Thomas & Friends Y4083 Wooden Railway Engine Toy

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A total of fifteen characters exclusively from the Railway Series have been released in the Wooden Railway range. However, before Mike was introduced to the television series, a total of sixteen characters were released. Some items were bundled with US DVDs and VHS tapes. Some were only available in these bundles, such as the Honey Barrel Car. Initially released with Bertram and the Scrap Cars; later reissued individually in 2012 and 2016 for limited release.

At 25 years, Wooden Railway was the longest-running and most popular Thomas & Friends merchandise line (with ERTL being the second longest-running at 20 years).

Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway, Knapford Station Passenger Pickup Playset

The second known prototype of Thomas seen features six red HEROS wheels, no coal bunker details, and a face borrowed from Thomas's ERTL die-cast vehicle. The most famous of all the vehicles on the Island of Sodor, Thomas the Tank Engine is considered by all to be a "really useful engine". He is a cheeky, fussy little engine who is always eager to help. 2018 box description These improved designs were manufactured until 2002, when they were replaced with a third generation of design, which included new and more detailed faces. 2011 saw another slight re-design in the form of new faces to coincide with the recent CGI Series switchover. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the line was overhauled and the majority of the models underwent major redesigns. The wooden funnel and smokebox were replaced with a separate plastic smokebox with a more realistic funnel. The tender engines received an additional upgrade, with a moulded plastic coal pile for their tenders. Features Thomas, Percy, Presents Cargo Car, Holiday Caboose, Pine Trees, Stop Sign and Crossing Sign; Target Exclusive.

Features Winter Wonderland Thomas, Paint-Splattered Thomas and Breakfast Thomas; reissued in 2013 with the Breakfast Thomas being replaced with a Fish-Splattered Thomas. The reintroduced models of Bill and Ben comprises of Bill in yellow and Ben in blue, even though in the episode with which this release coincides, Bill was the first of the two to be repainted blue and Ben was only repainted blue while Bill was also blue. In late 2016, some engines received smaller faces that no longer cover the whole smokebox front and others' faces were changed. Harvey's model's cab is oddly short to accommodate his hook. He is also brown instead of maroon red and does not have a boiler.Fergus' reintroduced model has entirely white wheels despite his original model having the correct red wheels with a white rim. Hank's model does not have a front coupler like other Wooden Railway engines and his television series appearance. Interestingly, Connor and Caitlin's wooden models have front couplers, while their front couplers are concealed in the TV series.