It begs the question as to why Thomas Wooden Railway never produced a set of roadway switches for individual sale; those would have been useful in allowing road vehicles switch to destinations with dead ends, but still having a complete circuit of road. The only way to get roadway switches was through the Zany Brainy-exclusive Deluxe Chocolate Factory Set. ERTL had a short-lived Wooden Roadway line called ERTL Hometown Roadway, which was released in 2002, the same year Thomas Wooden Railway entered its silver age with its own Wooden Roadway branch, and Hometown Roadway had a set of road switches available for individual sale. Unfortunately, likely due to its target audience of young children being more interested in trains than road vehicles, the Hometown Roadway line sold poorly and was discontinued in 2003. I did a Wooden Roadway Discussion of the ERTL Hometown Roadway McDonald's Drive-Thru Restaurant in early 2022.
Lmfao something like this happened to me once Got a new in box twist n turn battery powered set on eBay back in 2020 and i got a normal blue hand car instead of the exclusive red one But hey i got the set for its 2001 retail price so eh
No, it was the Lorry 1 with flatbed. It was unsold store stock that remained at the store past the item's retirement. I've gotten several other items from that store back it when was open that was retired years before. I picked up a 2001 Wellsworth Station 10 years after it was retired at the same store and made a video about it which can still be viewed on my channel.
@@LNERFlyingScotsman that’s interesting. I bought a Take Along Lorry 1 from TK Maxx in 2009 even though it was discontinued over here in Ireland a few years prior. Weirdly it was in the American style packaging.
@@joshuaW5621 That is weird. It must have been outsourced over there somehow since it wasn't selling here maybe. It's always cool finding discontinued items in stores.
@@LNERFlyingScotsman I guess Learning Curve maybe decided to experiment with US boxes in the UK market, which would also explain why I saw Mike over there in the same style of packaging.
What a mystery! Had me on the edge of my seat for the entire video! We may never know what happened to that Lorry 2!
Gasoline is almost as expensive as getting all the lorries together
Tell me about it.
It begs the question as to why Thomas Wooden Railway never produced a set of roadway switches for individual sale; those would have been useful in allowing road vehicles switch to destinations with dead ends, but still having a complete circuit of road. The only way to get roadway switches was through the Zany Brainy-exclusive Deluxe Chocolate Factory Set. ERTL had a short-lived Wooden Roadway line called ERTL Hometown Roadway, which was released in 2002, the same year Thomas Wooden Railway entered its silver age with its own Wooden Roadway branch, and Hometown Roadway had a set of road switches available for individual sale. Unfortunately, likely due to its target audience of young children being more interested in trains than road vehicles, the Hometown Roadway line sold poorly and was discontinued in 2003. I did a Wooden Roadway Discussion of the ERTL Hometown Roadway McDonald's Drive-Thru Restaurant in early 2022.
Wow yeah I wouldve been pissed if I opened that and saw a Lorry 1
Funny video tho Roberto
Lorry 2 is crazy
Service station is the best road destination imo
Lmfao something like this happened to me once
Got a new in box twist n turn battery powered set on eBay back in 2020 and i got a normal blue hand car instead of the exclusive red one
But hey i got the set for its 2001 retail price so eh
Wait, since Lorry 1 was discontinued individually in 2003, and you say you got him from a toy store in 2008, does this mean did you got him in a set?
No, it was the Lorry 1 with flatbed. It was unsold store stock that remained at the store past the item's retirement. I've gotten several other items from that store back it when was open that was retired years before. I picked up a 2001 Wellsworth Station 10 years after it was retired at the same store and made a video about it which can still be viewed on my channel.
@@LNERFlyingScotsman that’s interesting. I bought a Take Along Lorry 1 from TK Maxx in 2009 even though it was discontinued over here in Ireland a few years prior. Weirdly it was in the American style packaging.
@@joshuaW5621 That is weird. It must have been outsourced over there somehow since it wasn't selling here maybe. It's always cool finding discontinued items in stores.
@@LNERFlyingScotsman I guess Learning Curve maybe decided to experiment with US boxes in the UK market, which would also explain why I saw Mike over there in the same style of packaging.
i need lorry 2
Don't we all
Lol