Thanks for watching everyone! For those who won the giveaway, shoot me an email. Also, if you build this layout, tag me on twitter and I’ll retweet it!
I'm a cabinetmaker and the woodworking in this gave me... chills, gotta be honest. But hey - if it suits your needs, who cares about whether somebody else would do it in a different way. Crafting, be it in your spare time, as a hobby or as a job, is all about the process and the result and this seems to be satisfying all the needs it has to. Aside from that, would love to see more of this and will subscribe!
Yes, same. Most people wouldn't even attempt this which I applaud, and he honestly did a lot better on his own that a lot of people I know trying to start out.
This is the first time I'm seeing an adult collector of wooden Thomas toys, very interesting to see how complex this layout is and what an expansive collection of elements you've accumulated to make it work. Really cool to see people enjoying their stuff and trying new things!
I’m not sure why TH-cam recommended this video but I’m eternally glad that it did, the rekindling of nostalgia and effort put into this video is absolutely nothing short of incredible. Childhood me wishes he could’ve made something even remotely close to this so seeing it come together was just (chefs kiss). Excellent job good sir take my like
Maaaan, seeing this snatched me all the way back to 1999 as a kid in the Bay Area. There was a mall that had a dedicated Thomas the Tank Engine store and one of my earliest memories ever was standing in front of this EXACT layout. I didn't even get to play with it since there were so many other kids using the locomotives. I just watched in pure wonder. From that point on I was doomed to become a vehicle enthusiast. So I wanna say thanks ThomasCollectibles for bringing these precious memories back!
I have tons of these items in my attic right now as I was huge into Thomas when I was younger. Fun story: I remember when I was younger learning about lead paint and the recalls that the first edition Thomas trains had as they used lead paints. Several years later, I found my old Thomas stuff and noticed my first Thomas train was flaking paint bad. Then lots of things started to make sense to me lol. Probably ate some of those chips.
Was Thomas the Train an integral part of my childhood? NO Are model trains a hobby that I enjoy or even have passive knowledge about? NO Can I watch 3 hours of this guy assamblying thomas the train railroads? ABSO freaking LUTLEY
Bro this shit was my childhood. I didn't have the '98 yearbook (the first one I remember having was the Tomy and Wooden 60th Anniversary edition), but I always wanted to have this amazing layout as a kid. I'm glad I got to see it all with this video. Thank you and keep up the good work 👍
This is incredible! I remember deeing this layout advertised a LOT when I was younger. My parents back at the time were really cool, and got me a lot of even then, older sets. I always wanted to build this set, and you did it. My younger self would love this, great video man :)
I was more of an ERTL guy growing up - my parents always said the wooden stuff was too expensive. But I remember going through that yearbook that we found somewhere and seeing that layout, as well as some of the random characters that received the wooden railway treatment that weren't in the TV series. A year or so later I found the Complete Collection book and most of the one-off characters made sense. Talk about a nostalgia blast! Great stuff!
Watching him trying to build that table absolutely made my day. I guess woodworking, small-scale construction, etc. isn't as common of a skill as I thought.
Also just saying, glad he figured out that he needed more than 1 screw. You won't believe how many people don't think to have at least 2 nails/screws when building things. I do robotics so to keep pieces from rotating it's pretty important.
I had the lego building sound in my head everytime you showed a clip of building the layout. Also I used to have the Roundhouse set, complete with a giant wooden bin shaped like Thomas. Much nostalgia.
Man, as a kid I always wanted one of those layouts you would see in the the catalogs. I remember one where it when from the floor to the table, I always wanted that one, well it was a dream that never happened. Love the video!
I had that catalogue as a kid and would just page through it, wishing I had everything in there. I never had the wooden railway as a kid, but I had (still have) a big collection of ERTL which got me by. But man, this was fun to watch.
I remeber being subbed to u when u only had 800 subs and thinking that u were really underrated and I’m glad this channel is getting more attention now :)
This really brings me back to when I was younger because I remember playing with wooden railway a lot. I remember my preschool that I went to had a small layout. Sometimes I would bring wooden railway engines I had at home to my preschool to play with them on the layout.
nice! I remember when I was a kid, I had my inner degeneracy inside of me since I was a kid and only played with the trains other kids would play and avoid playing with the trains I had!
As a good ole country boy who's framed a good handful of barns, the woodwork was painful to watch XD Massively impressed you went through it with it though! So many would give up today.
