Ben B Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, No Decorum said: So you take some Littles to see “Thomas” on a preserved heritage railway. “Why can’t Thomas turn 360°? Why can’t Thomas fly? Why can’t Thomas [insert here any of the other wildly improbable actions Thomas will be performing]?” Keep tight hold of your Littles because they will expect to wander onto the track and have Thomas stop on a sixpence to spare their little lives. I can't imagine there will be many Thomas days anyway- from what I gather, the owning company charge so much that most UK railways got out of that game a while ago. With the reboot of the series, and the general desperation by the rights holders to make maximum dollar, I doubt even the few lines left like the ELR who still have Thomas days will be bothered... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted November 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, No Decorum said: So you take some Littles to see “Thomas” on a preserved heritage railway. “Why can’t Thomas turn 360°? Why can’t Thomas fly? Why can’t Thomas [insert here any of the other wildly improbable actions Thomas will be performing]?” Keep tight hold of your Littles because they will expect to wander onto the track and have Thomas stop on a sixpence to spare their little lives. Do they expect big hands to come out of the sky and uncouple the train too at the moment? Honestly kids old enough to comprehend what they are seeing can tell the difference between play and real, they pick up cars and fire engines too No parent of little kids isn’t going to watch them near road, sea or railway, they are learning about danger all the time that’s why they are dependent on adults. A cartoon isn’t going to override all their parents teaching on safety and no doubt such a pc show will cover safety endlessly too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Phil Parker said: I think I detect a musical reference to Thomas and Friends! Gosh! Human[oid] figures which move! That is a major breakthrough. The models lack a little refinement, though. As for their flying, I’m not going to ask how they do that because I don’t want to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Impossible and improbable things have always been depicted in (2D) cartoons, just look at Road Runner or Tom and Jerry. Early cartoons were actually censored to reduce the violence. Somehow though kids loved them and lived through the experience. Superhero toy figures don't act like they do on the tv, they have to have kid assistance! I just cannot understand the attraction of cartoons like Sponge Bob buy my grandchildren could, if allowed, watch them all day long! Getting back to Thomas, the resistance to innovation is undoubtedly age related - if you yearn for the original books or the live action model depiction, stick with it, they haven't gone away! It's like if Sean Connery is the only real James Bond, just watch his movies. Ok, descends from soapbox....... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted November 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Jeff Smith said: Impossible and improbable things have always been depicted in (2D) cartoons, just look at Road Runner or Tom and Jerry. I saw the Tom & Jerry trailer and after the pc warnings added to the original cartoons was (pleasantly) surprised to see Jerry entice Tom to be hit by a bus! Maybe they’ve also realised kids can tell and the world ain’t quite gone mad? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 The funniest one I heard of was when they revamped the Postman Pat series I had an old bloke come in my charity shop asking for helicopters. Virtually any helicopter would have done as he couldn't get the Postman Pat version anywhere, nor any other helicopter and he's got a little grandkid that wants a helicopter. I was a postman for years, we never got a helicopter. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: The funniest one I heard of was when they revamped the Postman Pat series I had an old bloke come in my charity shop asking for helicopters. Virtually any helicopter would have done as he couldn't get the Postman Pat version anywhere, nor any other helicopter and he's got a little grandkid that wants a helicopter. I was a postman for years, we never got a helicopter. Not unlike my dad (several decades in the Fire Brigade) sitting through a Fireman Sam with my Younger Child, seeing the 6-wheeled fire engine, off roader, quad bike, lifeboat, fire-train, and helicopter, and grumbling that Pontypandy (population 15) would at best have had a retained fire station and single appliance, and that was pre-Austerity budget cuts Sorry, ranting off topic there. Hopefully the revamp of Thomas won't have an effect on the Bachmann models, I'm still waiting for the promised Devious Diesel for the garden railway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted November 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2020 23 hours ago, Jeff Smith said: Getting back to Thomas, the resistance to innovation is undoubtedly age related - if you yearn for the original books or the live action model depiction, stick with it, they haven't gone away! Certainly age related. My five year old is just as happy watching the new CGI series as she is watching the first ones narrated by Ringo Star on DVD. Lots of time during the first lock-down was spent re-reading all the original books too. I've grown to like the new series of Thomas, but seeing Postman Pat with a wife, child and helicopter, or Fireman Sam with something other than a basic pump-ladder jars. Back on thread, Tootally Thomas have the Bachmann-Thomas narrow gauge coaches back in stock! Talking of which, Bachmann are doing narrow gauge brake vans in red (77207) and blue (77202). Does anyone know if these are new tooling with some resemblance to Talyllyn Brake Van #5 or are they more bought in Peco models? Steven B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted November 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, Steven B said: Talking of which, Bachmann are doing narrow gauge brake vans in red (77207) and