If only Mattel understood this video. Problem is the real panic from the collapsed share price has them short on more then good ideas. Last year Hasbro had attempt 1 at buying out Mattel. I expect attempt 2 is coming very soon. If we are really lucky Tomy will grab the franchise and save the Thomas empire. But not even Tomy could save Chuggers, and that worries me.
I’ve been saying this for a while now: “Japan gets all the good stuff.” Edit: He predicted that toysrus would be bankrupt. Maybe it won’t take 5 years.
My parents sold the wooden line in the late 90s/early 2000s before it went to big chain stores. Kinda went downhill after Britt Alcroft sold the brand.
Thomas merchandise was so much better when I was a kid. We had the Ertl diecast models, and they were AWESOME. They made, like, every character. Though I'm glad they did away with the stick-on faces and went for the 3D ones. You know, this decline in Thomas merchandise is very similar to the recent decline in Star Wars merchandise. The problem? Well, besides quality, it's quantity. Oversaturation.
This video definitely sums up my view on Thomas merch over the years growing up. Seeing the new toys now really disappoint me, they don't make dem like they used to. I miss Take Along/Learning Curve and Tomy. The classics will always be better than what we have now. Glad I still got my old sets but dang these new ones look terrible😂. And I hate those midget versions of them.
"Now you can buy some TOMY engines today!" we have: 1.Duck the Great Western engine 2.Donald 3.Douglas 4.Oliver the Great Western engine 5.Lady 6.Splatter and Dodge 7.Murdoch 8.Stepney 9.Skarloey 10.BoCo 11.Sir Handel 12.Bill the tank engine twin 13.Ben the tank engine twin 14.Mavis 15.Harvey 16.Arthur 17.Rosie 18.Molly 19.Neville 20.Rusty 21.Duncan
I actually used to own half of these as a younger kid: Lady, Arthur, both Bill and Ben, Splatter (I didn't have Dodge at the time, but when I did get Dodge a year or two later,I lost Splatter), Murdoch, Neville, and Duck. Nowadays, most of these are rare. I'll probably never be able to get these ever again... I do have Sir Handel and Skarloey, except they're TrackMaster models, so those probably don't count.
Who here likes the trackmaster line, I grew up with the line through out my childhood and replacing that and making ANOTHER LINE is annoying making all your trains and money spent useless so now you get to beg your dad to waste 1,000 more dollars total on another line forever and ever until you get a job. And My trackmaster trains don't work well with the new line. Wut trainline went through 2012 or something. Idk
Didn't Tomy originally create trackmaster ? I'm not some adult Thomas fan or anything but I swear when trackmaster first came out around 2008-ish it was still branded Tomy, at least in the UK
1:02 - 1:05 Am I wrong, or are those almost comparable in size to the old Ertl miniature Thomas playset trains of the 90s? (God, if I had the excess dough, I'd buy one of every piece of those, to replace the broken ones I played with over and over as a kid... XD )
Mattel Employee: Also put all of your effort into Jurassic World because it's lit. All in one scale. No bullet holes. Great sculpts. Paint Jobs that aren't shit.
I must say.... My little cousin has all of this. Including the super station thingy. Also 2 train tables..... I had about 900 dollars worth of thomas toys and 100 worth of tracks...
0:39 Much better! Freakishly huge magnetic couplers! Woohoo! Now there's no more choking hazards, which means that we don't have to waste our money putting stupid safety warnings on our stupid merch!
Back when you were critical of thomas... not that it matters but i think you were younger and new to youtube and wanted to make in impression i also like how you keep up with thomas despite the hardships the thomas brand wasn't doing as good as mattel's other brands in 2018 but i like think that from 2019 to now they are doing better
Bonus: No more Adventures, push along We still get Thomas wood but we’re adding details to it now Mattel worker: sir it’s the 75th anniversary of Thomas what do we do Mattel: I have a idea GET THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY PUSH ALONG DIAMOND THOMAS AND GET THE METALLIC THOMAS, PERCY, JAMES AND NIA AND ALSO GET THE GOLDEN TRACKMASTER THOMAS but it’s not really shiny only his smokebox is. We also rebranded Thomas wood but we gave it’s original name Since the reboot is out we decided to make trackmaster and push along out of it an- OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT ABOMINATION Oh well at least we still got Wooden Railway and Minis
If only Mattel understood this video. Problem is the real panic from the collapsed share price has them short on more then good ideas. Last year Hasbro had attempt 1 at buying out Mattel. I expect attempt 2 is coming very soon. If we are really lucky Tomy will grab the franchise and save the Thomas empire. But not even Tomy could save Chuggers, and that worries me.
0:50 "You are a knock off, who should feel ashamed of himself"
*cries intensifies*
0:31 if that happens lord have mercy on my soul.
Actually, the chuggington trains represent mattel.
1:52 Diary of a Wimpy Kid book? You have good tastes in reading
Yeah
Another good reason not to let Mom throw out your old toys.
