yes, often the shopping center security guards will watch me when I do this, it can take 10 to 15 mins to pull the toys out. but the strangest look is form the bank teller when I go in and ask for $300 in $2 coins..LOL, they do ask what are you doing and when I tell them the truth that only sets up more questions Yep I'm strange...but proud of it.
closes at the end of the month...I only do short format giveaways now, the winner will be seen as an annotation at the end of the video.....lets hope people have annotations on, from what i can work out they are useless now
this giveaway is really aimed at people who already have some of this system, in the future I will do a giveaway aimed at those who do not have this TOMY train series...all I need to do is empty out two more vending machines
as you would know in Japan there is a much expanded range of toys, and often Thomas is set up in a special theme or look, as a serious collector I can't see any value in a near identical 2012 Thomas, yet Percy is amazing...that sad face literally sinks you
interesting, via the Thomas wikia web site it tells a story that Thomas Playrail is available in Japan, UK and Oz. Now I am hearing loads of people from the UK say they have never seen these, and just about everyone in the USA have not seen them...sad because it's a fantastic, yet very expensive small train toy
in this giveaway I am targeting those who already have some TOMY PLAYRAIL, I know it's very tricky stuff to find so hopefully someone who has a little will soon have allot..!
In this video i had to blu-tac the whole track system down....but I did not reveal this in the video. In the first video I did about TOMY Playrail I certainly pin pointed the track system as a fail as it so easily uncouples. Either blu-tac or glue the whole track down is all I can think of to make it work
Yes one has derpy eyes, and one has a different coupling on the rear but I class them the same because I know these styles of TOMY trains often have different paint / faces on them
That's interesting how they sell characters with different facial expressions - I wish more Thomas lines did that. Although I've always wondered why Annie always gets a surprised face...
im at the point now where i just go in hard to find all the series, same with lego minifigures...these days i just buy a whole box of 60 for $300 the dieselworks is a really nice piece, but hard to find
I do try a little bit harder for the Thomas fans, they have been good to me so I will be good to them...but it's sad the dislike trolls are already pulling this video down....thats what it very different these days on youtube, I can remember a much nicer place only a few years back
on the aspect of the best items getting put aside that may well happen, from what I am uncovering this sort of activity is very wide spread, finding the wanted characters in these toys is difficult and mighty expensive. but what can we do, as soon as something passes through the hands of a middle man there is always the temptation for that person to take advantage of a situation, in the end everyone wants to make a quick buck, it's a win win for those who have first access to stock
I'm pretty sure they never HiT $4 where I live, if they did imagine how expensive that makes this toy...at $4 it's a total rip off considering the way the vending machines are stacked
Seeing as the majority of pieces in this plarail set consist of characters and locations from Day of the Diesels, the Percy in this set is sad because Thomas is ignoring him in favour of Belle and Flynn who have just arrived on the island.
The 2012 Thomas has a slightly different livery application if you look carefully (The red "L" shape on his sidetanks goes to the top instead of leaving a space)
On my little turntable and table every square is 1cm ( 10mm ) use that to get a scale, in todays Thomas empire I class them as very small considering you rarely see HiT do small Thomas toys these days.
In Japan he is, there is a huge variety of characters in the Japan release of these toys, ,maybe series 5 will reveal all There was a series last year but I did not chase it as all it had was Splatter and Doge as new characters, it was all very similar to what I already had I just wish they would drop the turntables.....there are far too many in the break down from both 2010 and 2012, the track packs in 2012 have a extra piece of track which is nice
yes, it would be really nice with a gandy dancer up inside as a comedy toy train, but the problem is for me the one I would do is Thomas and he's too hard to find
Wow an amazing collection! These are not even available in my city in the UK :/ They weren't sold for a long time before, although the engines had connecting rods too which seems to be missing on these models
"It's really easy to spend hundreds of dollars trying to chase a character that you're after" It's the exact same deal with Pokémon cards, you can spend hundreds of dollars on them trying to chase down an EX that your looking for.
