Hiro's models have his nameplate on his boiler rather than his smoke deflectors, possibly due to size reasons. Strangely, though, his Steel Superman prototype shows his nameplate on his smoke deflectors.

The 25th wave featuring repeats were released in early 2022. This marks the only year to not feature any new themes. From the release of 2016/4, the Minis production facility has been moved from Thailand to China. Coincidentally this wave also had re-used numerical codes that were also seen from other waves in 2016. They also had gaps in between chronological sequence. This is the first wave that this has occurred. also saw a new wave of Minis introduced, and much like all current Thomas toy lines, the models aim to reproduce a design aesthetic based on the CGI series despite running alongside the Flash-animated reboot. A handful of new characters were introduced to the Classics line (Whiff, Rajiv, and Flying Scotsman), all of which are repaints of existing characters. The 24th was release in the later half of 2021. Classic Bash and Classic Dash and their variants ( excluding Sports Bash and Creature Dash) had flat wheels. Fizz 'n' Go Thomas & Monkey Set (includes: Fizz 'n' Go Thomas, Red Cargo Car, Yellow Bath Bomb and Mini Monkey Animal)Bertie, Harold and Kevin are depicted as engines. Therefore, they have rail wheels, buffers and coupling hooks. Flying Scotsman, Whiff and Rajiv share the same body molds as Thomas, Gordon and Emily respectively. Each engine in the blind bags has its own respective item code. This can be used to distinguish a particular model apart.

Mini and Mighty Malaysia Tour 2016 was an event organized by Thomas Town Puteri Harbour which ran from the 6 to 24 April 2016 at Utama Shopping Centre. It featured a play area containing large versions of the original 2015 series engines. Fizz 'n' Go Thomas & Unicorn Set (includes: Fizz 'n' Go Thomas, Red Cargo Car, Yellow Bath Bomb and Mini Unicorn Animal) In 2016, all of the blind bag codes were regenerated, restarting at Code: 01 ( excluding the 2017 series). Super Friends™ Minis #1 (includes: Thomas as Superman, Spencer as Cyborg, Diesel as the Dark Knight [Exclusive variant], Diesel 10 as The Joker and Millie as Harley Quinn; Exclusive to Comic-Con 2015) Belle's prototype models are exactly the same as Rosie's, and she has handrails on her roof for her 2019 re-release. The only exceptions for the former case are the prototypes of her Light-Ups and Monster variants.

Thomas & Friends Minis

Happy Holidays (includes: Advent Thomas (2015), Advent Diesel, Chillin' Edward, Chillin' Sidney, Sweets Emily, Sweets Skarloey, New Year's Edward, Exclusive Gordon, Exclusive Yong Bao and Exclusive Nia) All Thomas & Friends Minis have a Year/Wave label on the front of the Blind bag and a code on the reverse. The last numbers on the code will tell you which engine is in the bag. So 2018/4 with code number 145 is Gordon. 2020 Wave 1 (2020/1) 113 Christmas Advent Calendar (includes: Classic Skarloey, Classic Rosie, Classic Diesel, Classic Spencer, Classic Dash, Classic Ben, Classic Charlie, Zebra Thomas, Snake Henry, Blob Percy, Construction Thomas, Construction Diesel 10, Night Time Victor, Night Time Millie, Night Time Toby, Space Gordon, Steel James, Steel Edward, Exclusive Holiday Thomas, Exclusive Holiday Toby, Exclusive Holiday Diesel, Exclusive Holiday James, Exclusive Holiday Henry and Exclusive Holiday Ben) Christmas Advent Calendar (includes: Classic Thomas, Classic Percy, Classic Victor, Classic Diesel 10, Classic Charlie, Classic Dash, Classic Salty, Winter Skarloey, Winter Edward, Winter Paxton, Winter Sidney, Mono Scruff, Mono Spencer, Mono Diesel, Dino Stephen, Neon Toby, Robo Henry, Robot Charlie, Exclusive Holiday Thomas, Exclusive Holiday Toby, Exclusive Holiday Diesel, Exclusive Holiday James, Exclusive Holiday Henry and Exclusive Holiday Ben) Christmas Advent Calendar (includes: Exclusive Advent Rebecca, Exclusive Advent Thomas, Exclusive Advent Nia, Exclusive Advent Emily, Exclusive Advent James, Exclusive Advent Percy, Advent Charlie, Classic Thomas, Classic Gordon, Classic James, Classic Percy, Classic Emily, Classic Nia, Classic Rebecca, Santa Thomas, Advent Henry, Advent Diesel, Advent Ben, Advent Toby, Christmas Percy, Sweets Skarloey, Sweets Emily, Winter Edward, and Winter Skarloey)

