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Show Grimm is licensing our Bullet Train designs!

Our bullet train origami hit the stores as the first in a series of "Transportation Origami" put out by Showa Grimm, Co.

We've obsessed over the details and even consulted with the kind people of Japan Railroad to make this a true replica of the 300 series. Each pack comes with a display platform so you can display your origami after your done folding.

Each pack contains 16 sheets of origami, so theoretically, you can create a true 300 series bullet train with a 16-car formation! The instructions include ways to connect the cars.

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Did you know?

"Shinkansen" is the Japanese name for the bullet train. The 16-car 300 series was introduced by Japan Rail West and Central in 1992 and runs at a top speed of 270 kmph. Here are some amazing facts about the Japanese bullet train:

• The Shinkansen experiences less than 10 seconds of delay a year including all natural and human accidents.
• Shinkansen runs at an average speed of 261kmph or 163 mph
• Trains leave at 4 minute intervals which is the frequency equivalent to the densest inner city transit train
• All the lines combined carry 755,000 passengers a day
• Since the Shinkansen was inaugurated 40 years ago, there have been no derailments or collision accidents or passenger fatalities except one due to a door closing on a little child.

Our Designs are sold in Japan by Show Grimm Origami Co.

Following the release of the Bullet Train origami, this is Part 2 of Showa Grimm, Co.'s "Transportation Origami" series. The Fire Truck and Ambulance are in Japanese stores now.

We've even consulted with active Fire Chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Fire Department as well as a paper craft author, Hiro Kato, (click Hirokato工房 for his web site）to make these into true paper replicas. What do you think?

Each pack comes with 16 sheets and a landscape background for display purposes.

Origami Cars, Trucks, and Trains

Origami Cars, Trucks, and Trains contains detailed instructions for 30 original origami vehicles that will make you an experienced folder in no time. The easy-to-remove perforated pages, which include folding lines in the design, will have you creating a dynamic looking fleet of origami vehicles in a matter of minutes, including a fire truck, a police car, a school bus, a locomotive, and many more. Each fold also has clear instructions so that origami enthusiasts can keep making the vehicles after the folding paper is used up.

ISBN:9784805309896
Published: July 3rd 2009 by Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages:192
country_of_origin: USA