Since this is the luckiest day of the year, I sent a message to the Seller and made an offer just for the yellow coach and I was fortunate in that they accepted the offer.
Nice to see that Karma still works, you get the luck I get the sh&t lol!
Happily collecting things all my life...
No problem, glad you picked up a great deal Super.
In TOTAL, there are 10 variants that I know of. If I have missed out any please let me know so I can update this post!
Just for record here are all the variants of the "coach" mould:
Red branch line coach with light grey roof - available with either Oliver as a 3 pack, 2 of them included; or in the MR&R Roller Coaster Mountain Set still with Oliver and 2 of them included.
EU & AU: 1999 - 2001; 2001 - 2003; 2003 - 2005; 2005 - 2008; 2008 - 2009
Plarail: 1999 - 2003; 2003 - 2012
Included in the MR&R set: 2007 - 2008
Available from: Plarail, Tomica World, Motor Road & Rail, TrackMaster TOMY
Red branch line coach with black roof - only available with Sir Handel as a 3 pack, 2 of them included.
EU & AU: 2007 - 2008; 2008 - 2009
Plarail: 2007 - 2012
US: 2008 - 2009
Available from: Plarail, Motor Road & Rail, TrackMaster HTC, TrackMaster TOMY
Blue branch line coach with grey roof - only available with Rusty as a 2 pack.
EU, AU & US: 2010 - 2012
Available from: TrackMaster FP
Blue branch line coach with blue roof and "Sodor Electric Co." banner on right side - only available with the Toby's Electric Co. Delivery 3 pack.
EU, AU & US: 2012 - 2013
Available from: TrackMaster FP
Olive branch line coach with dark grey roof - available with either Splatter as his own 3 pack, or with Dodge as his own 3 pack.
US: 2008 - 2009
Available from: TrackMaster HTC
Yellow branch line coach with grey roof - only available with James as part of the James Figure 8 Set.
US: 2009
Available from: TrackMaster HTC
Blue narrow gauge coach - available with Skarloey as a 3 pack, with either 2 of them included or with only 1 of them included along with a black caboose, or with Skarloey and only one them included along with two half straights.
With 2 blue narrow gauge coaches:
EU & AU: 2006 - 2008; 2008 - 2009
Plarail: 2006 - 2012
US: 2006 - 2007; 2007 - 2009
With 1 blue narrow gauge coach and black caboose:
US: 2008 - 2009
With 1 blue narrow gauge coach and two half straights:
US: 2007 - 2009
Available from: Plarail, Motor Road & Rail, TrackMaster HTC, TrackMaster TOMY
Red narrow gauge coach - available with Rusty as a 3 pack, with either 2 of them included or with only 1 of them included along with rusty S.C.Ruffey, or with Rusty and only one them included along with two half straights.
With 2 red narrow gauge coaches:
EU & AU: 2006 - 2008; 2008 - 2009
Plarail: 2006 - 2012
US: 2006 - 2007; 2007 - 2009
With 1 red narrow gauge coach and rusty S.C.Ruffey:
US: 2008 - 2009
With 1 red narrow gauge coach and two half straights:
US: 2007 - 2009
Available from: Plarail, Motor Road & Rail, TrackMaster HTC, TrackMaster TOMY
Emily's dark green coach / coaches with black roof - only available with Emily as a 3 pack, with only 1 included.
EU & AU: 2004 - 2005; 2005 - 2008; 2008 - 2009
US: 2007 - 2009
Available from: Motor Road & Rail, TrackMaster HTC, TrackMaster TOMY
Red "express" coach with black roof and red chassis - only available with the black roof red caboose, as part of the Express Coaches 3-truck-pack, 2 of them included.
EU, AU & US: 2010 - 2012
Available from: TrackMaster FP
Thanks B'Stat
That is quite the extensive list. Other than Emilys detailed painted coach I like Rusty's blue with grey roof version that came with Rusty in the 2 pack the best.
No problem, Super. I do heartily agree, I love those coaches too, especially Emily's because it looks near identical to the old coaches from season 1 so its a great substitute if you don't want to make customs of those coaches!
Also, I've had this great idea in theory - how would it look like to take the stickers from a capsule plarail narrow gauge coach's faces on the existing TOMY/TrackMaster narrow gauge coaches? I think it would look great as the scale is not too different I think?
Wouldn't the Capsule faces be quite small? Maybe an 'N' or 'OO' gauge would fit better but I cede to those who have these.