Very interesting. Do you know if Thomas and Percy already had the sound files to talk to James (and the other engines) when they were first released or did Mattel just update them recently/in the past few months?
I gotta say, these may very well be some of the best Motorized packs Mattel has released. Their proportions are still way off and those buttons are so jarring, but the amount of detail they added (different faces, unique detail on the sides, PAINTED BUFFERS, etc.) shows that they do actually care about the toys (or maybe they just finally acknowledged how bad it was before)
I gotta say, these may very well be some of the best Motorized packs Mattel has released. Their proportions are still way off and those buttons are so jarring, but the amount of detail they added (different faces, unique detail on the sides, PAINTED BUFFERS, etc.) shows that they do actually care about the toys (or maybe they just finally acknowledged how bad it was before)
plarail for life
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