6:08 I knew of such thing as a kid as it came with the adapter packs as I didn't have any M-M adapters and only two F-F ones circa 2008. They were not available like the other straight tracks I really like the custom table, but part of me felt pain when you called wood screws "nails"
Bro was shocked that wood working makes a mess lol. It’s usually meant to be done out doors or in a workshop or something, not on the carpeted bedroom floor of this guys house
I had a majority of this stuff growing up but we left it with my grandfather who then sold it all right before he died and it sucks because I'll never get to pass on a part of my childhood to potential descendants.
The memories of playing with the Barrnes and Noble Thomas trains are coming back as I watch this video. Always a good day when you upload Keep up the great work
I love how this guy sits here like a god with mint condition wooden railway engines while were looking on eBay and just finding over priced choo choo train toys with faces. Nice video though, I've been trying to collect rare Thomas stuff as well and seeing this just amazes me
6:16 fun fact, the flexi curves are about the length of a 3 1/2 inch straight. there great to use if necessary. they honestly work better as straights than curves. still this is awesome, would love to see you build more layouts, perhaps one based on a different yearbook.
Man if anything you make want to go get my table stored in my garage and my wooden railway engines and make a layout. Honestly making layouts are fun especially when you get a really creative thought process going. Loved this one, hope to see more again in the future!
Watching your video brings back such good memories of my wooden railway I had, I think I still have my old trains, tacks and even some other stuff in the attic of mine.
Them saying it was going to take 6 months for one table, only to follow it up with "yeah but don't check anywhere else; no one can do it faster (trust me bro)." Never go back to that business and tell anyone you can to stay away. That is a scam and a half.
Thanks for watching everyone! For those who won the giveaway, shoot me an email. Also, if you build this layout, tag me on twitter and I’ll retweet it!
Who won
Dude this is my childhood
I think he should make a video of the stories he did
I'm a cabinetmaker and the woodworking in this gave me... chills, gotta be honest. But hey - if it suits your needs, who cares about whether somebody else would do it in a different way. Crafting, be it in your spare time, as a hobby or as a job, is all about the process and the result and this seems to be satisfying all the needs it has to. Aside from that, would love to see more of this and will subscribe!
True. I love how he claims to be screwing "nails"
Yes, same. Most people wouldn't even attempt this which I applaud, and he honestly did a lot better on his own that a lot of people I know trying to start out.
I’m not even a woodworker but that was absolutely horrendoussss bahaha. Whatever works
Screwing in nails
"I got some nails" *proceeds to grab screws*
In all seriousness, great video :D Really brought me back to my childhood.
Don’t forget “I screwed in some nails”
This is the first time I'm seeing an adult collector of wooden Thomas toys, very interesting to see how complex this layout is and what an expansive collection of elements you've accumulated to make it work. Really cool to see people enjoying their stuff and trying new things!
Does anyone think this man should make a series?
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Mad respect for the table effort! Life truly feels complete once you've successfully recreated a classic layout
thanks man! It was a lot of fun for sure! 😀
I’m not sure why TH-cam recommended this video but I’m eternally glad that it did, the rekindling of nostalgia and effort put into this video is absolutely nothing short of incredible. Childhood me wishes he could’ve made something even remotely close to this so seeing it come together was just (chefs kiss). Excellent job good sir take my like
Maaaan, seeing this snatched me all the way back to 1999 as a kid in the Bay Area. There was a mall that had a dedicated Thomas the Tank Engine store and one of my earliest memories ever was standing in front of this EXACT layout. I didn't even get to play with it since there were so many other kids using the locomotives. I just watched in pure wonder. From that point on I was doomed to become a vehicle enthusiast. So I wanna say thanks ThomasCollectibles for bringing these precious memories back!
I have tons of these items in my attic right now as I was huge into Thomas when I was younger.
Fun story: I remember when I was younger learning about lead paint and the recalls that the first edition Thomas trains had as they used lead paints. Several years later, I found my old Thomas stuff and noticed my first Thomas train was flaking paint bad. Then lots of things started to make sense to me lol. Probably ate some of those chips.
my inner toddler is jumping with joy at the magnificent sight of this elaborate railway.
Was Thomas the Train an integral part of my childhood? NO
Are model trains a hobby that I enjoy or even have passive knowledge about? NO
Can I watch 3 hours of this guy assamblying thomas the train railroads? ABSO freaking LUTLEY
I forgot that I used to Love Thomas back then. Maybe I get a little train of him I feel so nostalgic.
Bro this shit was my childhood. I didn't have the '98 yearbook (the first one I remember having was the Tomy and Wooden 60th Anniversary edition), but I always wanted to have this amazing layout as a kid. I'm glad I got to see it all with this video. Thank you and keep up the good work 👍
This is incredible! I remember deeing this layout advertised a LOT when I was younger. My parents back at the time were really cool, and got me a lot of even then, older sets.
