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Small Worlds Tokyo opened

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  • Member since
    July 2010
  • From: Kyoto, JPN
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Small Worlds Tokyo opened
Posted by BN7150 on Sunday, June 21, 2020 3:11 PM

It is a miniature theme park of HO scale and has six areas: "Space Center", "City of the World", "Kansai International Airport", "Sailor Moon", "Evangelion Hangard", and "Evangelion 3rd New Tokyo City". Do you know what happened to Gulliver's Gate in New York Manhattan after it closed?

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  • From: Bedford, MA, USA
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Sunday, June 21, 2020 3:50 PM

I did get to see Gulliver's Gate when it was open.  After they closed, they did put up some robo-answer stuff that said they were reopening.  I am supposedly on their mailing list, but they never send anything.  The Tokyo exhibit does not seem to have any components scavenged from Gulliver's Gate.

When I visited, I was mystified by the HO scale railroads with appropriate engines and rolling stock from each world region, but there were a number of Rio Grande and Canadian National boxcars scattered around the world.  I made a point of asking why, and was introduced to the "train guy.". I ended up with a long private tour, just because he was happy to have a model railroader to talk to.  It turns out those boxcars were actually Walthers track cleaning cars, which they used constantly but hadn't gotten to repainting yet.

The attraction got high rankings, but I thought it was generally a bit overpriced.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by BNSF UP and others modeler on Sunday, June 21, 2020 4:00 PM

MisterBeasley

The attraction got high rankings, but I thought it was generally a bit overpriced.

 

 

Yeah no kidding. $100 to have yourself 3d scanned, printed, and placed on the layout!!!Ick!

I'm beginning to realize that Windows 10 and sound decoders have a lot in common. There are so many things you have to change in order to get them to work the way you want.

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