I've seen a thin bit of wire on a little section of PCB in Talk n Action engines to function as a fuse, but this summer I came across an earlier (white rimmed face, old dates) US Edward in a thrift store that had the same fuse arrangemet in the tender. Has anyone else seen this in early US (I'm guessing Tomica World era) or other normal engines?
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The similarly old Henry in the same bag did not have it, and I never remember seeing it on any other Thomas engines, not that I've had every one I own open. Was this something Tomy may have thought was needed to sell the toys in the US to fulfill some US safety requirement on kids toys, and eventually the requirement was dropped or relaxed?
The similarly old Henry in the same bag did not have it, and I never remember seeing it on any other Thomas engines, not that I've had every one I own open. Was this something Tomy may have thought was needed to sell the toys in the US to fulfill some US safety requirement on kids toys, and eventually the requirement was dropped or relaxed?
I have a website where I have been writing about and photographing many of the sets and pieces that I find interesting.
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