I don't remember exactly, but from what I recall, there's a version of the sheep mountain that has a miniature Boulder from 'Rusty and the Boulder' instead of a sheep. I think it was exclusive to Japan or something, though.
the worse I have had so far is a 8 month fight to get control back on a video, it related to Christmas lights and it used royalty free music, i'm at the point now where it's too much trouble to use music in a video because the content ID tool picks up far too much royalty free stuff
also notice the coupling is different, but I was looking to a totally different face or theme, these TOMY trains often have very special differences between series, this 2012 Thomas is sadly the same as 2010, the Percy is the winner here
hi steve. my name is coby and i love your videos on thomas and have a great collection my self. i want to make some videos my self but im only 5 years old, butmy dad will help me soon. please keep up the good work. thank you Coby
I had a claim charged on one of my videos where I PAID for the rights to use the music. I filed a counter-claim and it took a couple weeks but the claim against my video was recinded yesterday. As for your items in this video, you mentioned that the desirable pieces seemed to be in short supply. Why wouldn't you suspect the vendor filling up the machines to be keeping the better pieces for themselves?
OK..I'm having problems with some putting in details to so called places to buy these toys...Considering those who leave this info have blank channels I can assume they are up to no good. These channels will be blocked and the comments removed. This is not a place to lure viewers to a google search of stores, sad to see this activity going on
this set is based on the Japanese Day Of The Diesels set.The set includes: 1.Thomas 2.Percy 3.Kevin 4.Diesel 10 5.Diesel(unpowered) 6. Belle 7.Flynn 8.Den(unpowered) 9.Dart(unpowered) 10.The Dieselworks shed(Diesel 10's shed) 11.Steamworks 12.Tanker 13.Livestock Wagon 14.Mountain Piece+sheep (This piece Is rumored that it is a repainted piece of boulder mountain in the Japanese Rusty and the boulder set) 15.Turntables(2 styles) 16.Trackpack comes with 3 Straight and 3 Curve
These wind-ups look cool. Who better to go to for recommendations than you, Leo! With the Holidays coming up, I'm needing to expand my Christmas list. Are these Playrails worth their money and a good idea to have in a collection? Thanks Leo, you rock at these awesome reviews!! :D
I was just as surprised as Den's face looks when I saw his toy- no wind-up capability? Shame. On the plus side, Den looks great, all the little details are on there are great. I wonder why other toys like the Take-N-Plays don't give alternative faces to their engines that often (unless they are in special boxed-sets, still enjoying that very much, thank you).. Also, there are too many turntables, I agree. Needs more track. This is Thomas after all, not Chuggington!
is that Washington state..or DC...Once I caught a taxi at Washington DC and said to the driver i wanted to go to Washington and he said to me it was going to be a very long drive..LOL At the time I did not understand the joke
Nice Review Leo, I remember when these used to be sold normally in shops in the UK. I still got a Percy, but the face is different. My one just smiles without showing his teeth.
yes, often the shopping center security guards will watch me when I do this, it can take 10 to 15 mins to pull the toys out.
but the strangest look is form the bank teller when I go in and ask for $300 in $2 coins..LOL, they do ask what are you doing and when I tell them the truth that only sets up more questions
Yep I'm strange...but proud of it.
closes at the end of the month...I only do short format giveaways now, the winner will be seen as an annotation at the end of the video.....lets hope people have annotations on, from what i can work out they are useless now
this giveaway is really aimed at people who already have some of this system, in the future I will do a giveaway aimed at those who do not have this TOMY train series...all I need to do is empty out two more vending machines
as you would know in Japan there is a much expanded range of toys, and often Thomas is set up in a special theme or look,
as a serious collector I can't see any value in a near identical 2012 Thomas, yet Percy is amazing...that sad face literally sinks you
But hector really stands for heavily engineered coal truck on rails ;)
troublesome junction OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT
I never noticed that! That's cool!