I always wanted to build this set, and you did it. My younger self would love this, great video man :)
thanks for the kind words man!!
aww man the nostalgia in this, I loved these tracks as a kid, I think I still have them somewhere actually.
I have no idea why TH-cam recommended me a Thomas video, but it was an interesting watch.
My passion for trains all began with Thomas and friends way back in the day when I was a kid! I’m a 90’s kid!
Very nice! I love Thomas and Friends! 🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🛤🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚞🚞🚞🚋🚉🚉🚉🚉🚞🚞🚞🚋🚋🚉🚈🚇🚇🚅🚅🚄🚄🚞🚞🚞🚋🚋🚉🚉🚈🚈🚇🚇🚆🚆🚅🚄🚄🚅
I was more of an ERTL guy growing up - my parents always said the wooden stuff was too expensive. But I remember going through that yearbook that we found somewhere and seeing that layout, as well as some of the random characters that received the wooden railway treatment that weren't in the TV series. A year or so later I found the Complete Collection book and most of the one-off characters made sense. Talk about a nostalgia blast! Great stuff!
Watching him trying to build that table absolutely made my day. I guess woodworking, small-scale construction, etc. isn't as common of a skill as I thought.
Also just saying, glad he figured out that he needed more than 1 screw. You won't believe how many people don't think to have at least 2 nails/screws when building things. I do robotics so to keep pieces from rotating it's pretty important.
oh my god I had wooden thomas sets as a child this is a very hidden memory unlocked
I had the lego building sound in my head everytime you showed a clip of building the layout.
Also I used to have the Roundhouse set, complete with a giant wooden bin shaped like Thomas. Much nostalgia.
This Man îs a legend of Thomas nostalgia
Man, as a kid I always wanted one of those layouts you would see in the the catalogs. I remember one where it when from the floor to the table, I always wanted that one, well it was a dream that never happened. Love the video!
I had that catalogue as a kid and would just page through it, wishing I had everything in there. I never had the wooden railway as a kid, but I had (still have) a big collection of ERTL which got me by. But man, this was fun to watch.
I remeber being subbed to u when u only had 800 subs and thinking that u were really underrated and I’m glad this channel is getting more attention now :)
It’s always satisfying, watching trains go around your layout that you worked so hard on :)
yes! I agree!
I remember that exact layout used to sit inside a barns&noble in a mall I used to live by
This really brings me back to when I was younger because I remember playing with wooden railway a lot. I remember my preschool that I went to had a small layout. Sometimes I would bring wooden railway engines I had at home to my preschool to play with them on the layout.
nice! I remember when I was a kid, I had my inner degeneracy inside of me since I was a kid and only played with the trains other kids would play and avoid playing with the trains I had!
Man seeing all those old playset parts brings me back
Seeing that photo of that set changed my life as a 4 year old
Lots of nostalgia watching this. I had many of those tracks, trains, and destinations growing up!
watching this brought back memorys from my child hood
MY CHILDHOOD!
Brio was so cool!
As a good ole country boy who's framed a good handful of barns, the woodwork was painful to watch XD
Massively impressed you went through it with it though! So many would give up today.
This is the only man Who can make A video of him building track And talking and make it entertaining
This is unlimited possibilities
6:08 I knew of such thing as a kid as it came with the adapter packs as I didn't have any M-M adapters and only two F-F ones circa 2008. They were not available like the other straight tracks
I really like the custom table, but part of me felt pain when you called wood screws "nails"
oh shoot lol I just noticed that
3:18 a cool looking table = a cool looking layout!
This brings back so many memories
by far the rawest ending to a video ive ever seen and its a fucking thomas the tank engine building video
Great build, but now I wanna see the Barnes and Noble layout. That's the most iconic one to me.
Bro was shocked that wood working makes a mess lol. It’s usually meant to be done out doors or in a workshop or something, not on the carpeted bedroom floor of this guys house
I remember staring at that catalog picture for hour at time.
Thank you for giving justice to 5 year old me! I still have my Thomas toys
0:21 That book brought so many memories back WOW!
I just found my new favorite youtuber, he's literally living my childhood dream
I had a majority of this stuff growing up but we left it with my grandfather who then sold it all right before he died and it sucks because I'll never get to pass on a part of my childhood to potential descendants.
Thomas Collectibles goes *beast mode* and other adventures.
Because, wow, you replicated that layout exactly!
hahah thanks Andrew 😂
The memories of playing with the Barrnes and Noble Thomas trains are coming back as I watch this video.
Always a good day when you upload
Keep up the great work
thanks Henry! I really hope they release new ones this year!
I had so many of these pieces as a kid. I think I might actually still own a train or two.
