TnA Toby, to custom or not to custom?

[ripley802]

Ok, so this one will be a poll. As you may know, I love the Talk n Action Trains. And as mentioned in another thread I recently picked up a TnA Toby who looks like he fell into the ocean and was in a tussle with a shark or something. Lol. So... I was really thinking of trying to restore him, but after inspecting a bit more, I am not sure it is feasible. For starters I was thinking of trying to convert the non motorized regular Henrietta into a fit for the TnA one, but that may be a bit tough. Also the top of Toby will need touched up. In addition he needs some work on the axel gear, battery terminals and the connector in gone.

The other thought was to maybe make a custom. Basically using either a Percy mail coach or a Annie from the TnA Thomas. The other thing that may work really is any thing with 3 batteries and a switch. Which got me wondering, is there something in the Thomas series that Toby pulls other than Henrietta? Also is there any time where Toby is a different color? Maybe paint covered etc..

Anyway, let me know your thoughts. And here are a couple pics..