After I watched a whole bunch of your videos Troublesome junction and see this comment what a coincident
No it stands for hello everyone can trucks operate remotely
interesting, via the Thomas wikia web site it tells a story that Thomas Playrail is available in Japan, UK and Oz. Now I am hearing loads of people from the UK say they have never seen these, and just about everyone in the USA have not seen them...sad because it's a fantastic, yet very expensive small train toy
I have seen the UK versions a where I live, some places if not most haven't got these wonderful thomas trains, if only they made more in your area
Have a great Christmas
yes, I have already let one late entry enter even though the prize has been awarded
4:53 Hector stands for Heavily Engineered Coal Transport On Rails
Ive been wondering that for years. Thank you
in this giveaway I am targeting those who already have some TOMY PLAYRAIL, I know it's very tricky stuff to find so hopefully someone who has a little will soon have allot..!
I wish these came out in America :(
troublesome junction I'm
ImxXAnonymousXx Mattel wouldn't like that and normal plarail is only available in Japan and maybe china
Me too
@@merlinandmurdoch7837 and Singapore
thanks, i'm pleased you enjoyed the video, it's a fantastic little Thomas series so it's easy to make it shine
In this video i had to blu-tac the whole track system down....but I did not reveal this in the video. In the first video I did about TOMY Playrail I certainly pin pointed the track system as a fail as it so easily uncouples.
Either blu-tac or glue the whole track down is all I can think of to make it work
I have a Tomy Wind-up Duncan from a friend of mine and now I have a windup Thomas from you. ^_^
This 5, 9th. I have
nice, yes this series has metallic's as well, but I have a feeling all thats only available in Japan
thanks for the nice comment, sadly these little Thomas trains are difficult to find in the USA, seems most people bring them in from overseas
if your from the USA these styles of trains are HOT property
thanks, hope your Christmas is a good one as well
Those look surprisingly good for what they are!
well done, nice everyone knows this and the use of CAPITALS on every word is nice....bit of a trend going on..!
Dang. Stanley is probably the only engine I really want. I hope to find one cheap or something
4
Thomas
You could say you could WELCOME STANLEY into your collection
SodorRailway3DFilms I have Stanley but without windup
Yep, there are 100.000.000 American Thomas fans all wanting these tiny Thomas toys..!
Yes one has derpy eyes, and one has a different coupling on the rear but I class them the same because I know these styles of TOMY trains often have different paint / faces on them
Today is the day I choose a winner of the GIVEAWAY, hmmmm, who's been naughty and who's been nice..??
I will keep an eye out for that...sounds excellent
why not ?, he's a fairly interesting character and sort of works well with the coal loader piece
the real fans are coming out..!
yep, some very late entries hitting up this giveaway...hmmmmmmmmm I wonder who will win?
That's interesting how they sell characters with different facial expressions - I wish more Thomas lines did that. Although I've always wondered why Annie always gets a surprised face...
Look, it's his video, so he does what he wants. Whether people like it or not, it's here to stay for as long as he pleases.
wow i liked that video because it was funny and i like tomas the train too. some time i like watching the show.
im at the point now where i just go in hard to find all the series, same with lego minifigures...these days i just buy a whole box of 60 for $300
the dieselworks is a really nice piece, but hard to find
Well think yourself VERY LUCKY
I can't class derpy eyes as a difference, just about every Thomas or whoever has derpy painted eyes
I do try a little bit harder for the Thomas fans, they have been good to me so I will be good to them...but it's sad the dislike trolls are already pulling this video down....thats what it very different these days on youtube, I can remember a much nicer place only a few years back
on the aspect of the best items getting put aside that may well happen, from what I am uncovering this sort of activity is very wide spread, finding the wanted characters in these toys is difficult and mighty expensive.
but what can we do, as soon as something passes through the hands of a middle man there is always the temptation for that person to take advantage of a situation, in the end everyone wants to make a quick buck, it's a win win for those who have first access to stock
I'm pretty sure they never HiT $4 where I live, if they did imagine how expensive that makes this toy...at $4 it's a total rip off considering the way the vending machines are stacked
Maybe I should do a second giveaway for those who can't find these tiny toys..!
