New Thomas Keihan 10000 S-59

So The new Thomas and Friends wrapping Keihan 10000 arrived at my door today, and as expected it is a re-release of the first ever Tomy Thomas wrapping Keihan which has become quite rare and fetches a very high price.
This new release will replace the Keihan Elegant Saloon as catalog #S-59, meaning The Elegant Saloon has just gone out of print.
As you can see this release has different packaging and has the new drive unit, so it runs on a AA battery as opposed to C sized I have not run it yet but I am hoping this means it will be faster than its rare counterpart!
the original will go back in his box and this new one will be the one I run from here on out!

here is a picture I just took to show the comparison: