New Location for GTP

 This site hasn't been updated for a long time, and it won't be updated anymore after this post.

The reason for this is that I've moved virtually all of the original GeoTrax Packs to this site...

https://geotraxpacks2.wordpress.com/

If I find any new information about GeoTrax, it's at that site that I'll let you know about it. At this point, I think finding such info is unlikely, but you never know....

Wandering Taxi Finds a Home - At the Airport

Yellow Taxi Found at the Airport

Remember this taxi, that looks like a repainted ambulance?

I had been wondering which set it belongs to. I couldn't find it and couldn't find it....

Then today I looked (with the help of Google) once more and spied it in a European eBay auction. It's part of a Kohl's exclusive set called High Flyin' Airport and Vehicles, set N9989.

I had known of the existence of set N9989 but wasn't sure of its components, other than the airport. I had thought this car was an emergency vehicle, not a taxi.

Now I can sleep at night.

GeoTrax Easter Gift Sets from Target

Easter Gift Sets - My Latest GeoTrax Discovery

Will it never end? Of course it will. It has to, since GeoTrax have been discontinued.

What I'm talking about is the fact that every few weeks or so I discover a new (to me) GeoTrax set that wasn't on my checklist or website yet.

Today it's two Easter Gift Sets from Target.

What's Included in an Easter Gift Set?

Each of the sets has an evergreen tree, a deciduous tree, some curved track, a DVD, and a small push "train" with an accompanying minifig.

Set P6360, which I'm calling Easter Gift Set #1, has 2 large curved elevation rail track pieces. The push vehicle is the first release of Woohoo and Opie.

Set P6361, Easter Gift Set #2, probably has the same track, but I couldn't confirm if there are two pieces or only one. (Can you?) Two would make more sense, since that would give you a complete circle. The push vehicle is Sally with Chatty and Chirpy.

The trees are the same in each set, and I think the DVD is too.

If you have more information about either of these sets, or any others I have yet to find, drop me a line. I'll give you public credit (if you like) for the "discovery".

Correction on 2007 Lead Paint Recall

Watch for Red Engine with Yellow Trim

I just discovered that the mostly red and white GeoTrax train engine, part of Special Track Pack set K3013, that was recalled for lead paint violations in 2007 is not quite the one I thought it was.

The recalled engine had yellow trim for the ladders and (what I think are) horns on top of the cab. Those horns may be lights. My apologies to those who know more about them than I.

A similar engine (set H5705) was also produced that has silver paint in those spots instead of the yellow. This engine is just fine.

You can see pictures of each here at GeoTrax Packs.

I wish I hadn't mistakenly thrown away several engines that I thought were the recalled ones. Oh well, live and learn.

Can You Help Identify These GeoTrax Pieces?

Three Mystery GeoTrax Pieces Evade Identification

I have the three GeoTrax items shown above - a fireman dressed mostly in yellow, a fire engine painted mostly white, and an ambulance disguised as a yellow taxi.

I haven't been able to determine which sets these originally belonged to. It's possible that the fireman and the fire engine were both part of the same set. There are no product IDs on either of them. The taxi is labeled L6374 on the bottom which is the identifier for the 2007 set called Ambulance with Stat and Stewart.

Do you own any of these pieces? If so, do you know for sure which sets they were originally part of? Having the original packaging would help a lot. I haven't found a box online that shows any of these.

Here are close-up shots of each of them.

If you have any information on any of these pieces, I would appreciate your letting me know. You can use this Contact Form or the comment section below to get in touch with me. I'll give a free copy of my GeoTrax Compendium and Checklist to the first person(s) who can positively identify each (that is, any one) of them.

Thanks!

UPDATE: After acquiring a total of 3 of the fire engines, I decided to try asking Fisher-Price about them. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this earlier. According to their information, the fire engine and fireman were a bonus that came with the Grand Central Station in 2007. The set was sold as M4686 exclusively at Walmart.

I think I'll ask next about the taxi and will update this if needed.

GeoTrax Packs Store Is Another Place to Buy GeoTrax Trains

GeoTrax Packs Store Now Open for Business

I recently decided I had enough surplus material - GeoTrax sets and pieces - to start offering them for sale on GeoTraxPacks.com. So I did a little research to see if the WordPress plugin called WooCommerce was still the best storefront available. The reviews claimed it still was at the top of the heap, so I installed it and started adding GeoTrax sets to it.

You can now buy a fair number of GeoTrax sets (securely, of course) directly from GeoTrax Packs, if you have (or create) a PayPal account and a shipping address in the United States. Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell outside the US at this time. The shipping costs would be prohibitive.

Why Should I Buy Directly from GeoTrax Packs?

The main reason to buy GeoTrax directly from GeoTraxPacks.com is the cost. Other sites, like eBay and Amazon, charge a fee for every sale. That's how they make their profit, and that's fine. Since I don't charge fees to myself, I can offer sets for less and still make a profit for myself.

I'm starting with complete and nearly complete sets in the store. Eventually I'll add smaller bits and pieces such as those currently found in the spreadsheet at the bottom of the For Sale page.

In the future I'll probably also discount some items. While it's possible to do that on the other sale sites, it feels like it will be easier to do so on my own site.

Should the unthinkable happen and I have my accounts closed at those other sites (as I know has happened without warning to other sellers), I'll still be able to offer these great toys to you on GeoTrax Packs.

I hope you can find what you need and want at the store. As always, let me know if there's something in particular that you're looking for and can't find. I may have one or be able to get one for you.

GeoTrax Layout Galleries Page Created at GeoTrax Packs

Now You Can See Pictures of GeoTrax Layouts

Many of you GeoTrax fans have visited GeoTraxPacks.com looking for track layout ideas. I've always had a page there that discusses track layouts. It pointed you to other sources of layouts, such as Bing, but it never showed you any layouts right on the site itself, unless you include what is visible in most of the pictures of starter sets.

That just changed today. I now have a gallery of layouts that I setup myself right on GeoTrax Packs. There's only one set of pictures posted there so far, but I plan to add more (complex) layouts in the near future.

So check out the GeoTrax Layout Galleries page now and return there in the next few days to see what I've added.