last week, i spotted some thomas posters advertising meadow fresh calci strong drinks. i asked at the help desk about getting them when the promo was finished. they called today while i was at work, and mum went to pick them up. they are quite tall and nice to have. theres two of them, though one is quite damaged.
ok, so i posted photos the other day of our ceiling cavity where my collection lives. since then, ive found a pull back "my first" engine which i didnt know i had, a vintage tomy thomas with annie and clarabel and a few other bits and pieces. makes me wonder what else is hiding up there! the bits ive found will be going with me on thursday to be cleaned.
i also found my hornby thomas set which i picked up years ago from savemart for $5NZD. i will be taking it to the club to show blair. discovered an ertl sodor fuel wagon which i will give to neil, and a pack of colored ballast which will be used on the club layout if they want it. went to the foxton show today with the parents. bought almost nothing. saw and left 3 thomas big loaders. they were too much at $15 each. eventually found a hidden stall and bought a wrecked tomy thomas and found a piece of road track.
got back and it was a lovely day so took the bike for a spin. mike txt and invited me back out on his boat. he even let me drive which was awesome!! added two new pages today, one showing my collection storage and the other with tomy items which dont seem to belong to any particular range.
my friend blair has finally published his site. check out his awesome collections of model trains and real, running locos
http://buzzzsrailwayworld.weebly.com/index.html thanks to my best guy friend mike for an awesome day on his boat. needed an adrenalin kick! was a great way to spend a day. i found a tomy winnie the pooh train set on ebay aussie a few days ago. the seller wouldnt accept overseas bids so i asked my friend jarrod to bid on my behalf. it closed last night and he won it for $24.50. amazing price for the set which has all the figures, box, instructions and extra light blue track.
i have created a new page for "novelty" sets like this and will put photos up when the set arrives. i will be having a small layout at the train club next month for a special needs creche thats visiting. hopefully the pooh set will be here before then, otherwise i will set up a basic thomas track, maybe incorporating the giant thomas tunnel. so now we have a slideshow on the home page, lol. will change the photos around now and then. everything featured in the slideshow is shown on the relevant pages.
the bulk merry go lot and vintage talking percy both arrived yesterday. im stoked with both! photos of the talker are on the thomas boxed sets page, and the merry go is on merry page.
mum and dad also got home from tauranga with items from vicky, including a boxed fun day station set. theres quite a bit missing, but it was worth the money for the box and station sign. photos are on the vintage boxed set page. been watching a tomy talking percy for a week on trademe. i won him last night for $35NZD. quite a good price for MIB talker. had expected a bit of competition but there were no other bidders. photos will be posted on the tomy engines page when he arrives.
our old dog has been on her last legs for a while now and her body finally gave out yesterday while i was at work. just finished burying her this morning. had a bit of a cry, but im glad shes finally free.
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