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Searchlight Car??? - Super - 04-17-2018

I know there is a blue and silver Searchlight car that comes in the Search and Rescue 3 Pack but I just saw this brown and green one and was curious as to where this one comes from? Anyone know?

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RE: Searchlight Car??? - Nigels - 04-17-2018

Are they functional searchlights Super or just decorative?

RE: Searchlight Car??? - leylandvictory2 - 04-17-2018

The search lights are decorative

RE: Searchlight Car??? - Nigels - 04-17-2018

That's a pity, I know of a Hornby Triang version in the Battle Space range (from the 60's/70's) that actually has a working search light, sometimes progress isn't always progress Big Grin

RE: Searchlight Car??? - Super - 04-17-2018

Ohhh...I wish it were a working light. My first thought when seeing these were if I could make it working with a 3 volt coin cell, wouldn't that be cool.

I did come up with where the brown and green one came with... Mavis's Late Night Track Repair set which explains why I couldn't find it before as I was using Searchlight as my search keyword.


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RE: Searchlight Car??? - Super - 05-14-2018

Oh, Look...a 3rd version...

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RE: Searchlight Car??? - WoodWheel92 - 05-14-2018

I have never seen that variant before! Where did you find that green light searchlight?

RE: Searchlight Car??? - Super - 05-14-2018

I actually saw it on Ebay with Belle but I don't think it came with her since I couldn't find a release of her with this Searchlight. I wonder if that design on the deck is a clue to what set it came with? Anyone recognize it?.

RE: Searchlight Car??? - Super - 05-20-2018

Due to the generosity of this great seller that had this different Searchlight car Listed we now have it in our collection. Here is a picture of the 3 we know of. All 3 have 2009 Mattel on the bottom There is a slight difference in the one with the white search light as its light housing is a tad bit deeper than the other 2 which are identical. Having this in hand I can now see the design better and have found where its from. It has a lifesaver in the middle with the letters SSRC stands for Sodor Search and Rescue and it came with a James release. Is this a rarer release as you just don't see this much?

EDIT:
The Trackmaster Wikia has "Prototype" on its page. Maybe Jdogman can chime in on this? http://thomastrackmaster.wikia.com/wiki/James%27_Search_and_Rescue

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RE: Searchlight Car??? - Super - 05-20-2018

Do you have this set Muddy?