This set means the world to me. When I was a kid our house caught on fire and completely burned to the ground. My family lost everything, and obviously I did too including alot of my ertl stuff. A few days after the fire and I started my first day of kindergarten. My grandparents had bought me this set to celebrate my first day, and for the better part of two years this was my only toy while our new house was being built. I very much appreciate this blast from the past!
@lukegabriel8021
2 жыл бұрын
That never happened to me, but you have no idea how much I respect your outlook on such a terrible thing that happened to you.
@thewiseoldowlproductions6127
2 жыл бұрын
Respect
@conductorcarson
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry! That’s just terrible! I’d be destroyed and ruined if that happened to me!
@PercyEngine6
2 жыл бұрын
Respect
@MSMFurcorn22
2 ай бұрын
@@MaxwellTheTrainFanthey are in ertl Thomas heaven with GWRstudios Gordon’s tender 😢
@leokimvideo
3 жыл бұрын
I'm warning you now, in time KZitem will riddle through your content one video at a time and see it as a 'kids' video. I now notice I can't win any appeals no matter what 'general audience' or 'adult toy collector' references I point out. This site is so toxic against creators now.
@Dillon69
3 жыл бұрын
What happened to your profile picture Leo?
@XanderW104
3 жыл бұрын
@@Dillon69 he's done he's just been kicked around like a can on the side of the road the person kicking the can is youtube.
@paisleepunk
3 жыл бұрын
Is this a good time to mention that Storyfire exists?
@thatcherandfriends97
3 жыл бұрын
OMG LEO
@AhamsticaYT
3 жыл бұрын
@@paisleepunk the heck is story fire
@Nobody20008
3 жыл бұрын
I miss tomy/trackmaster2007-2011 When everything was still right
@theamazingwolfgrennie2259
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@ricknegan1663
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr? Now, its mostly shit. I don’t even want to know what the future trackmaster sets will look like now that the season 25 trailer was leaked.
@Jeisr4207-bc5ui
4 ай бұрын
It peaked in 2012
@Badumpop
3 жыл бұрын
My First Thomas Toy was Actually a Tomy James!Had good times with it.
@lukechristmas3951
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto! It wasn't my first Thomas toy but it was my first Tomy and it was my favorite! I still have him along with the cattle truck and black Brakevan that came with him.
@comradeopthomasthehedgehog
3 жыл бұрын
My first Tomy was Gordon!
@ricknegan1663
3 жыл бұрын
Mine was obviously Thomas, but I did collected the others soon after. Good memories. 👌
@jaredfranco10
3 жыл бұрын
same!
@knapfordstudios2343
3 жыл бұрын
i never owned a tomy/trackmaster engine as a kid. i was more of a wooden railway kid
@supermariof0521
3 жыл бұрын
THOMAS SETS BACK THEN: Here's a set themed around Thomas' branchline. Have fun. :) THOMAS SETS NOW: Holy shit! Watch Thomas spin around and dodge incoming volcanic rocks! ME: Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
@nonitalace9029
2 жыл бұрын
The new trackmaster sets you talking about is just trackmaster revolution cuz i think tomy/plarail makes still good sets and probably the only differents is its probably bit bigger sets than the old ones and there cgi
@nonitalace9029
2 жыл бұрын
When you mix all the new thomas set be like "oh look thomas will jump off a very high building and land on darcy and cranky lift thomas up and lift him down to tidmouth sheds and spin in tidmouth sheds and avoid many barrels and carly gives sandy to him and deliver her to the scrapyard then thomas escaped the very crazy scrapyard then saved percy from crashing and thomas pushes culdee back to the culdee fell railway and thomas discovers tons of robot then thomas goes to knapford station and thomas pushes the milk into the farm and thomas push the troublesome truck into the yard and thomas helps nia deliver the truck to vicarstown and thomas goes to the mainland and thomas helps frankie and hurricane and get back to sodor and meets splatter and dodge and help them destroys the buffers then thomas saw iron arry and iron bert and pushes them into the lava woooooaaaaaaah so awesome" Edit: i mis spelled the "you" so i made it correct also i made more edits in the comment i dont want this to be 10 times long so im not gonna say what are all i edited in this comment
@q.h.s5051
3 жыл бұрын
I miss Tomy, Wooden Railway, Ertl, and Take Along so much! They actually cared!
