The Motorized 2021 Talking James is voiced by Rob Rackstraw, but Rackstraw gives different accents in the US and UK versions. The Troublesome Trucks now have moulded plastic faces rather than printed or sticker faces and their bodies changed shape, with external rivets and a moulded wooden floor. Kenji's prototype depicts him with coupling rods and grey wheels on him and his coaches with blue frames. She also has oval buffers on the front like the real members of her class, whereas she has circular buffers in the series.

The talking models of Thomas, Gordon, James and Percy have rivets and handrails to match their current renders in the series (Talking Diesel also has rivets on his sides despite lacking them), their numbers have also increased in size. The two pack Mavis took a picture of a green brekavan but the car was a troublesome truck in the box. Following the discontinuation of Adventures in late 2018, the die-cast range was modified with wheels and couplers made for TrackMaster.At the inside-top of the packaging, there is a character saying the description of the set ( And sometimes, a story to go along with the set). Some of the tender engines also like the talking engines and remote controlled engines could not uncouple either.

Talking James ([ おしゃべりジェームス] originally known in Japan as More Talkative James [ もっとおしゃべりジェームス] and in 2019 as Talking James English Plus [ おしゃべりジェームス えいごプラス]) is a Plarail, TrackMaster, and Motorized Talking Engine.

Duchess' coach is the same style as the 2014 TrackMaster line before the Motorized redesign, possibly because she was designed for the TrackMaster line before the switch to Motorized. When Edward sees James, Edward informs him that it will be hard to shunt his train up the hill and that he's cleared snow from lots of lines. Now seeing that Hector was right, James asks him for advice and he tells James to go back up the hill and charge down to get through the snowslide. Henry's talking model versions uses his whistle sound from the second series episodes, Duck Takes Charge and A Close Shave. Talking versions of Edward, Henry and Gordon were going to be released by TrackMaster Revolution, but these were cancelled for unknown reasons.