Some of the newer tender engines have their motors in their tender to avoid having a wire that could break between the two parts of the engine.

The fisher price talking Thomas only toots three times while the other fisher price engines toot once. This episode aired on Milkshake! before The Great Discovery premiered in the UK, so the audience may have not known who Stanley or what Great Waterton are.The fisher price talking Gordon did not toot before the engine phrase in the 3rd and other odd rounds. This range of engines appear to be slightly bigger than the normal Motorized engines. This was likely done as these toys are meant for a younger audience. Monty's model was unofficially released in Poland stores and has become exceptionally rare, however some models have been found in other countries such as the UK.

The fisher price Talking Gordon came with one and two toots on his "Hello I'm Gordon" and "Full Steam Ahead" phrase. The shake shake bridge and the zip zoom and logging adventure Thomas was different than the other TOMY Thomas they made. In the Winged Thomas set, Annie and Clarabel are painted blue, similarly to the way they appeared in Thomas' dream sequence in the Streamlining scene from The Great Race, except they are wearing goggles. Just like the Plarial engines their car cannot be taken off. The engine's face changes to different faces. Dash breaks down then gets Fuel for the steam fair ( from Emily and Dash) with Fueling Tools on a Flatbed

Some of the tender engines also like the talking engines and remote controlled engines could not uncouple either. Douglas and the Special Coach ( from The Missing Coach) with Thomas' Special Coach and a coach that has "Wild Nor Wester" on it In 2014, the engines were redesigned, with a new, less powerful (but faster) motor, a longer wheelbase, unpainted buffers, silver siderods and couplers, printed details and interchangeable chassis.

Other characters in the range, such as Stepney, Arthur, Molly, Neville, Hank, BoCo, Dodge, Dennis, Duke, Freddie, Colin, and some of the other Sodor Construction Company vehicles, never appeared in the CGI series at all, although some were originally considered to return in CGI at some point or were at least indirectly mentioned in the CGI series. Diesel 10 covered in sludge ( from Thomas and the Magic Railroad) with a freight car with building supplies for the viaduct and a breakvan with PT bommer inside Additionally, James' prototype incorrectly portrayed him as an 0-6-2 and his tender had a removable coal load, like the Motorized Interactive Talking James from the original series.Mavis breaks her Cowcatcher ( from the story Mavis and the Lorry) with a flatbed of a Lorry and a quarry car

Ferdinand and The Lion of Sodor ( from Gordon and Ferdinand) with The Lion of Sodor on a Flatbed and a Breakvan A model of Percy (minus his face) and the mail car can be seen on top of a cake in the 2022 film, Smile.This episode aired before the eleventh series episode, Hector the Horrid! in Australia, so the audience would not know who Hector is. Despite the All Around Sodor Deluxe Set showing the Push Along Emily with her number on marketing, she does not actually have her number on the actual toy itself. The 2021 reissue of the Push Along Emily features her 12.