was the third year for the Minis range and Mattel released brand new Minis themes including: Steel, Construction, Aquatic, Night Time, Space, Monster and Animals, as well as new characters incorporated into the Classics theme. It was also the second year for the Tootsie theme (exclusive only to the US/Canada), as new additions were also announced. A new crossover theme was also announced for 2017, that being the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For the first time, road vehicles were added to the range. Fizz 'n' Go Percy & Puppy Set (includes: Fizz 'n' Go Percy, Yellow Cargo Car, Blue Bath Bomb and Mini Unicorn Animal) Fizz 'n' Go Percy & Cat Set (includes: Fizz 'n' Go Percy, Yellow Cargo Car, Blue Bath Bomb and Mini Cat Animal) Party Favor Surprise Cargo (inculdes Crayon James, School Bus Salty, Pop Art Diesel 10, Pop Art Charlie, Monkey Percy, Monkey Spencer, Monkey Flynn, Camo Bertie, Neon Splatter Edward, Neon Splatter Stanley, Neon Splatter Hiro, Cyclops Porter, and Exclusive Birthday Thomas)Christmas Advent Calendar (includes: Classic Edward, Classic Percy, Classic Hiro, Classic Scruff, Classic Stephen, Classic Iron Bert, Classic Diesel 10, Classic Millie, Racing Thomas, Racing Spencer, Racing Flynn, Exclusive Holiday Thomas, Exclusive Holiday Toby, Exclusive Holiday Diesel, Exclusive Holiday James, Exclusive Holiday Henry Exclusive Holiday Ben, Sweets Ferdinand, Sweets Sidney, Sweets Skarloey, Electrified Henry, Sports Edward, Sports Porter, and Sports Salty) Fizz 'n' Go Thomas & Animals Set (includes: Exclusive Fizz 'n' Go Thomas, Mini Panda Animal, Mini Elephant Animal, Mini Zebra Animal, Mini Giraffe Animal, Mini Rabbit Animal & Mini Chihuahua Animal) Classic Diesel 10 (for unknown reasons, Diesel 10 is in this wave and shares the same bag code as well as 2015/1)

Fizz 'n' Go Nia & Animals Set (includes: Exclusive Fizz 'n' Go Nia, Mini Panda Animal, Mini Elephant Animal, Mini Zebra Animal, Mini Giraffe Animal, Mini Rabbit Animal & Mini Chihuahua Animal) Super Friends™ Minis #2 (includes: Thomas as Superman [Exclusive variant], Thomas as Clark Kent [Exclusive], Diesel as the Dark Knight [Exclusive variant],and Diesel as Bruce Wayne [Exclusive]; Exclusive to Comic-Con 2016) New Look Emily is the first piece of merchandise that depicts Emily with her number 12, which she gained in the twenty-fourth series episode, Emily to the Rescue. The range was first produced in Thailand having weights inside. Some 2016/4 models continuing into 2017, the production moved to China onwards, removing the weights. The overall design and make have relatively stayed the same. Fizz 'n' Go Percy & Alien Set (includes: Fizz 'n' Go Percy, Yellow Cargo Car, Blue Bath Bomb and Mini Alien Animal)

Jelly Fish Iron Bert has "Bert" on his chassis instead of "Ir-Bert" and his face mask is actually Iron 'Arry's as there is no stubble present. Steamies Rule! (includes: Classic Thomas, Classic Gordon, Classic James, Classic Percy, Classic Emily, Classic Nia, and Classic Rebecca) Presently, Iron 'Arry is the only Mini not to have a Classic model despite having a DC Super Friends™ variant. Light Up Rosie was originally going to be made in her original livery, but the final product features her in her current one.