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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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