Continuation of BigLobe Plarail Museum

Phantom Gem 55: ひかりごうモノレールセット　Hikari Monorail Set

Just yesterday, it was confirmed to be a true phantom gem of Plarail. Boasting a minimum value of 70000 yen for a terrible condition set and 185000 yen for an OK condition set due to the monorail. Both the 1970 Hikari which is will be considered to be a phantom gem around 5 years time and the entire monorail system which is a pain to complete if parts are missing or broken, makes up the total value of the price today. All parts related to monorail system are exclusive to this set. Released in 1975, the set was around for a quite some time but it's survival is at stake. Very few sets are known to survive today. If you find monorail system parts of this set in the second hand shop, it is said to be a very lucky moment. Tall buildings like this monorail tower are rarely introduced in Plarail universe, it is a true masterpiece in a layout and it is a terrible shame that way too few of these still survive and too few are produced. The train would pass by the station, pushing the lever to push the monorail upwards. Then the monorail will glide down the rails and reach the lowest part of the building and the cycle starts again.


                                                 Monorail rise lever              Monorail rail connectors


Phantom Gem 56: ちんちんでんしゃセット　Chinchin Toden 8000 Set

It finally resurfaced the internet again after over 46 years of no clear images online. This is by far the clearest image of the set. 1973-1974, one year only. It almost shared the same story of the legendary C-12ロータリーじょせつしゃセット C-12 Rotary Snowplough Set, where it disappeared after half a year. The worst part of all this: The set shown here is only sold for 9000 yen and it was quickly sold after 1 minute and 33 seconds the listing was published, which makes it the fastest Mercari Plarail listing to end by completed sales. It was a utter shame that the seller did not know the level of rarity that he is trying to sell. Such a set in this condition could easily go up to 270000 yen for the most insane buyers. If the rotary snowplough set can rise up to 301000 yen, it can almost be comparable to the Chinchin Densha Set. These 2 sets are obviously the hardest sets to obtain together, and such a legendary story could be told and handed down from generation to generation if both sets are obtained.