Back and Go Thomas discovery

01/01/23

First day of the year and I want to update this post with some info on the truck that comes with the back and go Thomas.




Even if in most images it looks black it's actually dark brown, as you can see bellow, when compared to a black truck:




Just like the Thomas the body tooling is reused from other trucks that came in these two sets: https://thomasmotorized.fandom.com/wiki/..._Wagon_Set & https://thomasmotorized.fandom.com/wiki/...Wagons_Set

The load is also exactly the same as the one from the 65th anniversary set. This specific truck features a gimmick: It wobbles from side to side when on the track. As a difference from all of the other wagons, it has the couplings with the walls and correctors, just like on the Thomas from the set. Despite this the cut and support for the coupling is still featured on the inside of the body:










An extra piece is fitted on the inside of the wagon, in order to support the front hook:




 The wheels may be new or they could be reused from the Hit toys truck with the same gimmick.





As you can see, the wheels are off center when compared to the axels, this makes the rocking work. The load can be removed and I have found that at least the crate loads can maybe fit, but they do sit a bit high.





The wagon is 1 plank shorter than the regular one:




some more pics.








I wrote this quite fast so I hadn't any time to accent any of the words, but I may change this in the future.