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.
"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
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.
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.
1:49 *B U Y O U R B A B Y B R A N D I N G* Yep, considering _All Engines Go_ has been a thing for the past few years, I can confirm that this is still the case.
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!
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
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...
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
"Go buy some Take-Along die-casts today!" we have: 1.Duck 2.Donald 3.Douglas 4.Oliver 5.Toad 6.Terence the tractor 7.'Arry and Bert 8.George the steamroller 9.Lady 10.Stepney the bluebell engine 11.Skarloey 12.Peter Sam 13.Rusty 14.Daisy the diesel railcar 15.Rheneas 16.Arthur the big tank engine 17.D199 18.Sir Handel 19.Duncan 20.Bill and Ben 21.Murdoch 22.Fergus 23.Mavis the Quarry diesel 24.Culdee 25.Mike 26.Rosie 27.Molly 28.Neville 29.Diesel 10 ("Take Along") 30.Bertie the bus 31.Spencer ("Take Along") 32.Emily ("Take Along") 33.Salty "Take Along") 34.Billy
Ronnie the 14xx It is clear Mattel are out of touch with the audience. Kate Schlomann, the woman who's been promoting all the new shit of Thomas, is clearly an SJW feminist.
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.
Another good reason not to let Mom throw out your old toys.
2:29 "Go buy Thomas Wood today! Boo!"
LOL
Lol
1:52 Diary of a Wimpy Kid book? You have good tastes in reading
Yeah
I have good taste as well I geuss,I have book 1,2,3,4,5(1,2,3,4,5on digital and 1,2,3,5 irl)6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,and 18
4:02 eBay has become my new friend for Thomas merchandise
@@thespace_mannn same XD
@@thespace_mannn same here only because they have better and rarer then Amazon
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
Take-Along and early Take And Play were my favorite bits of 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.
2:56 YOUR GONNA MAKE EVERYONE END UP WITH 0$
How about my *tomas the thermonuclear bomb*
Thomas the tank bomb
*Thomas
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
You know what is the funniest thing of the video.....
He bought all of the merchandice
a guy who plays with toys for young children
this man is a god
It all changed when Mattel attacked
Why do you have 4 minutes worth of Thomas toys.... also Logan Paul Thomas 1:23
*The Past Was Better Then The Future*
1:13 I COULD ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
So could I.
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.
i like how this perfectly sums up the entire thomas merch storyline. also keep up the good work. 😉
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.
Thomas didn't deserve this merchandise torture
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
@@joeiorio9654 More like 1:36
is this why the cars toys look better then the Thomas toys? 2:51
I feel like your explaining Thomas Toys in a nutshell very well.
All Of This Is 100% True!
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
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
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.
0:29 I used to have that thomas when i was little.
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)
My childhood fell in to the pit of hell
AWESOME!
I’m just being reminded when I went to a charity shop and found the Super Station for no joke. £5!
Meanwhile in Japan : Wow we're making money!
Meanwhile in the US : **Crys**
2:32 BOO THOMAS WOOD
I d9nt think America got hornby
Booooooo
2:41
The only problem is it has a great way for people like to be friends or to use their blinkers
Fun fact I actually have the Thomas ornament
I remember this last Christmas
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 )
"Thomas and Friends: Lost in TOMY-geddon"
in theaters Fall 2026
You forgot the Hit Toys company line (2006 - 2009) which was in the middle of trackmaster and tomy motor road and rail
NGL that Bandai Thomas looks cool.
I actually liked the take along toys😂
0:02 city of turo
2:19 we can see Mack from cars
Not just any Mack, but the LEGO version of him!
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
I had the same one,plastic cab,button would light up flashlight,and play Thomas lines,but I lost it years ago
Thomas Wood is fully painted now so now it's just a simply named Thomas Wooden Railway with things and holes in the coaches
A cheaper logan model for 40
Thats perfect
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.
ToyRus was bankrupt
*Mattel screaming*
3:20 Bandai Dexter
This is so relatable.
R.I.P. Toys R Us 1948-2018
This is my fav vid on this channel
1:49 *B U Y O U R B A B Y B R A N D I N G*
Yep, considering _All Engines Go_ has been a thing for the past few years, I can confirm that this is still the case.
This is too much Thomas merch for one man to own.
Lol im 17 years old but i still wanna buy thomas sets
Chuggington is that you? I almost forgot about you!
Hit toy company and Tomy are both awesome toy lines
How to fix Mattel
1: you can't.
The trackmaster to look like CGI is horrified
0:29 where did you get that Thomas I really want it
0:00 when everything is fine and fresh and everything is calm.
Mattel does not really understand of what we want for Thomas and Friends.
Great D199 reference.
Fucking beautiful, just beautiful.
This video is the main reason im going to the store to buy a fuck load of thomas trains at walmart
Bro I remember seeing the Thomas ordiment and thinking it was bochmann but got sad when I found it it wasn’t
You forgot the main part "Lets keep making movies with new unnecessary characters so we can make cheap merchandise featuring them"
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.
0:29 (GASPS) AAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
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
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
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
In other words, you'll never find an actual 1:1 scale Thomas model
TheRagingInfernape
Day out with Thomas 2016: Am I a joke to you?
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...
all true. but one thing. u missed Hornby (although i guess u may not have any Hornby Thomas)
BUY OUR BABY BRANDING
#roadto1M ive been a fan since you switched to this channel !
I mean since your old channel*
Some of these are now $25 to $30 just for a little wooden one. Those are probably realistically like five dollars to make
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
The most accurate video ever
"Go buy some Take-Along die-casts today!" we have:
1.Duck
2.Donald
3.Douglas
4.Oliver
5.Toad
6.Terence the tractor
7.'Arry and Bert
8.George the steamroller
9.Lady
10.Stepney the bluebell engine
11.Skarloey
12.Peter Sam
13.Rusty
14.Daisy the diesel railcar
15.Rheneas
16.Arthur the big tank engine
17.D199
18.Sir Handel
19.Duncan
20.Bill and Ben
21.Murdoch
22.Fergus
23.Mavis the Quarry diesel
24.Culdee
25.Mike
26.Rosie
27.Molly
28.Neville
29.Diesel 10 ("Take Along")
30.Bertie the bus
31.Spencer ("Take Along")
32.Emily ("Take Along")
33.Salty "Take Along")
34.Billy
Wow, that's a lot of different versions of thomas
Go on EBay and get our original merchandise today! YEE!!!
Ertl (1985-2004)
Take Along (2002-2008)
01:49 Buy our baby brandon
*branding
Nice video but metel should go bankruped and hit will own the thomas brand ouse again
Why does the Lionel model look like a squishy?
I wouldn't be surprised if Mattel goes bankrupt by ruining merchandise and SJW-ifying the show!
Nichole Williams
Are you ever going say something that isn’t wishing sinful doings on Mattel?
They are already losing stock
what does SJW stand for?
Ronnie the 14xx It is clear Mattel are out of touch with the audience. Kate Schlomann, the woman who's been promoting all the new shit of Thomas, is clearly an SJW feminist.
Mattel is ruining Thomas merchandise
I used to have a Thomas vaporizer
I Have A 142Peice Original Thomas Set .-. I Collected It All
I think brio Thomas was made just before wooden railway
1:50 lel
Hold on.. where is MR Reminders?
Im in highschool and i want the super station.