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| | | (...) Eh? The point is the books were originally called the Rev. W Awdry's Railway Series, so the title 'Thomas and the Magic Railroad' is something of a travesty. But they all are, anyway, except Thomas. The closest to Thomas is a small number of (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —John Neal
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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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| | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —Ross Crawford
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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 (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Hehe, was wondering how long it would be before you pointed that out! (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —John Neal
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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) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) I'm going to be a pedant here and argue that there is no Thomas BRIO now, either. At least not in the US. It's a clone, not real BRIO. This site suggests that one company that makes BRIO **compatible** Thomas stuff is Learning Curve. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, well, I'm all for pendantries and all, but here is what meant. I know that Learning Curve has the Thomas license (I bought enough of them-- I oughta know!) What I didn't know is that Brio has a license in (Sweden?). Even if Brio hasn't a (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) Ummmmm does it matter? They were very popular in countries other than the UK, so they (the characters/stories) were propelled to the world stage many years before anyone thought of a Brio Thomas or TV series. (...) Sure, but it had already (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) Fair enough. I guess what I don't understand is how Thomas could have remained a relative unknown here in the US up until the late 80's. JOHN (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) I'm curious as to what this show consisted off. We had a TV series called 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'. It started with a theme tune featuring shots including a side view of Thomas+Annie+Clarabel passing a windmill at the moment the (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Sort of. It was set in a train station, with human characters. One character (Ringo, initially), would tell a story (about Thomas et al) every now and then to some kids, and the show would cut to the large scale Thomas characters with the (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —David Koudys
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| | | | In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) I dunno, I'm kinda partial to George Carlin doing it now--Carlin shaping the young minds of the 'next generation'--that's how I like my irony... Dave K (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —David Koudys
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| | | | In lugnet.trains, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Didn't realize that it was 'that long ago'-- (URL) Carlin .... Mr. Conductor (1991-1993) " and the synopsis-- " Plot Summary for "Shining Time Station" (1990) An American version of the popular (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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| | | | | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics) —John Neal
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| | | | (...) I must admit that I have lost touch with the show and all of the newer characters (although Ross and I did go to see the motion picture, for the sake of nostalgia:-) I heard that Alec Baldwin took over for Carlin (AB was in the movie)-- I (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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