Nice lot! Quite an interesting assortment for such a great price. Seeing the road parts got me excited because I told you to start adding them along with the motorised non rail traffic. Ffarquhar has to be one of the nicest Thomas buildings and can still look great on non Sodor layouts (or even as totally different buildings). I've definitely considered trying to build a scratch built replica since I never had the TOMY one, and it was one of my most wanted items until I grew up and realised custom solutions can turn out good (if not excellent). Not to mention, look what happened when Chrisjo cut up two of them and fused them into one. Nothing short of incredible.
I know James is obviously not your first Thomas rolling stock, but he is the first one you've shown here so far. Ever since Edward, Henry and James were remade with detachable tenders in 2012 (and Gordon in 2015), I've started to think less of the original battery tender versions (even though they look better). Likening the battery to coal and water was a clever idea, but it made things cumbersome by having a flimsy permanent coupling with wires that could easily fail. Either way, good thinking with the LEGO solution for the battery cover (though 45677 should've been black instead of red).
The old TOMY shed walls also work well for other buildings when you find a way to make them stand up. If you don't need more sheds, you could repurpose them as some sort of set dressing.
It turns out the orange track is from Learning Curve's Dinosaur Train range. This actually makes sense because it's the same track as Thomas Take Along (second version)/Take 'n Play, but the more realistic sleepers were replaced with strange (but better proportioned) knobs. Here's one of the sets it came from:
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The elevated grey track is the first version of Take Along. The redesign was likely because it looked more like road despite having moulded sleepers and ballast. The blue and green parts are My First Thomas & Friends (Fisher Price, not Golden Bear).
I know James is obviously not your first Thomas rolling stock, but he is the first one you've shown here so far. Ever since Edward, Henry and James were remade with detachable tenders in 2012 (and Gordon in 2015), I've started to think less of the original battery tender versions (even though they look better). Likening the battery to coal and water was a clever idea, but it made things cumbersome by having a flimsy permanent coupling with wires that could easily fail. Either way, good thinking with the LEGO solution for the battery cover (though 45677 should've been black instead of red).
The old TOMY shed walls also work well for other buildings when you find a way to make them stand up. If you don't need more sheds, you could repurpose them as some sort of set dressing.
It turns out the orange track is from Learning Curve's Dinosaur Train range. This actually makes sense because it's the same track as Thomas Take Along (second version)/Take 'n Play, but the more realistic sleepers were replaced with strange (but better proportioned) knobs. Here's one of the sets it came from:
The elevated grey track is the first version of Take Along. The redesign was likely because it looked more like road despite having moulded sleepers and ballast. The blue and green parts are My First Thomas & Friends (Fisher Price, not Golden Bear).
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