CoolProps

CoolProps Co.,Ltd. is a Japanese company which specialises in manufacturing film and television replica props.

In December 2018, they announced that as the "CoolProps Vintage" range, they would be producing replicas of the Gauge 1 models used for filming Series 1-12 of the television series.

The props were scheduled for shipping in Spring 2022 after numerous postponements. However, they had to temporarily stop production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While production had resumed, it had gone slower than usual, and the props currently do not have a scheduled release date. However, on January 16th 2023, CoolProps revealed that they got the final approval from the licensor, and stated that production will start after Chinese New Year, and that they will have a shipping estimate in early February.

Characters

 * Thomas with Annie and Clarabel
 * Green Thomas
 * Bill and Ben Coming soon
 * Cranky (diorama only/not for sale)

Trivia

 * CoolProps used the original models located at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan for referencing.
 * The prototypes were made with a 3D printer.
 * Thomas is sold both with and without Annie and Clarabel.
 * The full set includes Thomas’ content, surprised, and angry faces, while the individual release includes only the content and tired faces.
 * The green LBSC 70 Thomas is the only replica to not be based on any prop in the model series, as this livery was not introduced until several years after the switch to CGI.
 * The green Thomas’s faces have a slight yellow tint compared to the ones included with the normal Thomas. This was done to match the slightly different colouration of the CGI faces.
 * The green Thomas is limited to a run of 100 pieces worldwide.
 * The replica models feature multiple faces for each character, free rolling wheels, free moving eyes and lamps with light bulbs.
 * The chassis blocks are geared like the original props. Despite this, CoolProps stated that the props were not built with the purpose of having a motor, or eye mechanism fitted as the prop is meant for display. However, they once said that they will “leave it to the owner's own judgement whether or not it's possible to install a motor on their own”. This supposedly leaves the possibility open.
 * The tracks are based on Tenmille Products.
 * The face masks can be stored in the pedestals with rails.
 * CoolProps planned to sell the props only in Japan for rights reasons. However, at the request of many foreigners, they have acquired new rights to sell props in the UK and US so that people would be able to buy them in those countries as well.
 * When CoolProps originally announced that they would release the replicas in Q4 of 2021, they also announced they would add a new face to Thomas. At the time, the only ones he had were his content, surprised, angry, and tired faces.
 * In July 2021, CoolProps made a poll for people to vote in to choose the next new face for Thomas. The poll was only available to people who had purchased the model. The face with the majority vote was set to be added as an additional face to the CoolProps Thomas. The 4 choices were Thomas's current smiling face, his worried/concerned face, his upset face, and his suspicious face. The face that won the most votes was Thomas's current smiling face, with a 51% vote.
 * The face that came in second place was his suspicious face (listed as his angry face in the voting and poll) with a 44% vote, in third place was his worried face with a 28% vote, and in last was his upset face (listed as his sad face in the voting and poll) with a 15% vote.
 * On 29 June 2022, CoolProps made their first post regarding Thomas in a long while. They showed that they corrected the colour of the wheels for the Green Thomas prop. Previously, the prop was shown with having thin white lines in its wheels with the outer portion still being green, but they updated it to have the white lines on the outer rim, like in The Adventure Begins. They stated this to be a sample of the final Green Thomas model.