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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 19:18:08 GMT
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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.
I never had much time for the show itself-- we purchased the VHS videos of the
Thomas stories sans the bromidic, “real people” parts.
JOHN
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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)
| | | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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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)
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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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