thomas and friends mini series

Confirmed, new ones are much lighter, and lack the weight plates:

So here's something interesting...here's a photo of the snake cargo car with a weight plate



Made in China Hiro definitely feels lighter than Thai-made Hiro as well as the others from the same package.

I apologize for making that comment about some of you guys having jewelry scale hands, in fact there is a big difference between the engines. I hadn't noticed that because I was keeping the most recent releases in package until I unwrapped them today. The result is extremely disappointing (in terms of weight) but in terms of quality, there isn't a whole lot to complain. In fact some of the newer Chinese made ones have more detail, check Skarloey's smokestack.

This time Made in China is on Left, made in Thailand is on Right. Sorry about the switcheroo.







The paintjob on Chinese made Thomas has better resolution.






And the weight difference:

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Here's something interesting...snake cargo car with weight plate.

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Looks like some of the new 2017 3 packs infact come with weights. Maybe there is a quality control issue at the new production plant. Anyone else have the new 3 packs to verify if they have weights or not?