the first came from tauranga, where it was spotted by my friend vicky when i went to visit. thanks vix!! for $69 i got heaps of track, yellow stations, engines, people, wagons etc. was fun loading it on the bike, but i managed. in that lot, i also got half of a tunnel. i still havent gone through it properly, but theres enough there that i struggled to lift it.
and today, mum spotted an ad in the paper for "tommee trains" for $50. i rang up and we went to have a look. for that $50, i got a huge box of track and the majority of a europark set! all that i can see is missing is one person. i did get the two flags that go on top of the castle, which is almost unheard of... they are tiny and get lost so easily. i got another tunnel half as well, which means ive got another complete tunnel!!
i also got a t1 light up engine, but the lights are missing, so its only good for parts.
the lady i bought them off was just lovely, and allowed me to go through some other boxes of stuff looking for more bits and pieces from the sets, which was good as i found the black passenger from europark and a track raiser.