blue (77202). Does anyone know if these are new tooling with some resemblance to Talyllyn Brake Van #5 or are they more bought in Peco models? Peco don’t do a brake van, they are working on the L&B bogie brake but that’s definitely not the same as the artwork for the Bachmann one, so it must be new tooling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted November 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2020 I was thinking along the likes of Peco GR-535. Some of the blurry catalogue images I've found look more Talyllyn than Beer. Steven B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted November 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2020 27 minutes ago, Steven B said: I was thinking along the likes of Peco GR-535. Some of the blurry catalogue images I've found look more Talyllyn than Beer. Steven B Interesting that it only appears on the Walters site now. If you search the Bachmann site for it, even with the codes 160-77206, 160-77207 I can’t find a thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paullad1984 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Must admit I've put in an order for a Thomas and acquired a collection of 1980s Hornby troublesome trucks and brake van....I'm sure it'll be nice reliving my childhood and running them on my layout (track plan funnily enough is based on awdrys ffarqhaur.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The Thomas train set has arrived according to the Bachmann website. https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/category/518/thomas-with-annie-and-clarabel---moving-eyes-dcc-ready/00642be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paullad1984 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 22/12/2020 at 23:35, Paul.Uni said: The Thomas train set has arrived according to the Bachmann website. https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/category/518/thomas-with-annie-and-clarabel---moving-eyes-dcc-ready/00642be Bought one from my local dealer, thomas is quaint but doesn't have the haulage qualities of my old Hornby one. It can manage Annie and clarabel around the 2nd radius curves but put any Wagons on and it gives up. Still it'll no doubt entertain the kiddies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 13 minutes ago, paullad1984 said: Bought one from my local dealer, thomas is quaint but doesn't have the haulage qualities of my old Hornby one. That's surprising. My old Bachmann not-Thomas (c. 2005) can walk away with a decent goods train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paullad1984 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 4 metal wheeled Hornby r107s and a brake van and the wheels spin half the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 52 minutes ago, paullad1984 said: 4 metal wheeled Hornby r107s and a brake van and the wheels spin half the time Evidently the mechanism isn't what it used to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ryde-on-time Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2021 In the US Bachmann are having a Thomas and Friends virtual event on 18th Feb with updates and announcements as confirmed here Of interest as Bachmann have now started to introduce the OO range in the UK 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Ryde-on-time said: In the US Bachmann are having a Thomas and Friends virtual event on 18th Feb with updates and announcements as confirmed here Of interest as Bachmann have now started to introduce the OO range in the UK Anyone else spot the N gauge coupling on the Yellow tank top left? Potential spoiler for more N gauge stock I reckon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2021 13 hours ago, Ed-farms said: Anyone else spot the N gauge coupling on the Yellow tank top left? Potential spoiler for more N gauge stock I reckon Been available in the US for ages. There is heaps of stock released in US over the years. Not bringing the entire range to UK in one go but over time it will be. https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=756 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Hilux5972 said: Been available in the US for ages. There is heaps of stock released in US over the years. Er not the N gauge range Ed referred to it’s only been out a few months The OO range as you meant is all available here already through importers like TootallyThomas and the the Dieselworks amongst others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingTrainLover Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 22/01/2021 at 09:01, Ed-farms said: Anyone else spot the N gauge coupling on the Yellow tank top left? Potential spoiler for more N gauge stock I reckon Nah, those tankers were announced last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Getting back to the topic of the UK range, the Bachmann website now shows the remaining models as arrived. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Looking at the title of this thread, I wonder why the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands aren’t getting any Thomas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingTrainLover Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 So the new TTTE items from Bachmann for this year were leaked today, confirmed by checking TrainWorld's website where all items are listed with their estimated retail price and product codes. The leak was then confirmed by Bachmann via their twitter page, and more info will come tomorrow in the stream they're taking part in. Now clearly, the leaked items were meant to revealed tomorrow but oh well. The new items for this year are: HO(OO): -Ryan -Toby's Museum Coach -Toby's Museum Brake Coach NG(009): -Yellow Rheneas -Red & Blue Brakevans* -Red & Blue Box vans *announced last year UPDATE: Bachmann have officially announced the rest of the items as I was typing this up. In addition to the previous ones: N Scale: -Toby -S.C.Ruffey Large Scale: -Paxton -Mining wagon w/ load (blue) -Sodor Coal Co. wagon w/ load -Sodor Coal Co. wagon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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