It just didn't sell back in the day, the Talk n Action series was never that popular over here, and at the time the US definitely had the smallest market out of the three major markets it was released in. It was certainly more expensive then a regular engine, probably had limited availability, etc etc. I've seen at least three UK James on eBay UK in the past few months, including one boxed, and many Japanese ones on Yahoo and Mercari. I'm not even sure when exactly the last US one to be found before I got my own was, I believe someone on Twitter found one in a Craigslist lot a year or two ago?
I have a website where I have been writing about and photographing many of the sets and pieces that I find interesting.
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