@Chrisjo
Many thanks. After reading this I took a look at my custom 'Conrail' engine which was made from a Den. I had forgot that I swapped out his original wheels with black ones (with no holes) which looks great btw. Can't remember which character I stole those from...may have been a Trackmaster Toby? So I had to dig through my large collection of wheels that I have and found Dens originals. His original wheels did not have holes for side rods but did have the annoying packaging holes times two on all 4. Those will never work for a Super Custom. 'All Holes Barred'
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@DalaGStanator
Thank you. Its good to know about the Year Trackmaster started using the blasted holes for their packaging. I guess I can understand why they did it but don't have to like it. They could have easily just made the clear plastic cover for the box molded to the train like they used to. What really baffles me now is, once they discontinued using the sticks to hold the trains in the box, they continued to make the holes in the wheels when they are not needed. That even carried on to the Revolution/Trackmaster 2's when it would have been easy for them to just remove them in their original design plans for the mass production machines
Many thanks. After reading this I took a look at my custom 'Conrail' engine which was made from a Den. I had forgot that I swapped out his original wheels with black ones (with no holes) which looks great btw. Can't remember which character I stole those from...may have been a Trackmaster Toby? So I had to dig through my large collection of wheels that I have and found Dens originals. His original wheels did not have holes for side rods but did have the annoying packaging holes times two on all 4. Those will never work for a Super Custom. 'All Holes Barred'
@DalaGStanator
Thank you. Its good to know about the Year Trackmaster started using the blasted holes for their packaging. I guess I can understand why they did it but don't have to like it. They could have easily just made the clear plastic cover for the box molded to the train like they used to. What really baffles me now is, once they discontinued using the sticks to hold the trains in the box, they continued to make the holes in the wheels when they are not needed. That even carried on to the Revolution/Trackmaster 2's when it would have been easy for them to just remove them in their original design plans for the mass production machines
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