@ricknegan1663
3 жыл бұрын
Those toy brands were definitely the strongest veins of my childhood, still to this day. 💪💪
@nonitalace9029
2 жыл бұрын
Tomy is still here there probably not discontinued yet
@bobbydacoolguy8006
2 жыл бұрын
You can get them on Amazon.
@bolt2056
2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbydacoolguy8006 no you cant (I mean, you can, but it’s extremely expensive, & it is *HARD* to find)
@theboogster
3 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia of these sets just makes me wanna cry :(
@engineboy53productions15
3 жыл бұрын
So the nostalgia of tomy! Those were the good old days
@kotoriminami8296
3 жыл бұрын
Only ever had Thomases in this range which is annoying now but at the time I was happy as ever
@Im_a_miztake
3 жыл бұрын
Such a nostalgia blast from seeing this set again! this is where my TOMY collection started as a little guy
@TheBrickGuy7939
3 жыл бұрын
This takes me back. I remember recreating the Thomas Comes To Breakfast crash by building a wall for Thomas to crash through while humming the danger theme at the time I was hooked on the Your Favourite Story Collection VHS. That was my jam.
@willimations277
3 жыл бұрын
Over lockdown, I started collecting a bunch of the old Tomy stuff (I had, like, everything as a child but foolishly sold everything off about 8 years back) and it was amazing, the nostalgia was incredible. Also a bit of a flex to be able to score some items I never even had to begin with ;)
@MSMFurcorn22
2 ай бұрын
Lucky! The only tomy set I own is the one with the weird engines that are massive and have moving eyes. Thankfully,I just found a thomas big set for £25 and bought it. :D
@Jo-Wilbe-Dina
3 жыл бұрын
Inside, I’m actually crying while watching this video. I used to have all of these, but now... they’re just suddenly gone because they’re already old and now some might still be broken, but most are already gone and I can’t play with these old fun toys I used to have anymore. I miss it so much.
@SilverHyozanryu
3 жыл бұрын
God the nostalgia I have for TOMY toys, the fact there was so many to collect and how easy they were to setup and experiment with. They were like the perfect toy for kids interested in model trains.
@TheEldritchHyena
3 жыл бұрын
Words cannot describe how much I love the old TOMY line. The nostalgia I have from playing with them as a kid is already high enough praise for this excellent-quality toyline, but for me these toys have reached legendary status thanks to the old videos of users like TrainLover476, I grew up watching those vids constantly and I have immeasurable nostalgia for them.
@mrperkinsthehusky
3 жыл бұрын
Man i wish the old tomy thomas days would come back
@mgr_video_productions
3 жыл бұрын
Nice! I grew up with playing with Tomy Thomas toys and they were among my favorite toys as a kid.
@supernsxgtracing9541
3 жыл бұрын
I had these on my childhood man brings back where i had the bridge
@michaelfeldman-budarick9295
Жыл бұрын
I had all those sets when i was little so many happy and cherished memories
@CoburtCocain
2 жыл бұрын
I remember buying this for the first time when I was a child I could never stop playing with them it was such a great toy
@lnerengine2644
Жыл бұрын
I found this set in a charity shop for 20 euro, it was mostly intact, with the exception of a Thomas, but it did include a few yellow troublesome trucks and a Tomy Rocky as well as Annie and Claribel, I set it up and the track was intact. I plan on giving it to my Nephew for a future birthday
@philipm1009
3 жыл бұрын
Remember getting that when I got for Christmas 2005 ,still have it ,many great memories thanks for bringing them all back cheers 👌😎
@calebcrites9193
3 жыл бұрын
I deeply appreciate your insight towards the difference between the originality of the old Tony sets and the lack of the newer track master sets
@dylanrice6707
3 жыл бұрын
Bringing me back to my childhood. I had so much Tomy Thomas trains and track. The big set would be consider extremely tiny. Enough to fill a 15ft x 15ft room with no problem.
@hayjad610
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Talk about a blast from the past. This was fun watch. I’m happy I’ve still held on to these types of products from my childhood. I remember when they went and changed the classic tomy tracks to the more “detailed” tracks after The Great Discovery came out. The wooden railway will always be my favorite. I mean the real wooden railway not the crap Mattel sells now. It’s actually quite depressing to look at a Thomas section in target and see subpar product. Take along was also another good one as those things could last for damn long time. Thanks for taking me down memory lane train boy. I really needed this. Keep chugging along everyone.
@hazyhope._.
3 жыл бұрын
I was such a dumb little kid lmao. I remember being in love with the episode Break Van. SO NATURALLY, I cut my tomy black brakevan to shreds- 🙃
@NWRKRIS
3 жыл бұрын
i remember my first ever thomas train set was a blast i had the thomas andpercy with a tunnel and probably 2x2 meters of track although it wasnt tomys blue track it still has the nostalgic thomas face same with percy. But im happy to say that i passed off those toys to my half brother after servicing them. I wanted the next generation to enjoy the nostalgia :)
@tophatgeo
3 жыл бұрын
I remember having tons of the tomy track, i loved playing with these
@tjprptchable
3 жыл бұрын
My frend and me used to bring all of our Thomas trains to eachothers houses with track and make a huge layout. Damm good memories, including all the blue track.
@spudmacwheels2971
3 жыл бұрын
I Appreciate the fact that we grew up with the best stuff, and the younger generation has, the reboot, bwba, new take n play and new trackmaster
@raconbacon
3 жыл бұрын
Looking at this reminds me how worn out my models are. All my tender engines have snapped wires, half of my tank engine and diesels are either broken too or on the verge of it(either battery acid or just a motor that gave up), struggling to go up hills and in one case barely able to corner. Alot of scuffing has taken place too which i actually dont mind, it gives them the personal connection to me and reminds me that the particular scuffs and paint chips are from my childhood. This video was one heck of a nostalgia trip
@idontknowmy123s6
3 жыл бұрын
i have been watching thomas for 20 years and im very mad to what they have now thats my child hood an im glad i got to see it
@PrettyDecentCreations
3 жыл бұрын
You’re lucky to just have a working Tomy james. Mine’s coupling snapped. Also: there are extra couplings sold online so you could fix you’re broken van there.
@TBJ_1613
3 жыл бұрын
With mine, the wires from the tender snapped and I still need to get a new one as well as a new Henry
@karana2833
3 жыл бұрын
Banged my tomy Stepney way too much
@raconbacon
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. My coupling snapped twice, i had some spare thomas's from sets that my dad used the couplings of to keep james going. Unfortunatly, my james edward gordon and henry all have broken wires between the tender and engine
@PrettyDecentCreations
3 жыл бұрын
UPDATE: a new Tomy James just showed up at my doorstep and the old one has been replaced
@alexfaulkner6275
3 жыл бұрын
@@TBJ_1613 same with mine although one of its traction tires is a bit buggered
@benjaminwaters241
3 жыл бұрын
I got so happy when I saw this thumbnail. The Thomas Big Set was my first train set growing up and I still have it, granted I don’t have the box and every individual piece has been mixed with the rest of my Tomy collection. The original Thomas I got with that set is now my daughters (that said she has already broken it after decades of wear and tear by me that I need to fix) and she loves it as much as I did
@perfectharvestmlpstudios9152
2 жыл бұрын
I remember having a lot of TOMY Thomas trains, as well as some other TOMY trains. In this way it was quite nice to have Henry or Edward running next to a Eurostar Class 373 or Virgin Class 43! I also sadly gave away all my TOMY Trackmaster stuff years ago, except for a Trackmaster Toyota Ambulance and a Daihatsu Minivan, which now form part of my Takara Tomy/Tomica diecast collection.
@thouzanth
3 жыл бұрын
It brings back so much memories. I remember recreating scenes from the show and make my own railway😔😔😔😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺
@bigdogshaq1979
3 жыл бұрын
🥺
@kiyan2ndchannel944
Жыл бұрын
Train boy: U didn need all the crazy extra “thomas whistle” 4:14 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@MrNoUsername
3 жыл бұрын
3:41 “He is as you might expect from his age, a temperamental old gentleman and has to be driven very carefully indeed....” - The Rev W Awdry
@wazzaby356
3 жыл бұрын
I still have this set, an uncle from USA bought to me when he came to visit back in 2007
@Steam_Tram_Studios
3 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia in this set was insane, pls do more reviews on classic sets
@FinnGreenland
2 жыл бұрын
I’m getting a TOMY Thomas and Annie soon, I’m so excited to go back home and off of vacation and see them.
@jtonsing
3 жыл бұрын
Bro this was my first ever Thomas toy in the TOMY line. I got this set along with the little "Brendham Docks" expansion (Cranky and Bulstrode) for Christmas one year and I was so happy... 😁
@sioumaster8782
3 жыл бұрын
I still remember the day my grandparents got this for my birthday and still have it along with all my Thomas and friends toys. Truly wonderful times
@Foxx_modelling
2 жыл бұрын
when i was younger i used to have the HIT toy and early mattel toys for trackmaster, and i will say i wish i never sold them, but i'm glad to have gotten Tomy to restart my Trackmaster collection
@lordmarshal3799
3 жыл бұрын
I never throw away any of those TOMY boxes, they are just too beautiful.
@CrystalLakeRailway
3 жыл бұрын
I just love the classic thomas and friends trackmaster and tomy trains!
@lizzard3699
3 жыл бұрын
I've had wooden railroad track and trains in my closed for literally ever, it's my childhood in my box I get to take out whenever I want :]
@tomogotchi9140
2 жыл бұрын
I actually had this set when I was a kid, it was my first and this is very nostalgic for me, I also had James and Gordon who I got seperately, but for some reason I cannot find pictures of the Percy and Bertie set which I begged my parents for, since it also included Elsbridge station with the level crossing, by far one of the best stations in the range.
@MilesModelWorks
3 жыл бұрын
I never had a tomy thomas but I recently bought one because I hear they are super nostalgic and high quality
@kiwisark8055
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shiii I had this as a kid! It was always at my nan's so id always get it out whenever I'd visit so this is very nostalgic . Would go around car boot sales buying loads of Different rolling stock and engines for it
@akasosaka
3 жыл бұрын
Yeessss. I got this set loose in a bin bag that my dad bought from a car boot sale which included knapford station along with a bunch of miscellaneous tomica world pieces, Gordon, Henry and another Thomas. I also remember trying to switch this set up a little bit by running the track under the road incline and whenever Thomas would go under the road would flick Thomas' switch causing him to stop which I would have to get a nail clipper and take a chunk out to have enoight clearance. Then I would take a knife to the piece and carve in crack details. Oh the good old days
@mrkylesfilms1
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if you end up reviewing more of these sets I wouldn’t be mad. All of your Thomas vids are just fascinating and fun to watch. Great stuff, man!
@lukechristmas3951
3 жыл бұрын
The Tomy line was my favorite as a kid. The Tomy James came with the cattle truck and black Brakevan and that was my favorite toy as a kid. I still keep it in my room as an adult. Good times. Good times.
@gacd2104
3 жыл бұрын
This was one of my first childhood toys, the memories are coming back🥺
@aaronvenuopal9577
3 жыл бұрын
I think some one gave me an incomplete set of this when I was very young, but the nostalgia hits hard
@jacob_n_r_z8755
3 жыл бұрын
That was my christmas present when i was 4 years old♡ It was also my favorite set
@trainstorm1225
3 жыл бұрын
Man, I remember this set. I’ve recently fixed all my TOMY Thomas, I just adore these toys.
@mayor_randombrandon
3 жыл бұрын
This set and a couple others from Tomy and the wooden railway I've always wanted but never really got but I still enjoyed this era of thomas merch back when it was actually good
@EngineShedStudios
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice review! I just got a massive tomy lot in the mail and I’m dying to open it!
@tiger-ym7ln
3 жыл бұрын
So many memories the good old days
@transgaty2763
3 жыл бұрын
Trainboy: Oh a Smudge on clarabel. This is fine A friend I know: A SMUDGE ON CLARABEL?!THIS IS NOT QUALITY I CANT USE THIS .
