The Grand Finale

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Now we have 3 New Disney trains.

*First, the Mickey and Friends Train was really an impulse buy and more to put away for future Great Grandchildren's play. I wanted to buy this new (at a good price) because you just don't see the 4 characters, Minnie & Mickey Mouse, Daisy & Donald Duck, included with the used ones seen at the Japan Auctions and now I know why. They didn't make any means for the characters to stay still in the car. They would bounce, move around and topple over in their ride around the rails. I can see that because of this they would get lost or separated easily. Tomy, it wouldn't have been too had to come up with some idea for them to stay in place. Something as easy as a short post on the seat and a hole in the bottom of the character to hold them still. Geesh, I will have to resort to using rubber cement to hold them down but I am still considering a permanent glue so they never get separated. This engine is pretty fast too.

Neither of the next two trains should be confused with the green & red Tomy Disney Railroad releases as they are different. The Disney Railroad releases don't have the detailing and engine names like the Western River Railroad ones do.

* Next we have the “One of a Kind” Blue Tokyo Disneyland Western River Railroad Steam Engine replica called the “Mississippi” number 20 featuring Donald Duck in the cab window on one side and Huey, Dewey & Louie on the other. I wanted this one to complete the set of 3. Not a fast runner and I was surprised to see that this must be a newer (I think) release of the Western River Railroad as a AA battery is placed in the engine and not in the tender as my other red and green ones are. Not too fast this one, in fact slower than the tender battery ones. It sure is pretty and colorful though even the carriage which is waiting for 6 PlaKid park visitors to be seated. And Surprise, surprise, a "AA" Battery is included in the box.

* Now we already have a Green Western River Railroad Train but I bought this new one because I could not find any carriages for sale and we had none. Wouldn't you know it, I have since found one on the Japan Auctions so now I will have 2.. This highly detailed Green Tokyo Disneyland Western River Railroad Steam engine replica is called the “Missouri” number 28 featuring Goofy in the cab window on one side and a young Goofy on the other. Like the Blue Steam engine described above, this one has the AA battery in the engine not in the tender. I am not sure which came first but I have to assume that this release is the latest. Not as strong a runner as the earlier ones so I am not sure which will be my everyday runner but I am leaning towards the tender battery train because its faster and the distance between the tender and engine is shorter. Like the one above the detailed carriage is waiting for its PlaKid passengers. And Surprise, surprise again, a "AA" Battery is included in the box.