Geris, A bit about Hiro, He was brought over from Japan to run on sodor in the very early days of the railway and he was the most powerful loco at the time (this was before the fat controllers time). Hiro then began to break down often and become rather unreliable and as parts were not available to repair him at the time he was stored in a siding until he could get parts. Days, months then years passed and Hiro was long forgotten. A new owner of the railway appeared and he did not know about Hiro, One day Thomas happened upon him in a forest siding and then proceeded to gather parts to repair him in secret from all the other locomotives. When he was finally able to steam again he was a mismatch of multicolor parts and we know of him as patchwork Hiro in this condition. This story is one of the movies called Hero of the rails.
Patchwork Hiro is a great buy, Also the Hiro at the aquarium set is great value as it comes with 4-5 cars.
Sorry for the boring story just needed to be told as its the foundation of this loco and his different versions
In my pic above closest to the camera is the lost and found Talking Trackmaster Hiro, next to him is the regular Trackmaster Hiro.
Patchwork Hiro is a great buy, Also the Hiro at the aquarium set is great value as it comes with 4-5 cars.
Sorry for the boring story just needed to be told as its the foundation of this loco and his different versions
In my pic above closest to the camera is the lost and found Talking Trackmaster Hiro, next to him is the regular Trackmaster Hiro.