Thursday, August 13, 2009

New stuff! New stuff!

So, the FedEx guy was kind enough to deliver our new shipment of items yesterday. Most of it was restock for a bunch of items that we had run out of (bridge-legs, straight and curved track, etc), but we did get a couple special items in that are quite awesome. First up, something for the Thomas fans.

Thomas to nigiyaka kasha Set

Literally translated, it means Thomas and the Lively Train-car Set. That's boring. I'm calling this the Awesome Thomas set! Look at it! Even people non-fans of Thomas have to admit, this thing is Awesome-- capital A. Not only does it come with a sweet set of TEN train cars, it also comes with three cool smaller character vehicles, Trevor, Caroline and Terence. As if that wasn't awesome enough, there's enough track to create a good sized circuit and train base. Take a look at some of the pictures below.




Red Thunder fumikiri Set

Here at Namikaze Toys, we are absolute suckers for awesome sets and cargo trains. Put the two together, and you have epic win. We present to you, the Red Thunder fumikiri Set. Fumikiri means to step on the brakes, and when a train is crossing in front of you, that's exactly what you do. This is actually a fairly older set but when we saw we couldn't resist adding it to our catalogue.

Not only does it contain the really cool Red Thunder engine, it also includes the aging PlaRoad component. These days, finding PlaRoad is becoming more and more difficult as it is slowly phased out in favor of the Tomica Town that while looks real, just isn't as fun as PlaRail Thankfully in this set, you get a small PlaRoad circuit and a PlaRoad battery powered truck. That's right. No more manual pushing. That truck runs on its own and stops on its own and compliments a PlaRail layout perfectly.




Here's a picture of the crossing mechanism showing how the truck stops as the train approaches the intersection.




All of these items can be found at our online store, at
http://www.namikazetoys.com

If you have any questions regarding these items, email us at namikazetoys@gmail.com

Choo choo!

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Friday, August 7, 2009

Tomy PLARAIL - New Releases, August 2009

S-51 Hitoyoshi 8620 Steam Locomotive (SL)
This old style steam locomotive returned to operation in May 2009 after a 4 year hiatus for renovations and repairs. Hitoyoshi runs through Kumamoto Prefecture and is operated by Kyushu Railway Co. The SL is running one 2.5 hour trip along the scenic Kumagawa River. SL Hitoyoshi comes with 1 Pla-Kid and requires 1 AA battery.


C57-180 Banestu Monogatari Go Basic Set (SL)
The C57-180 still runs Comes with 1 Conductor Pla-Kid, mini blue iron bridge, 2 sakura (pink) trees, and 1 station. The C57-180 is run by JR East in Niigata and operates on a 3 hour 20 minute route.


Hyper Guardian Large Rotating Station
(Daikaiten Station)
This repair station is meant for the Hyper Guardian series trains. It can rotate 360 degrees and can have 5 different rail routes attached to the station. The station comes with one Pla-Kid Station commander and has light and sound effects.


Thomas Basic Set

Thomas, Annie and Clarabelle with a station and mountain tunnel.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Up!

We've got more monorail expansion sets and could not resist opening another track for both our monorails. Here's the 2-monorail, 7-train track tower initially built on the carpet. However, the soft surface combined with the weight of 7 layers of track above made the bottom track too tight to run any trains!
Looking around the room, our dinner table looked like a perfect fit for our layout. We proceeded with operation move it up to the dining table!
It would have been a magnificent feat if we were able to move the entire 8 layers of track with just 2.5 people! I really did think it would work, until we got about 3/4 of the way there, the bend around the couch maneuver didn't go as I planned....
In this case, what was trying to go up, had to come down first :P. Then the rebuild...
And finally, presenting, all 8 layers, 7 trains and 2 monorails on the dining table. Victory!!!

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