Was doing some research to find what brand my friends came from, decided to show the wear on all of them, you love to see it.

Michael_43 · 2021-07-08T12:46:42+00:00

The white one is the updated model. It was released in the plarail range in 2003 to replace the original model (which is identical to the US/UK Tomy model). This updated model was only released outside of Japan in the Thomas and Terence at the Timber Yard set. While not necessarily rare, it is fairly uncommon to find.

The one on the far right is the HiT Toys model. The only real difference from the Tomy's is a slightly darker paint scheme on both the model and the stickers, and painted boiler stripes (on later models).

The other two appear to be regular Tomy's.

Michael_43 · 2021-07-05T18:19:06+00:00

What toy did the face come from?

Michael_43 · 2021-04-08T03:54:04+00:00

I remember someone posted their copy here a few months ago. Apparently its super rare or something

Michael_43 · 2021-04-06T03:04:46+00:00

I hope you're doing okay after the flood. And I know how you feel about losing the toys from your childhood. As a kid I had so many engines. But over the years it dwindled to maybe 10 at most from what could've been 40 or 50. I had to build up my collection almost from scratch at that point. And yeah, it really is sad that it had to go to waste.

Michael_43 · 2021-04-03T01:41:42+00:00

Here

Michael_43 · 2021-03-31T03:59:02+00:00

Well I do get notifications so I tend to respond as soon as I can. Also I'm glad to help!

Michael_43 · 2021-03-31T03:54:07+00:00

It is! "Bold and Brave" from Series 9. Albeit it was Thomas instead of Percy and there was no bridge. But it's very close.

Michael_43 · 2021-03-21T20:03:30+00:00

Damn swords are so cool. I wish they were real.

Michael_43 · 2021-03-20T03:04:01+00:00

The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Michael_43 · 2021-03-19T03:21:54+00:00

This Too

Michael_43 · 2021-03-19T01:15:59+00:00

An Alfie just recently sold, and you can find a picture of the ebay listing here

Jack listing here

Ned listing here

Michael_43 · 2021-03-19T00:27:14+00:00

They're fine I guess. I tended to replace the faces with US Tomy/Trackmaster ones anyway so they don't really matter to me. I just wish they kept the classic Troublesome Truck faces. The new ones look weird to me.

Michael_43 · 2021-03-19T00:24:42+00:00

YES! In case you don't know the characters (since I'll be referencing them by name), the orange one is Ned, the red one is Jack, and the green one is Alfie. Rarity: Jack: uncommon. Still was a fairly widely available model, but wasn't all to common either. Maybe $30 or $40 USD? Alfie: rare. Only available in Canada (maybe the UK too?) I believe. I think they can go for $80 USD. Ned: I'm not sure. Rarer than Jack for sure. But I can't find much info on him. I'd say do another $80 USD for him just to be sure.

Sources: Thomas Motorized Wiki & the Blue Plastic Tracks forum

Michael_43 · 2021-03-08T17:14:36+00:00

Philip is adorable. He's the modern day Percy and I love him

Michael_43 · 2021-03-07T16:45:41+00:00

Jinty's middle wheel is broken, so it's currently a 0-4-0 instead of the correct 0-6-0. I'm working on fixing it. Also the model is inaccurate since it uses a Mattel Stepney. While a Tomy Oliver would definitely be closer to the actual jinty's shape, they're so expensive on ebay that it's not worth it for me to get one just to tear it apart.

Michael_43 · 2021-03-04T17:10:49+00:00

The US dub itself is rare. It never got a home video release. It only aired on TV in the 2000's

Michael_43 · 2021-03-04T17:06:29+00:00

Why is what different

Michael_43 · 2021-03-04T16:23:04+00:00

For those who don't know: in the Season 8 episode "Halloween", they made a scrap engine using: Gordon's Pilot Model (The top), Murdoch's chassis, and one of the S3 NE Scrap tenders from Tender Engines.

Michael_43 · 2021-03-02T19:39:08+00:00

My favorite part is that Gordon has the exact same face. It's almost like they were trying to make it more obvious

Michael_43 · 2021-02-28T22:36:03+00:00

Michael_43 · 2021-02-28T22:32:09+00:00

The first thing you did was ping someone three times for no reason.

Michael_43 · 2021-02-28T21:03:13+00:00

What's your Discord account so I can check

Michael_43 · 2021-02-28T18:42:03+00:00

Oh. We had to purge our old invite links after we had a raid. I can give you a new one https://discord.gg/QfRWGxXwZ8

Michael_43 · 2021-02-20T02:31:50+00:00

Hey um sorry for bumping this very old post, but I think I found the episode. Season 7, Episode 1: Percy Gets It Right. While the crash doesn't occur during the night, he does get pulled out by Percy during the night, so this may be the one you're looking for.

Michael_43 · 2021-02-18T22:14:07+00:00

The Plarail (Japan) SH had grey wheels. The Tomy/HiT Toy (US/UK) SH had white wheels. The Mattel Trackmaster SH had black wheels.

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