My 7 year old was very entertained by this video. I haven't seen this version of Thomas in the U.S.
maybe because she can see Thomas, that makes her excited
Seeing as the majority of pieces in this plarail set consist of characters and locations from Day of the Diesels, the Percy in this set is sad because Thomas is ignoring him in favour of Belle and Flynn who have just arrived on the island.
I like Hector
The 2012 Thomas has a slightly different livery application if you look carefully (The red "L" shape on his sidetanks goes to the top instead of leaving a space)
On my little turntable and table every square is 1cm ( 10mm ) use that to get a scale, in todays Thomas empire I class them as very small considering you rarely see HiT do small Thomas toys these days.
In Japan he is, there is a huge variety of characters in the Japan release of these toys, ,maybe series 5 will reveal all
There was a series last year but I did not chase it as all it had was Splatter and Doge as new characters, it was all very similar to what I already had
I just wish they would drop the turntables.....there are far too many in the break down from both 2010 and 2012, the track packs in 2012 have a extra piece of track which is nice
who knows, maybe i'm looking for someone who has a tiny collection so I can make it big....time will tell
Sorry I don't have any
You can get this on Ebay
wow...why am I surprised at that
Without this video I would have never known these existed.
I did not know much about HECTOR until I did some reading up about him on the intranets.....it seems every one else has also done their homework
yes, it would be really nice with a gandy dancer up inside as a comedy toy train, but the problem is for me the one I would do is Thomas and he's too hard to find
nice info indeed
Wow an amazing collection! These are not even available in my city in the UK :/ They weren't sold for a long time before, although the engines had connecting rods too which seems to be missing on these models
same
"It's really easy to spend hundreds of dollars trying to chase a character that you're after"
It's the exact same deal with Pokémon cards, you can spend hundreds of dollars on them trying to chase down an EX that your looking for.
Welcome stanly
yes, they are quite a charming series of trains but the track system is a let down, that was covered back in the review of 2010
sorry, but this has been voted for and the people who want the fail reel have won, I am not changing my style because of a few who don't like it.
I remember these from ages ago. They only had a short ammount in shops but I got Thomas Edward Bill Ben Lady Desiel 10 James Percy and Duck
we dont have those in America I want them so bad :-(
Me tooooooooooo
I actually purchased one, off of Amazon
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agreed I always wanted some too
interesting thought...you may be correct and it's sad Diesel 10 is not in this series...he's the obvious one missing
Dump Stanley and throw in D10
My son loves the "FAIL" part of the video. He always asks me to see 'I want to see Toys Thomas". We both enjoy your videos immensely.
This would make a great miniature Christmas village.
Childhood memories of 2012
I don't remember exactly, but from what I recall, there's a version of the sheep mountain that has a miniature Boulder from 'Rusty and the Boulder' instead of a sheep. I think it was exclusive to Japan or something, though.
can the dislike trolls PLEASE go away, your wrecking my channel
the worse I have had so far is a 8 month fight to get control back on a video, it related to Christmas lights and it used royalty free music, i'm at the point now where it's too much trouble to use music in a video because the content ID tool picks up far too much royalty
free stuff
Your channel has brought so many good childhood memories of 2007-2020 I love this channel
also notice the coupling is different, but I was looking to a totally different face or theme, these TOMY trains often have very special differences between series, this 2012 Thomas is sadly the same as 2010, the Percy is the winner here
hi steve. my name is coby and i love your videos on thomas and have a great collection my self. i want to make some videos my self but im only 5 years old, butmy dad will help me soon. please keep up the good work. thank you
Coby
I had a claim charged on one of my videos where I PAID for the rights to use the music. I filed a counter-claim and it took a couple weeks but the claim against my video was recinded yesterday. As for your items in this video, you mentioned that the desirable pieces seemed to be in short supply. Why wouldn't you suspect the vendor filling up the machines to be keeping the better pieces for themselves?
