Mike is an engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway with Rex, Bert, Frank, and Jock.
Product Description
Character Card
Mike is a small but robust engine. Full of determination and sticking power, he enjoys the occasional tease but acknowledges the importance of teamwork.
Changes
- Early 1998 (rounded plastic funnel)
- Late 1998 (redesigned plastic funnel)
- 2001 (name on chassis)
- 2015 (shorter main body with four red wheels on engine, CG style face, no back ledge, headlamp, longer magnet guards, gold dome, curved edges, inner wheel lip added)
Availability
- Mountain Tunnel Set
- Percy and Harold Rescue Set
- Engineers Sling Bridge Set
- Myer Exclusive Bundle
- Knapford Station Set
Trivia
- The 1998 Mike features plastic coal, whereas most of the engines still had painted coal that same year. This was also the case for Duke.
- Mike was the only engine introduced in 1998 to have the original style of plastic funnel, as opposed to Duncan.
- Mike is not featured in the 2003-2004 pamphlets, however, he is featured in the 2003-2004 yearbooks.
- The 1998 Mike always had a cab ledge despite being available after 2002 when most other engines' cab ledges were removed. This also happened with Splatter and Dodge.
- The 1998 Mike also never had a square piece running down the middle of his cab ledge, even though most other engines' cab ledges had one. Splatter and Dodge wouldn't lose the square pieces running down the middle of their cab ledges until late 2002 when most engines lost their cab ledges altogether.
