movers with a dry and a refrigerated 40' ISO
container for NYK, MOL and K-line, as well as a plain dry container;
plus 3x 26,000 litre tank trailers for ENEOS, JOMO and IDEMITSU. The
containers are removable and can be used with the Tomix Koki200
container wagon. See official page (now in colour) at ... http://www.tomytec.co.jp/hobby/torera/index.html March 2006`
Tomy have announced their first HO collection set - a set of cars !!! It will contain 12 vehicles made up of 3 of each of the following ...Toyota Highace van, Toyopet Crown van, Toyota Highace DX, and Toyota Crown sedan. Reservations for this set are closed. 20th January 2006 Tomix have officially announced the release of the following in March ... Tomy 'Machinami Collection' #5 Contents are - old style Japanese Inn, Bank, Modern glass corner building (like in Ginza), Movie Theater, old style Public Bath House, and Fire Station. Because these are larger buildings, this time only the Bank and Movie Theater will come in two colours. No web page yet ... Tomy 'The Bus Collection' #8 Contains 8x Nishinihon Shatai Kogyo C-1 & SD-1 'Limousine' buses (Fuji Kyuko, JR Kanto, Tokyo Airport, Hankyu bus, Osaka Airport, Hokaito Central bus, Nishi-Nippon Railroad, and Nishitetu Sightseeing) and 4x Fuji Heavy Industries R13 type (JNR bus, Keio Teito Electric Railway, Tohoku Express bus and Miyazaki Travel). No web page yet ... Tomy The Railway Collection' #2 Contains 10 items which include cars from - Hitachi Electric Railway, Nagareyama Railway, Cotoden, Kumamoto Electric Railway, Takamatsu Electrci Railway, Niigata Kotsu and Wafu1 and Wa115 freight cars. No web page yet, but samples can be seen here ... http://www.tomytec.co.jp/hobby/new/0601/12_tetsudou2.html Reservations for these 3 sets all close on the 10th February. Advertised sets, without firm release dates yet, are ...Tomy's 'The Car Collection' #3 (Nissan Fairladys) and 'The Minibus Collection ' #1, as well as Bandai's 'Working Vehicles' #6 (cement mixers). Keep an eye out for the official release of each of these. As always, early reservation is ESSENTIAL to obtain any of these sets, because the cut-off date for orders is often well before the actual release date. You cannot wait until the release of these items, so you can see what they look like, before making your decision if you want to get them or not !!! 26th January 2006 Kato announced that they would release in the middle of February a follow-up to the recent AVE set, the RENFE Euromed 10 car set - „31,500 25th January 2006 Kato will release the following ... 31st January 19th January 2005 Tomix announced the following releases ... 28th January 18th January 2006 Tomix announced a range of releases for 'Summer' 2006 ... 92264 700 series TEC 3
car powered set (cars 1-4-16) - white with blue stripes - „8,900 92157 Kiha02 Type Railbus 2 car
set (both powered) - „7,000 92781 Kiha183-2550 series DC 6 car set
(JR Hokkaido 'HET') - „17,800 92778 485 series EC 7 car set 'Super Raicho'
- „24,000 92771 24-25 series PC 7 car set (JNR - blue with silver stripes)
- „13,800 |
Nine Scale World #26
As the only exclusively 'N' scale Japanese model train
magazine, once again this issue is full of goodies !!! There is an
article on 'resort' trains; a comparison between the Kato and Tomix 'bonnet'
485 sets, and between the Kato Chuo line 201 and the prototype;
building a brass Toden 8000 tram and a number of mini-layouts; shop
review and directories and of course all the reviews and preview of new
releases. The feature article is the EF58 series EL, with all the types
and colour variations described in details.
Tomix 2161 EF510-1 EL
The EF510 is one of JR Freight's latest loco types. As
MicroAce have already done, and Kato plan in the future, Tomix have
released two versions - the first prototype which did not have the 'Red
Thunder' logo, and the version representing the following models. Other
than this, and the size of the 'JRF' logo, the two are virtually the
same. The body is a nice bright red with a white and grey stripe along
the bottom, and the roof and it's apparatus is silver. There is a gray
panel around the windows on the side, and a white panel around the
headlights on the front. A variety of numbers are available for you to
choose from , and like all recent releases, there are fiddly little
grab handles to add to the front. TN couplers are included to swap with
the standard Rapidos. The motor (which does not have a flywheel) runs
smoothly and quietly, the reversing headlights are yellow, the wheels
are silver. A nice addition to your fleet if you like to run modern Japanese
freight trains. 27th Janaury 2006 Tomix re-released the 115-1000 series EC range, and the E2 series TEC 'Hayate' 3 car set. 24th Janaury 2006 Greenmax re-released the Tokyu 8090(8590) and 8500 series EC body kit sets, and the Kintetsu 1252/1426/6442 and 1026/1620/6620 series EC painted kits. Kato released the 183-1000 EC sets, the Wamu480000 wagon set and the Koki200 container flat. 22nd January 2006 Tomix re-released the 115 series EC Chuo line set and the E231-1000 2 car Green car set. 19th January 2006 Tomix finally released the 3075 Trackside
Accessory set #1. It contains such items as ATS sign, Speed limit sign,
Stopping place sign, Whistle sign, Distance sign, Railroad crossing photocell,
Inclination sign. 13th January 2006 Modemo released their first non-tram or passenger car set - the NP501 Odakyu RSE20000 'Asagiri' set. There will be a review of this set in the next Newsletter.
MicroAce released the following items ... A0052 JNR 301 series EC 5 car set (Tozai line - non
airconditioned)
A0056 301 series EC 5 car set (Tozai line -
airconditioned)
A1250 JNR EF13 + 8x Hoki2500 hopper + Yo5000 guards van (Nambu line)
A1253 DD51-695 + 8x Hoki9500 hopper + Yo5000 guards van (Narita line) A8290 Kintetsu Railway 20100 series EC 3+3 car set 'Ozora' (early version)
A8292 Kintetsu Railway 20100 series EC 3+3+3 car set 'Sayonara Ozora' in wooden presentation box
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Abbreviation |
Explanation |
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TEC |
Shinkansen (Bullet train) |
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EC |
Electric car (EMU) |
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DC |
Diesel car (DMU) |
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PC |
Passenger car |
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FC |
Freight car |
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SL |
Steam loco |
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EL |
Electric loco |
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DL |
Diesel loco |
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