Mister No's Pics & Vids

When I took the picture No 2, my first thought was: "Oh boy, I know who would appreciate this rivets!"

An An and Yin-Long are beautiful green coaches:





In the TV series, the coaches usually work with Hong-Mei and Thomas during his Chinese passenger runs. Occasionally, Yong Bao pulls them. It's, of course, a mystery why Hong-Mei didn't come with them. She comes in a set only, with Dr. Thomas (the one with wings) and... Rajiv?! Why did they include Rajiv and not her coaches? Beats me.

There are custom made An An and Yin Long, of course:



Yes, I run Thomas with the new Trackmaster's Annie and Clarabel in some of my latest videos. Here are few remarks:

- The faces of Annie and Clarabel are beautiful. Really beautiful. Just look at them:



- Spiky wheels are horrid. I mean, they look awful, and I don't think they are even good for tracks! You can actually hear them when they are running - they are very noisy, like they are plowing the tracks or something. I would like to meet and have a word the person who invented this awkward wheels... But there is one good thing - you can't actually see how ugly they are when the train is moving! 

- I didn't notice any problems with the fixed coupler, they are OK, I guess..

- The carriages are a bit smaller than Plarail Annie and Clarabel though.   They are shorter than Thomas and 0.5 cm shorter than their Plarail counterparts, but I can live with that; they are not too small. 

All in all, TM II Annie & Clarabel are OK for making videos, but I'll keep close my regular Tomy Annie & Clarabel. I would like Takara Tomy to consider making them with such wonderful faces, of course.