An Interview with Roy Wilson, Creator of Thomas Wooden Railway (Uncut). Rob. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original ( YouTube) on 2016-02-28. Thomas the Tank Engine, or Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, is a 1990 video game published by Alternative Software for many computers. Players control Thomas the Tank Engine as he takes special trips he has to organize: Take children to the seaside, medicine to the hospital or deliver the mail. Hazards such as dead ends, level crossings, other trains and vehicles impede the player's route. The talking feature was not included on European versions of the set, likely due to the lines only being recorded in English. Daisy was also released in the larger style UK box, however it is unknown which version was released first. D199 and Daisy were released in the smaller UK box in said country, but were released in the larger style US box in said country.

Mike's US character card mentions that he works with Rex and Bert, while his UK card just says he works on a narrow gauge railway, although he is minimum gauge.Theo is missing his name plate and he has no front coupling hook. This is because his face is too low to accommodate one. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a video game based on Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series released on August 2, 1993 in North America on Genesis, and September 30, 1993 in North America, and December 31, 1993 in Europe on Super NES. The game was developed by Software Creations and Malibu Interactive and published by THQ and was released for the Super NES and Genesis platforms. A version was planned for the original Nintendo Entertainment System but was canceled. A ROM image of the NES version has since been uploaded online. Merchandise for the Thomas & Friends franchise has been produced to capitalize on the success of the television series Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends). Whilst merchandise was produced alongside due to the popularity of the first of The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry since 1945, and the original broadcast of the television series in 1984 in the United Kingdom, large numbers of manufacturers have sought to produce Thomas-branded items after the television series was broadcast in the United States and Japan. Crooks, Clayton. "Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure review". Allgame . Retrieved 2011-01-22.

Railway Series Characters: Percy the Small Engine". Pegnsean.net. 2008-04-12. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009 . Retrieved 2009-04-17. The Ertl die-cast range was discontinued in the United States in 2002 and other parts of the world in 2004. It was effectively replaced by Learning Curve's Take-Along range.This makes the thirteenth series the only CGI series to feature merchandise from the Take Along range.

Target exclusive. Includes gold dusted Thomas, Magic Cargo Car, Movie Car with photos from the episode, and Cargo Car with treasure cargo. Thomas and Friends". megabloks.com. Jan 1, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017 . Retrieved November 4, 2017. Adventures models for Iron Bert, Rajiv and Rebecca were planned to be released in late December, but were cancelled. The Talking Knapford Station set was compatible with the Lights and Sounds engines via ID technology; the raised station platform would recognise the code on the Lights and Sounds engine’s chassis and would give said engine a special message.In 2005, a special version of Silver Thomas was given to members of RC2'S Toy Retailers Association Dinner on January 28th. Included was a model of Silver Thomas and his unique character card, along with a special box featuring the Take Along and RC2 logos in silver. Only 600 of these were ever produced. The most notable of the Ertl Company's Thomas ranges was a line of die-cast models and playsets. The range was very popular in the UK, and the nature of the subject matter encouraged collecting. This range originally launched as a Target Exclusive from 2002 until 2005, after which the range began being sold in other retailers. The Gold Plated Thomas was only available via a competition held on August 18th 2009. Only 333 are known to exist. To win, contestants had to send in a barcode and wait to be drawn.

Miscellaneous Awdryania (Merchandising)". Pegnsean.net. 2007-12-23. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009 . Retrieved 2009-04-17. In January 2009, Bachmann announced that, in an agreement with HiT Entertainment, a line of large scale Thomas electric trains will be produced, under the title "Large Scale Thomas & Friends". A promotional advertisement picture of the Take Along range showed the ERTL models of Bertie and Harold instead of their Take Along ones. First released at the start of 2002, the models are generally much chunkier, and considerably less accurate, than the Ertl range. Many items in the Ertl range were passable as 'scale' models of the TV Series characters, but the Take Along products are much more obviously toys. Thomas & Friends ranked number one in the preschool toys category in the U.S. and made the top 10 for the entire U.S. toy industry in 2010. In January 2011, Thomas & Friends ranked as the number-one preschool toy property in the U.K. for the 11th year in a row. Thomas is also a top-selling toy property in Australia, Germany, Japan, and Korea. While the total traditional toy industry in the United States increased 1.9 per cent in 2010, overall Thomas & Friends toy sales increased over 47.1 per cent. [1]In 2010, Take-Along was bought by Mattel and became a Fisher-Price line, and renamed Take-n-Play. New characters were released and the old models were re-released with upgraded paints and faces. Take Along was originally launched in September 2002 and started out as a Target exclusive until 2005 following the discontinuation of The ERTL Collection, after which the range began being sold in other retailers worldwide. In 2009, the range was discontinued and sold to Mattel, who launched a revamped version in of the merchandise under their subsidiary Fisher-Price. It was renamed Thomas Take-n-Play, which would begin distribution in 2010. The Take Along toys were still compatible with the Take-n-Play range.