How much did you pay?
OK..I'm having problems with some putting in details to so called places to buy these toys...Considering those who leave this info have blank channels I can assume they are up to no good. These channels will be blocked and the comments removed.
This is not a place to lure viewers to a google search of stores, sad to see this activity going on
did the CGI HECTOR look as good as the real model one..??
When you talked about how you didn't need that many turntables think about how they weren't stocked for one person to empty it all
I love your youtub canel it is cool
possibly, but watch out I have been hearing people pay silly high prices for these...anyway good luck
we would all love a Diesel 10
They did make diesel 10 and his claw could open up, and move up and down, and he was sold in thr Japanese wind ups and the blister pack wind ups
a long way away..!
I can't class derpy eyes as a difference, and the rear coupling is different ..JIMMY
i like all of them
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO'S.
A winner is selected, annotation links to the very lucky youtuber.
I like your videos
classic icon there
thanks..lovely comment, makes for a nice break than the hate trolls having a go at me
BAAAAAAA, well done your also FIRST
Hector stands for Heavily (H) Engineered (E) Coal (C) Truck (T) On (O) Rails (R)
It says 'Heavily Engineered Coal Truck On Rails' on the TTTE wiki.
this set is based on the Japanese Day Of The Diesels set.The set includes:
1.Thomas
2.Percy
3.Kevin
4.Diesel 10
5.Diesel(unpowered)
6. Belle
7.Flynn
8.Den(unpowered)
9.Dart(unpowered)
10.The Dieselworks shed(Diesel 10's shed)
11.Steamworks
12.Tanker
13.Livestock Wagon
14.Mountain Piece+sheep (This piece Is rumored that it is a repainted piece of boulder mountain in the Japanese Rusty and the boulder set)
15.Turntables(2 styles)
16.Trackpack comes with 3 Straight and 3 Curve
Hector stands for:
Heavily
Engineered
Coal
Truck
On
Rails
These wind-ups look cool. Who better to go to for recommendations than you, Leo!
With the Holidays coming up, I'm needing to expand my Christmas list. Are these Playrails worth their money and a good idea to have in a collection? Thanks Leo, you rock at these awesome reviews!! :D
Today is very exciting day!
I have duncan, skarloey, diesel ten, thomas and percy but I haven't got any track and I think the coal hopper and mountain pieces are really cool.
I like the 2012 Thomas and the track and the henery and the sheep hills
The Name Hector Stands for "Heavily Engineered Coal Truck On Rails".
wow tomas sure is a rare cahepter
i wish i knew what u said
That One Red Engine he said character
is it me Or The Moving of Those Mini Tomy Sound like Bees
EEEEEEEEK!
cool
I was just as surprised as Den's face looks when I saw his toy- no wind-up capability? Shame. On the plus side, Den looks great, all the little details are on there are great. I wonder why other toys like the Take-N-Plays don't give alternative faces to their engines that often (unless they are in special boxed-sets, still enjoying that very much, thank you)..
Also, there are too many turntables, I agree. Needs more track.
This is Thomas after all, not Chuggington!
Cool, I was looking for a smaller Thomas that I will use in a later video. I don't know if these are in my area, have to go look. Wish me luck.
is that Washington state..or DC...Once I caught a taxi at Washington DC and said to the driver i wanted to go to Washington and he said to me it was going to be a very long drive..LOL
At the time I did not understand the joke
Nice Review Leo,
I remember when these used to be sold normally in shops in the UK. I still got a Percy, but the face is different. My one just smiles without showing his teeth.
A sad face 😢 and a happy face 😃