This episode aired before the eleventh series episode, Hector the Horrid! in Australia, so the audience would not know who Hector is. 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. 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. Ferdinand finds a Christmas Tree ( from Merry Misty Island) with a Flatbed of a Christmas Tree and a Jobi Log Flatbed

Just like the Plarial engines their car cannot be taken off. The engine's face changes to different faces. A number of individual copies of Gator's model are only painted the lighter shade of green, while most Gator models are accurately painted two-tone green.

Harvey and Mighty Mac are unpowered. A powered coach (a works unit coach for Harvey and a cream and green coach for Mighty Mac) is used to push them. This is because Harvey's crane takes up too much space to house a battery, as does Mighty Mac's end-swapping function. These engines and their respective coaches have special couplers to make them easier to push. James Busy as a Bee (originally known as "Busy Bee" James; はたらきバチ・ジェームス) is an engine based on the episode The Green Controller. Terence Pulls the Van ( from the Magazine story Pulling the Post) with a Sledge and Snow covered Tom's Tipper Van on it Harold's last appearance until Misty Island Rescue, his last full appearance in an episode until the fourteenth series episode, Merry Misty Island, and his last appearance in the model series. Some of the newer tender engines have their battery compartments as part of their motors, contained within the engine boiler so as to avoid having a wire that could break between the two parts of the engine. As of 2014, this change has been made to every engine as they all use the same chassis.

The shake shake bridge and the zip zoom and logging adventure Thomas was different than the other TOMY Thomas they made. Dash breaks down then gets Fuel for the steam fair ( from Emily and Dash) with Fueling Tools on a Flatbed 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 Thomas model used for advertising the Fix 'em Up Friends set is different than the model from the set. The fisher price Talking Gordon came with one and two toots on his "Hello I'm Gordon" and "Full Steam Ahead" phrase.