WE NEED HIT TOY AND LEANING CURVE TO TAKE BACK THE WOODED RAILWAY/TRACKMASTER/TAKE ALONG
Yeah we need hit back
We need HIT back. They actually put effort into their merchandise.
Brenner may have been better than Miller but his merchandise will never be as good as Miller's.
I miss the HIT logo and they need to get it back
2:29 "Go buy Thomas Wood today! Boo!"
LOL
Take-Along and early Take And Play were my favorite bits of Thomas Merchandise.
How about my *tomas the thermonuclear bomb*
Thomas the tank bomb
*Thomas
4:02 eBay has become my new friend for Thomas merchandise
I’ve been saying this for a while now: “Japan gets all the good stuff.”
Edit: He predicted that toysrus would be bankrupt. Maybe it won’t take 5 years.
Photo Negative yeah I agree.
Yes, yes
IKR
yup one example is beyblade
happy shoutmon Yea, it applies to just about anything.
At Walmart the super station is 40$
Lol #Mattel stupid
Lucky af
If somebody told you the Super Station was over 2,000 dollars then they're clearly lying to you.
I got mine from Santa
I got the super cruiser at target for my birthday
a guy who plays with toys for young children
this man is a god
i like how this perfectly sums up the entire thomas merch storyline. also keep up the good work. 😉
This video's point about the merch getting worse and worse just gets better and better as the years go on (except the 2022 TWR stuff I guess)
It all changed when Mattel attacked
My parents sold the wooden line in the late 90s/early 2000s before it went to big chain stores. Kinda went downhill after Britt Alcroft sold the brand.
You know what is the funniest thing of the video.....
He bought all of the merchandice
1:37 oof
Joseph Iorio Buy a collector case and get the uh... ULTRA RARE Gold Thomas! (Flicks him)
We hate this thomas lets cheep it down the quality
Oh its perfect
Thomas merchandise was so much better when I was a kid. We had the Ertl diecast models, and they were AWESOME. They made, like, every character. Though I'm glad they did away with the stick-on faces and went for the 3D ones. You know, this decline in Thomas merchandise is very similar to the recent decline in Star Wars merchandise. The problem? Well, besides quality, it's quantity. Oversaturation.
I feel like your explaining Thomas Toys in a nutshell very well.
2:56 YOUR GONNA MAKE EVERYONE END UP WITH 0$
All Of This Is 100% True!
Why do you have 4 minutes worth of Thomas toys.... also Logan Paul Thomas 1:23
1:13 I COULD ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
So could I.
This video definitely sums up my view on Thomas merch over the years growing up. Seeing the new toys now really disappoint me, they don't make dem like they used to. I miss Take Along/Learning Curve and Tomy. The classics will always be better than what we have now. Glad I still got my old sets but dang these new ones look terrible😂. And I hate those midget versions of them.
100$ is cheaper than 40$ and 14$.
*insert lenny face here*
"Now you can buy some TOMY engines today!" we have:
1.Duck the Great Western engine
2.Donald
3.Douglas
4.Oliver the Great Western engine
5.Lady
6.Splatter and Dodge
7.Murdoch
8.Stepney
9.Skarloey
10.BoCo
11.Sir Handel
12.Bill the tank engine twin
13.Ben the tank engine twin
14.Mavis
15.Harvey
16.Arthur
17.Rosie
18.Molly
19.Neville
20.Rusty
21.Duncan
EquestriaGirlsYesFriendshipIsMagicNo I
Purple Tattletail sort of like your profile pic
I actually used to own half of these as a younger kid: Lady, Arthur, both Bill and Ben, Splatter (I didn't have Dodge at the time, but when I did get Dodge a year or two later,I lost Splatter), Murdoch, Neville, and Duck.
Nowadays, most of these are rare. I'll probably never be able to get these ever again... I do have Sir Handel and Skarloey, except they're TrackMaster models, so those probably don't count.
Ken The Train Artist
Plarail is owned by Tomy so technically you can buy a Tomy model of every single Thomas character in existence
0:13 I actually have both of those Thomas toys! The wooden one had a flashlight though.
Also, is it me or am I the only one who remembers Chugginton?
.... I remember Chuggington
AWESOME!
#roadto1M ive been a fan since you switched to this channel !
I mean since your old channel*
*The Past Was Better Then The Future*
This is so relatable.
Who here likes the trackmaster line, I grew up with the line through out my childhood and replacing that and making ANOTHER LINE is annoying making all your trains and money spent useless so now you get to beg your dad to waste 1,000 more dollars total on another line forever and ever until you get a job. And My trackmaster trains don't work well with the new line.
Wut trainline went through 2012 or something. Idk
Me!
