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Thomas & Friends Y4083 Wooden Railway Engine Toy

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Initially released with Bertram and the Scrap Cars; later reissued individually in 2012 and 2016 for limited release. Features two Thomas’; one with a gold smokebox and wheels and one as Wilbert Awdry initially made him. Thomas has the most variations of any character in the Thomas Wooden Railway, with more prototypes, changes, and variants than any other character in the range.

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. 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.Flying Scotsman's reintroduced model features the British Railways logo with "Mainland Railways" printed in place of the British Railways text. Oliver appears in the Boulder Mountain Set despite not being featured in the episode it was based on: Rusty and the Boulder. 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. Features Winter Wonderland Thomas, Paint-Splattered Thomas and Breakfast Thomas; reissued in 2013 with the Breakfast Thomas being replaced with a Fish-Splattered Thomas.

Features Soap-Sud covered Thomas with red funnel, soap suds covered Percy, bubble liquid car and hay covered Sir Topham Hatt's car. 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. 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).

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In late 2016, some engines received smaller faces that no longer cover the whole smokebox front and others' faces were changed. Fergus' reintroduced model has entirely white wheels despite his original model having the correct red wheels with a white rim. Bertram's original model depicts him in his proposed tank engine form, with a completely new design. In his TV series appearance, he uses Duke's model with Smudger's face. When he was reintroduced in 2016, he was given a tender, but retained his bunker. Every child's imagination has stories to tell – and this cheeky steam engine is the perfect helper. Children create the stories, Thomas just delivers inspiration. Changes

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. Volume VII (Note: Tiger Moth's propeller differs from the production model, suggesting the one seen here was a prototype)Thomas's very first prototype features four red wheels held in by nails, red and blue magnet guards, a wider chassis, no detailing, and no face. Features Skarloey with Gravel Cars; Gravel Cars are repaints of the Boulder Cars from Rheneas and the Boulder Cars.

The Talking Railway Series was a range of interactive engines and playsets. The engines have special gold magnets which, when they are at a destination, will prompt the Fat Controller to greet them. This range is discontinued.

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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.

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