The stock photo for the 2003 Gordon looks like that, with the striped stickers inside the wheel arches.
![[Image: CFBC44-C3-AAF2-4591-8-EA3-E057-EA90-BC65.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/CnhZ9v3B/CFBC44-C3-AAF2-4591-8-EA3-E057-EA90-BC65.png)
I have seen quite a few 2nd Gen Talking Gordons that look like that, though I have also noticed some by themselves. My guess is that TOMY reused leftovers from the Powerful Gordon and switched permanently to the outer striping once they ran out (maybe around mid-to-late-2004). Also, these seem to have the white engine-tender connectors (just like the Powerful Gordon), while most 2003-onward Plarail Gordons have black ones. Is this the case with yours, Muddy?
![[Image: 8-D832-E2-D-312-F-4-C9-F-A99-F-5-C2-B398-C6-F5-F.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/vDrkzP87/8-D832-E2-D-312-F-4-C9-F-A99-F-5-C2-B398-C6-F5-F.jpg)
![[Image: 7-CA70-F11-3-C14-4585-8-A48-3-C5-FCB1-C1-B83.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/hQcC6B4L/7-CA70-F11-3-C14-4585-8-A48-3-C5-FCB1-C1-B83.jpg)
![[Image: 4389-D21-E-669-E-4-AF7-8511-2-FFE37-F46-D08.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/sB8xTjcL/4389-D21-E-669-E-4-AF7-8511-2-FFE37-F46-D08.jpg)
I have seen quite a few 2nd Gen Talking Gordons that look like that, though I have also noticed some by themselves. My guess is that TOMY reused leftovers from the Powerful Gordon and switched permanently to the outer striping once they ran out (maybe around mid-to-late-2004). Also, these seem to have the white engine-tender connectors (just like the Powerful Gordon), while most 2003-onward Plarail Gordons have black ones. Is this the case with yours, Muddy?
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