“Screw more Nails” Well, at least he didn’t say, “Nail some Screws”
“Ill hammer another in the middle” [not a hammer in sight]
I respect this man.
Giving me so much nostalgia to my childhood doctors office play room
You need to get yourself the little wooden pegs for your sodor bay bridges. Saves you a few ATR's. Important piece!
ah absolutely! I didn't know they were a thing 😮
im not a thomas collector but im subbing for the quality alone
I love how this guy sits here like a god with mint condition wooden railway engines while were looking on eBay and just finding over priced choo choo train toys with faces. Nice video though, I've been trying to collect rare Thomas stuff as well and seeing this just amazes me
I had some of those track pieces as a kid
Damn the nostalgia hit hard like a train
I hade no idea people collected these and now I’m stuck watching it.
So nostalgic I have a lot of these pieces still somewhere unlocked a lot of memories! Great video and layout!
6:16 fun fact, the flexi curves are about the length of a 3 1/2 inch straight. there great to use if necessary. they honestly work better as straights than curves.
still this is awesome, would love to see you build more layouts, perhaps one based on a different yearbook.
flex track for any train system works better as a straight a than as a curve
@@towcat ikr. idk why they're issue as curves when they can't even do that right...
My childhood right before my eyes
i watched this kind of stuff back in 2015 and 2016 i miss it😭😭
Man if anything you make want to go get my table stored in my garage and my wooden railway engines and make a layout. Honestly making layouts are fun especially when you get a really creative thought process going. Loved this one, hope to see more again in the future!
it sure is! thanks for watching brotha!
You gotta build every yearbook layout from 1992-2004
oh shoot! I should try sometimes!
this is amazing
thanks bro!
@@thomascollectibles No problem, keep building and keep collecting
Watching your video brings back such good memories of my wooden railway I had, I think I still have my old trains, tacks and even some other stuff in the attic of mine.
Them saying it was going to take 6 months for one table, only to follow it up with "yeah but don't check anywhere else; no one can do it faster (trust me bro)." Never go back to that business and tell anyone you can to stay away. That is a scam and a half.
i have 3 totes full of Thomas wooden sets from my childhood and my older cousins gave me theirs , cool to see i might have a jackpot of value
Looks like a roller coaster😊
hah yes!
Younger me would be freaking tf out if I woke up to this on Christmas Morning 😂
honestly, same !
Same bro
Just building your own table like this is impressive!
That shed THAT SHED I HAVE THAT STILL my memories
Me: sees the engines constantly derail.
Also Me: "Accidents happen just like thaaat!"
When Books a Million had a thomas table in the back, i remember being devastated when they removed it
aww man. I didn't even know they selled thomas tables at BAM
they had this at a barnes & noble near me like 15 years ago, it was legendary.
I felt physical pain when he called the screws nails and proceeded to drill them in without drilling a pilot hole first.
there are people who collect ... Thomas?
that's badass.
i had a table like this when i was younger
the ending is so charming and wise this video is a definition of never giving up on your dreams and goals :)
thanks for the kind words man!
@@thomascollectibles and thank you for replying :)
You have to do more of these this was amazing
will do! thanks for watching man!
great work !
This was great! Loved the end with all the shots of the trains trying and failing.
This is really impressive! I suggest you get 2 squares of wood cut them diagonally and screw them to the side of the table for more rigidity though.
I loved this. It helped restore the faith I lost in the Thomas community. I'm also the 420th person to likes this video. Nice..?
thanks for the kind words man!! hahahaha nice! 420 😎
THOMAS COLLECTIBLES ROCK! U are the best at making videos and layouts! ❤️❤️❤️
thanks for the kind words man ❣
Np man. U deserve 100m subs
1:43 you sir are not tripping that also happens to me sometimes
This is it everyone, the 8th wonder of the world. Truly beautiful.
thanks bro!
This was an awesome layout. Might try and build it myself... Even though i dont wanna experience the pain
thanks man! yes! this is awesome! worth it, if you have the time!
When you said “even a caveman”, I immediately thought of the Geico Caveman from the commercials!!!
When I was a kid, we had something like this, but a little bit smaller
TC: Lets grab some nails.
(Grabs screws)
Me: bruh
I played with these before Thomas the tank engine became a theme (early 1990's)
awesome work
thanks bro!!
This is such a Dr. Plants intro
"Eating the frog" is a mark twain quote. Mom used it all the time. Great build.
This was highly enjoyable. Not sure how I found this video but I'm glad I did!
I cannot believe im watching someone build this rn i remember looking at that catalog as a kid and building insane layouts
Disney: Has it's a small world ride
Models: Literally miniature working steam engines
Thomas wood railway: Toy trains
hahah 😂