exciting news from the world of TOMY!

i am glad you didnt post that without checking the pic first, especially as you wouldnt have had all the facts from the photo. the engine faces may be updated, but not shown in the images, as i was expecting that too.

certainly the stickers are vastly different for the most part, and there are more of them than before. i only hope the ones in tricky spots come already attached. looking at my website, the stickers are on par with the japanese set i have. https://sunstomyandfriends.weebly.com/th...-sets.html

why would they remove terence? i dont know of any other character that could do what needs to be done in this set, except i know they used lorry with that attachment in the big set with cranky, which i never understood. i would have liked to see different engines used, maybe swap percy for rosie.

to my knowledge, traditional big loaders havent been available brand new anywhere for some years now, except maybe the odd MIB listing on ebay. i am quite excited about this due to the amount of people i get at shows wanting to buy my store displays. i dont know why tomy stopped making them, as they must have been good sellers back in the day.