Didn't Tomy originally create trackmaster ? I'm not some adult Thomas fan or anything but I swear when trackmaster first came out around 2008-ish it was still branded Tomy, at least in the UK
The only problem is it has a great way for people like to be friends or to use their blinkers
This is my fav vid on this channel
1:02 - 1:05 Am I wrong, or are those almost comparable in size to the old Ertl miniature Thomas playset trains of the 90s? (God, if I had the excess dough, I'd buy one of every piece of those, to replace the broken ones I played with over and over as a kid... XD )
I remember this last Christmas
I actually liked the take along toys😂
Thomas didn't deserve this merchandise torture
My childhood fell in to the pit of hell
I’m just being reminded when I went to a charity shop and found the Super Station for no joke. £5!
3:20 Bandai Dexter
"Thomas and Friends: Lost in TOMY-geddon"
in theaters Fall 2026
NGL that Bandai Thomas looks cool.
2:32 BOO THOMAS WOOD
I d9nt think America got hornby
You forgot the Hit Toys company line (2006 - 2009) which was in the middle of trackmaster and tomy motor road and rail
Meanwhile in Japan : Wow we're making money!
Meanwhile in the US : **Crys**
0:29 I used to have that thomas when i was little.
The most accurate video ever
Fun fact I actually have the Thomas ornament
0:29 (GASPS) AAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
This is too much Thomas merch for one man to own.
ToyRus was bankrupt
*Mattel screaming*
Thomas Wood is fully painted now so now it's just a simply named Thomas Wooden Railway with things and holes in the coaches
0:29 where did you get that Thomas I really want it
Great D199 reference.
A cheaper logan model for 40
Thats perfect
Fucking beautiful, just beautiful.
Okay, that was funny.
Mattel Employee: Also put all of your effort into Jurassic World because it's lit. All in one scale. No bullet holes. Great sculpts. Paint Jobs that aren't shit.
is this why the cars toys look better then the Thomas toys? 2:51
This is the best XD
Hit toy company and Tomy are both awesome toy lines
Lol im 17 years old but i still wanna buy thomas sets
R.I.P. Toys R Us 1948-2018
Chuggington is that you? I almost forgot about you!
Wow, that's a lot of different versions of thomas
Bro I remember seeing the Thomas ordiment and thinking it was bochmann but got sad when I found it it wasn’t
Cool video
1:50 lel
This video is the main reason im going to the store to buy a fuck load of thomas trains at walmart
0:00 when everything is fine and fresh and everything is calm.
I must say....
My little cousin has all of this. Including the super station thingy. Also 2 train tables..... I had about 900 dollars worth of thomas toys and 100 worth of tracks...
It's beautiful
Now I'm planning on getting more Minis and more Plarail ones, and Trackmasters, a little bit of take alongs, and Start Collecting Wood.
JonlukevilleTV why wood? Go get yourself some Wooden Railway before it’s too late!
Nope. Too Late.
0:39 Much better! Freakishly huge magnetic couplers! Woohoo! Now there's no more choking hazards, which means that we don't have to waste our money putting stupid safety warnings on our stupid merch!
This is Thomas merch in a nutshell
where can i get that playrail dextar? which is thomas
Spears, please PLEASE do a video about cars 3 diecast!! I subscribed! And turned on notifications!!
Nice Memes! Lol!
01:49 Buy our baby brandon
*branding
Some of these are now $25 to $30 just for a little wooden one. Those are probably realistically like five dollars to make
This was funny
This is so funny
Back when you were critical of thomas... not that it matters but i think you were younger and new to youtube and wanted to make in impression i also like how you keep up with thomas despite the hardships the thomas brand wasn't doing as good as mattel's other brands in 2018 but i like think that from 2019 to now they are doing better
2:20 i have that lego fire truck too!
Take Along came in the UK in 2005.
ThomasLover120 I'm Uk
2003 for us
meme boy255 no 2002
ThomasLover120 Turtles and Thomas said 2003
Yep I had the lot sad to see them go
Thank you, Exactly
The trackmaster to look like CGI is horrified
Anyone know where I can get some of those Nakayoshi Bandai toys?
eBay
all true. but one thing. u missed Hornby (although i guess u may not have any Hornby Thomas)
YOU ARE SO FUNNY
I have the original batter trains a golden wooden Tomas and the Lionel
I love the my busy book engines
Same
Bonus:
No more Adventures, push along
We still get Thomas wood but we’re adding details to it now
Mattel worker: sir it’s the 75th anniversary of Thomas what do we do
Mattel: I have a idea
GET THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY PUSH ALONG DIAMOND THOMAS AND GET THE METALLIC THOMAS, PERCY, JAMES AND NIA AND ALSO GET THE GOLDEN TRACKMASTER THOMAS but it’s not really shiny only his smokebox is.
We also rebranded Thomas wood but we gave it’s original name
Since the reboot is out we decided to make trackmaster and push along out of it an- OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT ABOMINATION
Oh well at least we still got Wooden Railway and Minis
BUY OUR BABY BRANDING
Nice video but metel should go bankruped and hit will own the thomas brand ouse again
NO MORE TAKE N PLAY MORE TAKE ALONG!
How to fix Mattel
1: you can't.