thomas and friends mini series

sunhuntin · 2015-02-21T17:57:55+00:00

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roberte

Given the fact that already unimpressive playsets use gravity to work, having un-weighted minis will be quite the mess. I can see them not working well at all in the Stunt and both flavors of the Twist set. Bummer.

adski702

Did some Christmas shopping and got a nice bunch of minis. All of 2016/4 except Sports Edward at Toys R Us, the four new 3 packs, the SpongeBob and the Red Torando 9 packs at Walmart and Sports Edward and the two new 7 packs at Target. Now to wait till Christmas to open :p

mikedaws

Pablo392 wrote
Confirmed, new ones are much lighter, and lack the weight plates:

So here's something interesting...here's a photo of the snake cargo car with a weight plate

Made in China Hiro definitely feels lighter than Thai-made Hiro as well as the others from the same package.

Pablo392 wrote
I apologize for making that comment about some of you guys having jewelry scale hands, in fact there is a big difference between the engines. I hadn't noticed that because I was keeping the most recent releases in package until I unwrapped them today. The result is extremely disappointing (in terms of weight) but in terms of quality, there isn't a whole lot to complain. In fact some of the newer Chinese made ones have more detail, check Skarloey's smokestack.

This time Made in China is on Left, made in Thailand is on Right. Sorry about the switcheroo.

The paintjob on Chinese made Thomas has better resolution.

And the weight difference:

mikedaws wrote

Here's something interesting...snake cargo car with weight plate.

Looks like some of the new 2017 3 packs infact come with weights. Maybe there is a quality control issue at the new production plant. Anyone else have the new 3 packs to verify if they have weights or not?

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Pablo392

mikedaws wrote

Here's something interesting...snake cargo car with weight plate.

Looks like some of the new 2017 3 packs infact come with weights. Maybe there is a quality control issue at the new production plant. Anyone else have the new 3 packs to verify if they have weights or not?

Thanks Mike, it is odd.
What's the number under the car?

Minilover61

Pablo392 wrote
Thanks Mike, it is odd.
What's the number under the car?

That is interesting as I have begun to check the trains I've been getting recently. The SB 9 packs from my Walmarts do not have weights. Nor do the DC 9 packs made in China.

mikedaws

Pablo392 wrote
Thanks Mike, it is odd.
What's the number under the car?

J330

Yeahright

I agree with Mike that it is bad QC in the new plant. I have a snake cargo and can see the weight inside as well

mikedaws

The 2017 minis 3 packs are now listed on the toysrus.com website for $5.99 if anyone is looking for them 🙂 happy shopping

Pablo392

Yeahright wrote
I agree with Mike that it is bad QC in the new plant.

I got an Edward with Thomas face, I was going through my duplicates in the office, and I took the duplicates home. First thing my 6 year old pointed out was that "Daddy, This is not Edward, this is Thomas but has Edward's number".

The one in the office (in my collection) has the correct face.

Minilover61

Yeahright wrote
I agree with Mike that it is bad QC in the new plant. I have a snake cargo and can see the weight inside as well

Agree this is QC issue
I have seen that snake cargo truck with and without the weight.

mikedaws

So here's an interesting variation for those of you that like them. The new DC 4 pack that has Batman 52 Thomas has 2 versions.
One of them has black pupils in the eyes where the other one just has white. On the bottom of the one with the black pupils the code is : 52BM Thomas. On the one with just white eyes the code is : BTM Thomas.

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Pablo392

mikedaws wrote
So here's an interesting variation for those of you that like them. The new DC 4 pack that has Batman 52 Thomas has 2 versions.
One of them has black pupils in the eyes where the other one just has white. On the bottom of the one with the black pupils the code is : 52BM Thomas. On the one with just white eyes the code is : BTM Thomas.

Looks like a production problem. Can you share sides of the trains?
Did you find this in the US? I've been to trus and target recently, nothing new so far.

mikedaws

Pablo392 wrote
Looks like a production problem. Can you share sides of the trains?
Did you find this in the US? I've been to trus and target recently, nothing new so far.

The 4 pack is available in Canada at Walmart and online at walmart.ca. The batman with the white eyes is from the 4 pack available in Canada. The batman with the white and black eyes is from Australia. The sides are exactly the same. I'll get a picture up later 🙂

Here is a picture of the sides of the trains 🙂

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Yeahright

Can confirm that the ones I have are like mikes. The one from AUS has black and white eyes and the ones I got from Canada has only white eyes.

YALLLOW

I see something new on Fisher-Price about power rangers but won't let you buy...

Fisher-Price Pack

Yeahright

YALLLOW wrote
I see something new on Fisher-Price about power rangers but won't let you buy...

Fisher-Price Pack

If you read the whole description it looks like 4 9 packs. 3 of the new DC 9 Packs and the power rangers 9 pack. It may be an error since 25 for 4 x 9 packs seems too good of a deal

mikedaws

Yeahright wrote
If you read the whole description it looks like 4 9 packs. 3 of the new DC 9 Packs and the power rangers 9 pack. It may be an error since 25 for 4 x 9 packs seems too good of a deal

There's a line in the description that says each sold separately. In saying that..$25.00 for one 9 pack is a terrible price.

mikedaws

Here's a picture from a Japanese magazine showing 2017 wave 2 🙂

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Pablo392

mikedaws wrote
Here's a picture from a Japanese magazine showing 2017 wave 2 🙂

No Clarabel or Annie? Interesting.
Also looks like a lot of classics in this wave once again, I wish they did more of the classic characters instead of themes or re-releases.

Thanks for sharing.

sunhuntin fixed autocorrect that was incorrect.

drewbenn

Pablo392 wrote
No Clarabel or Annie? Interesting.

Belle!

Also I think that might be the "Special Edition" Thomas second from the right on the bottom row?

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