A model of Percy (minus his face) and the mail car can be seen on top of a cake in the 2022 film, Smile. The graffiti variants of Gordon and James do not come with tenders, with their numbers instead being painted on their cabs.

Additionally, his front lamp is not fully painted apart from the outer circle portion of said lamp. This was later fixed on his Rainbow model.Some of the newer tender engines have their battery compartments as part of their motors, contained within the engine boiler so as to avoid having a wire that could break between the two parts of the engine. As of 2014, this change has been made to every engine as they all use the same chassis. The Thomas model used for advertising the Fix 'em Up Friends set is different than the model from the set. Sonny was the last new CGI-based character introduced in the range. Following the show's conclusion and prior to the launch of the All Engines Go range, the Push Along range shifted to creating differently decorated variants of previous model castings. Because many consumers were opening the wrong compartment while attempting to change the batteries, all of the screws - except for the battery door screw - have been changed to tamper-proof screws with triangular heads. This makes replacing the couplers impossible. This change took effect March 15, 2010. Much like his Plarail model, Winston has a front coupling and a Sir Topham Hatt figurine, but unlike the Plarail model, the Motorized version of said figurine is not removable.

Talking Diesel uses his Misty Island Rescue horn sound while the UK/US redesigned one has his original horn sound.

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In 2014, the engines were redesigned, with a new, less powerful (but faster) motor, a longer wheelbase, unpainted buffers, silver siderods and couplers, printed details and interchangeable chassis. A. We recommend using alkaline batteries with our products, as they are great for long-term use and help optimize performance. We don't recommend using Carbon-Zinc batteries. While Carbon-Zinc batteries may work well with low-power devices, they can drain after a short period of time and cause certain products to not function properly.

Available in both his original and new liveries; his original one was from the Treasure Chase Set, while the new one is available with Hugo This range of engines appear to be slightly bigger than the normal Motorized engines. This was likely done as these toys are meant for a younger audience.

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Toby's model has openings on his side plates, despite the fact each other toy before has the side plates conceal the wheels in some way or another. His tail lamp is also unpainted. Additionally, James' prototype incorrectly portrayed him as an 0-6-2 and his tender had a removable coal load, like the Motorized Interactive Talking James from the original series. Sonny's model reuses Thomas's footplate and there is a noticeable gap under his smokebox, much like with Hong Mei's Adventures model. In the Winged Thomas set, Annie and Clarabel are painted blue, similarly to the way they appeared in Thomas' dream sequence in the Streamlining scene from The Great Race, except they are wearing goggles.