I don't see a pre-order on the Hobby Link site. I agree with you about if, the New Thomas steam is as realistic as the videos seem to show, that adding that to a new release of a modeled steamer would be great. That is if they lose those drip gutters on the sides and just use the old eye dropper method.
The way I look at it is that it wasn't too long ago when we were all talking about Plarail not being able to produce any more Thomas and Friends trains and we discussed that for well over a year. Then the less than liked Trackmaster II arrived and everyone thought this may be the end of quality Thomas and Friends trains. So, IMO, I see any Plarail release as a good thing no matter who or what the character is.
The way I look at it is that it wasn't too long ago when we were all talking about Plarail not being able to produce any more Thomas and Friends trains and we discussed that for well over a year. Then the less than liked Trackmaster II arrived and everyone thought this may be the end of quality Thomas and Friends trains. So, IMO, I see any Plarail release as a good thing no matter who or what the character is.
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