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Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo
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Thu, 12 May 2005 23:34:16 GMT
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In lugnet.duplo, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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A huge caveat is whether one
is a parent of young children or not. Having kids has a way of drawing
one into worlds in which one wouldn’t normally dwell or even be aware:-)
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No, I don’t have any myself, but believe it or not, I was one once. I also
had younger brothers, so received extended exposure.
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Yes, well, I was once young as well, but never even heard a, well, peep
about Thomas the Tank Engine until the PBS series “Shining Times Station”
which began airing in the US in 1989. It is that series which propelled
Thomas onto the world stage.
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Ahem. Thomas the Tank Engine books and records (7” 45 RPM!) were very popular in
Australia in the early 70s. So while the TV series may have propelled it onto
the North American stage, that is not necessarily the world stage.
ROSCO
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| (...) What happened since? (...) Well, the success of the series prompted the major motion picture release, which could rightly be called a "world stage". I realize that the books have been around a looong time. But as actual toys, Thomas, it seems (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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| (...) Yes, well, I was once young as well, but never even heard a, well, peep about Thomas the Tank Engine until the PBS series "Shining Times Station" which began airing in the US in 1989. It is that series which propelled Thomas onto the world (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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