so for $11 i got a lego technic worm drive from ebay uk. should hopefully be here in time for the christmas show, but no biggie if its not.
and for $161 i got, finally, a tomix n scale thomas, annie and clarabel. this is part of a small, hard to find range of thomas. other characters were percy, who had 3 changable faces, james and henry, along with assorted rolling stock and sodor sights.
tomix is a branch of tomy and also makes n scale japanese trains and accessories.
click the pic to visit the new page, not that theres much to see just yet.