@revden9070
3 жыл бұрын
Im always here for TOMY thomas,
@InkblotHyena
3 жыл бұрын
I had the Tomy 'Great Race' set. I'm not sure if that's the name, but it was based on the classic episode where Thomas and Bertie race. Whilst it didn't have much, I remember loving it. Tomy's classic blue track with the yellow points on the switches and yellow levers on the stop and go sections will always be a huge part of my childhood that I look back on fondly. I do miss the set dearly, as it got lost in a move when I was rather young, or was sold/thrown out by my father who didn't see the point in it, but I do plan on getting it again, or at-least buying the pieces separately to have one of my favorite Tomy layouts, or maybe just expanding it. Hell, I still remember the transition from Tomy to Trackmaster Classic, when packs of track or rolling stock came with pieces that were used to connect Tomy to Classic Trackmaster track and vice-versa. It's always amazing seeing these old Thomas toys, especially with how well-loved many were. I still have a Tomy Edward, as it was my favorite engine back when I was young, and he's definitely seen better days (broken motor, battery corrosion on contacts, and peeling stickers), but I wouldn't give it up for the world.
@IseeyouPenguin4
3 жыл бұрын
I remember having a huge collection of Tomy stuffs. It was so much fun making layouts and other things and just playing with the trains. Sadly they were sold away, but I wish I could've kept that collection.
@burneshortliver2161
2 жыл бұрын
This was the first ever Tomy Thomas set I got as a kid, for some reason I also got Cranky and the docks track piece at the same time as well, idk if it came with the set. Christmas 2005 is a day I'll never forget.
@mariselojeda0810
3 жыл бұрын
I remember i used to have a trackmaster set with a 2009 Thomas and what i think is Tidmouth station, i still have Thomas and his set but they've seen better days
@courtneyfrancis2041
3 жыл бұрын
Man this brings back memories. I remember having this! When Toys R us was lit.
@IsraeliGovernment
3 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted one of these sets as a kid
@edwardo6834
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I feel so old I used to played one of these in the golden days
@daniel14duck33
3 жыл бұрын
Great vid bro! I miss the golden days when these were still on shelves and everything
@jano_142
2 жыл бұрын
So this was believe it or not was my first Tomy/"Trackmaster" Thomas set I ever got, it then evolved into being the base of every layout my little brother and I built whenever we visited my grandparents
@LeaderOfTheTracks
3 жыл бұрын
Oh boy that set beautiful, gonna see if I can pick this up
@andrew_jfjfjfjf
3 жыл бұрын
hello (:
@SNESJerry
2 жыл бұрын
2:20 - “he could use more paint” flip face James: “am I joke to you?”
@thestickgaming764
3 жыл бұрын
My childhood in one video
@kekofsodor4899
3 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that the more recent Thomas sets are more so toys than they are trainsets. Original ranges like ERTL, Tomy/Trackmaster, Wooden Railway, Take Along, etc. were toys geared towards children sure, but they were more like toy trainsets. Sometimes you could get a gimmicky item and while those could be all good an fun, the real fun was creating your own layout mixing and matching track and locations like you would with any other trainset - Thomas or not. If anyone remembers the old original Take Along track, the bend piece of track with the set of points at the end? I would take a bunch of those and create a goods yard with sidings running parallels to one another. I had 2 Tomy sets and I'd use the gray risers as buffers at the end of each siding. I don't know how many times I did that to recreate the goods yard from Pop Goes the Diesel, or the siding Gordon would rest on at Knapford station in Season 1. With the more recent Thomas sets you can't make your own railway. Thomas goes to the shark aquarium...with crazy roller coaster, Thomas goes to the Jungle...with a crazy rollercoaster, Thomas meets a giant robot, and so on. They don't have anything to do with railways, and since they're one trick ponies the kids soon lose interest. I think that also ties in with the show's degrade in quality. Awdry wrote the stories in the way that he did because he was a railway enthusiast. Everything was about railways as much as it was about these characters. With later episodes (with the except of the Brennaissance thank God) the show has pretty much only been about the engines being characters, it doesn't really matter that they're locomotives. You could take the exact same plot from a Sharon Miller era episode or a HiT model era episode or whatever, translate it to a show with people instead of engines, and the core of the plot would not really change. If Mattel really wanted to fix the show and all their Thomas problems would go away, they should hire a writer who is a railway enthusiast and understands the characters. Having a railway enthusiast as a new writer is a crucial element that's necessary for Thomas' success and I've never seen somebody else mention it. I've heard people discuss how Awdry was a railway enthusiast that started Thomas' success, but never how Thomas needs a railways enthusiast in modern day to continue success. Railway realism is probably the foundation of what made not only the original show good but also the original merchandise, dare I say it's that railway realism that hooks anyone into Thomas.
