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At a Tomix product meeting last week, the following items were on display as pre-production samples ….

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As usual there are 12 different items + a secret one, and carton contents are random.

This time there are 4x modern vans and 2x older types, and 5x 16,000l petrol tankers (2 types) as well as a nice fire engine. Company names will be provided later … 

 Here are some test samples of the actual models from a trade show late last year … 

The release date is March, and the deadline for confirmed orders was 31st January, so that is now past.

I have added a review of 2 books about the Enoden - just go to the ‘Book/Magazine Review Index’ page in the blog header.

Sorry if you have been looking at this blog in the last couple of days, and the format keeps changing

I have been trying to get a good layout for the DVD and Book/Magazine review pages, and to also have an index list displayed in the widgets on the right hand side, but it seem that you cannot have pages and sub-pages, and they cannot be listed in a specific order

So I have created one index page for each category (that can be accessed from the blog header), and on each page will be a list of reviews posted so far, that you can click on and view in a new window. Unfortunately, this system also means that there is no automatic notification of a new review if you are using a feeder, or even any indication of a new entry on the main page, so I will have to post a new message each time a new review is created

Here is a sample of what the items in the series ’should’ look like - they are from top-bottom/left-right …

• Mitsubishi Fuso ‘Super Great’ with K Line 20′ container on chassis
• Nissan Diesel with K Line 40′ container on chassis
• Hino Profia with NYK Logistics 20′ container on chassis
• Mitsubishi Fuso ‘Super Great’ with NYK Logistics 40′ container on chassis
• Nissan Diesel with MOL (new logo) 20′ container on chassis
• Hino Profia with MOL (old logo) 40′ container on chassis
• Nissan Diesel with Ryukyu Kaiun 20′ container on chassis
• Nissan Diesel with un-named 20′ container on chassis
• Nissan Diesel with Heavy Trailer
• Hino HH (old type) with Heavy Trailer

As usual there are 10 different items + a secret one, and carton contents are random.

They are mostly containers on trailers, both 20′ & 40′ with various cab types, as well as a couple of flat trailers …

• Mitsubishi NYK Logistics 40′
• Mitsubishi Fuso K Line 20′
• Hino MOL (Old Logo) 40′
• Hino NYK Logistics 20′
• Nissan Diesel K Line 40′
• Nissan Diesel MOL 20′
• Nissan Diesel Ryukyu Kaiun 20′
• Nissan Diesel un-named 20′
• Nissan Diesel Heavy Trailer
• Hino Hh Heavy Trailer

Here are some test samples from a trade show late last year …

The release date is late Feb/early March, and the deadline for confirmed orders was 19th January.

The following items have been announced for ‘tentative’ release in June …

• A0315 781 series EC 4 car set “Suzuran” (new colour - single arm pantograph)
• A0317 781 series EC 6 car set “Sayorana Doraemon Undersea Train”
• A2260 Izu Kyuko 2100 series EC 8 car set “Alpha Resort 21″ (white roof & no ‘Izukyu’ logo)
• A2261 Izu Kyuko 2100 series EC 8 car set “Alpha Resort 21″ (grey roof & ‘Izukyu’ logo)
• A2270 485 series EC 6 car set “Hana” Joyful Train (purple with pink stripe)
• A2271 485 series EC 4 car set “Yamanami” Joyful Train (aqua blue/green with red stripe)
• A2272 485 series EC 4 car set “Seseragi” Joyful Train (reddish-purple with white stripe)
• A2350 JNR Kumoha54100 EC 4 car set (Iida line - Suka color blue & cream)
• A2354 JNR Kumoha41.54.60 EC 6 car set (Oito line - sky blue)
• A2481 Odakyu 2400 series EC 4 car set (new colour - white with blue stripe)
• A2482 Odakyu 2400 seriesEC 4 car set (old color - yellow/blue with re-modelled A/C)
• A6305 C56-150 SL (Koumi line - first tender type)
• A6308 C56-160 SL (as preserved by JR West)

Tomix have just announced some new releases and re-releases for the months of April & May …..

 April re-releases

• 700-7000 series TEC ‘Nozomi’ (all sets)
• Meitetsu 8800 series EC 3 car set ‘Panorama DX’

May re-releases

• EF81 EL (pale red)
• various FC (Yo8000, Koki106, Hoki800, Koki50000)
• 209 series EC 6 car set (Nambu line)
• 113-1500 series EC (Yokosuka line) - all sets & cars
• 113-2000 series EC (Tokaido line) - all sets & cars

May new releases

• EF65-1000 EL (JR Freight)
• Kiha183 series DC 6 car set ‘Super Tokachi (upgraded model)

Santa arrived a couple of days early on the 21st, bringing my MicroAce ‘Asia’ passenger train set. The actual train ran in China during the 1930’s when the Japanese had taken over part of the northern regions of Manchuria. They rolling stock came from Japan and the locos were actually made by Kawasaki.

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Tomix have released their version of JR Kyushu’s ‘Yufuin no Mori’ train, and it is a beauty

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