@ghostengineer
2 жыл бұрын
I never had this but I can say this is what T&F was all about and not all the goofy sets that have been released the past few years. This is Sodor
@SpringfieldRailfan413
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I’m gonna be 21 and I still have my classic Tomy Thomas engines and sets. I have two versions of Thomas, Lady, Henry, James, Percy, Toby, and many more
@NWR81
3 жыл бұрын
The Thomas big set was one of my first Thomas sets too!!
@georgebendall7401
3 жыл бұрын
I remember having the Tomy Tomica World Thomas Big Set when i was little me and my dad set it up on the table at my very old house in Petone
@HenryNo3
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice review! It's great to look back at the nostalgia of TOMY and their lovely sets.
@mallard_streamer3508
3 жыл бұрын
I love the tomy toys
@christopherkilgore5229
3 жыл бұрын
I used to own this set when I was like 10 omg the memories
@colbartus5273
3 жыл бұрын
This is the set I use to play with at my grandmas house
@jamesdunloptrains
3 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of my childhood
@jordanwiley4582
3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid my Tomy James cames with the cattle car and black break van. I had Thomas Henry James Duck Mavis Diesel 10 Emily Salty And Murdoch. I had a bunch of take n play stuff to but... I miss old school tomy stuff.
@matteomarmiroli1713
3 жыл бұрын
Hahah i had the oval of track with Tidmouth station 😂 Good times...
@ronandrewmanimtim4148
3 жыл бұрын
I remember having a big tomy set with talking Thomas and Gordon
@FlyingDuckMan360
3 жыл бұрын
I also saw some red and blue Troublesome Trucks that had milk churns in them. Those seem to be based on the Season 9 episode, "Thomas' Milkshake Muddle".
@DaHellBro
3 жыл бұрын
I used to have every single track master 1's and tomica a few years ago many nostalgia here
@ghostskull5267
3 жыл бұрын
I remember during childhood me and my brother would collect trackmaster. So we would have an entire railroad filling the house and there would way too many trains running all over the tracks.
@AussieAwesome
3 жыл бұрын
I remember have some of these when I was younger. Sadly had to sell them when we moved.
@427Cabriolet
3 жыл бұрын
Certifield Hood Classic This Is Golden Age
@Gronami
3 жыл бұрын
i'm pretty sure this is the exact set i had as a kid, i still have some of the stuff from it sitting in my garage
@sir.confident
3 жыл бұрын
I agree! Old Tomy was the superior Thomas system.
@davidlawrence1364
3 жыл бұрын
That was a memorable set. I hope you'll try and fix those technical issues with those trains.
@Nekrubbobby
3 жыл бұрын
If you ever want to do some tomy restoration. Hit me up. I bought a large amount of tomy items. The condition they were is was remarkable bad.
@the_autism_express
3 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else notice how he completely neglected the milk churn trucks?
@rowans_World978
3 жыл бұрын
@@the_autism_express Yeah
@rowans_World978
3 жыл бұрын
I need my tomb Gordon fixed XD
@Cruductions
3 жыл бұрын
God nostalgia hits once again
@syazwanshaifuddin6110
3 жыл бұрын
Wow that set was my childhood
@snowman2135
3 жыл бұрын
So that’s what the grey track piece was for. I had one lingering for years and I haven’t gotten the idea what it was for. Now I know!
@i_forgor_whar
3 жыл бұрын
i still remember back in 2011 - 2012, my Walmart still had the Hit Toys Company models from 2008, unfortunately they did get replaced by the early CGI thomas models, then the 3D faces, and then Trackmaster 2 came out.
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