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In September 2004, production on the ERTL thomas the tank engine range had been discontinued in the UK, but before this happened, the miniatures range was re-released in new style packaging with new models such as Henry and Mavis. Jock was the last character to be made by ERTL and he is the rarest character of all.
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Series 7 had now fully aired, also it was the last series to carry out the original Thomas and friends theme tune. Falcon (Renamed from Sir Handel with the same desgin).it is believed to be sturdier, and lasts longer. The coupling style now changed from the basic "Hook and eye" style to a U-hook. The packaging is now the engine's name in red, with a little cartoon of the character in the top right-hand corner. The UK would also see production ceased by 2004. these ones are indeed bright and cheerful, but quite detailed as wellĪfterwards, around September 2001 the ERTL's range had been discontinued in America and instead the Take along Thomas and friends range was moving in to take it's place. Mr Conductor (could only be purchased with Thomas as a 2-piece set (special release)).These new characters appeared in both the 3rd packaging and Thomas and the magic railroad packaging until 2001: Also there was a selection of Thomas engines released in Thomas and the magic railroad packaging including those that had a small part in the film.
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During this time, Thomas the tank engine and friends was renamed Thomas and friends. Just blue with the character's name in yellow and had a picture of Thomas with the logo underneath. In July 2000, the packaging changed AGAIN. Silver Millenium Thomas (limited edition)ĭuring this time, the miniatures range came back for a short while, however, they were now a key ring range and certain characters were not featured like in 1991.This was the year that the metallic engines came out. The narrow gauge engines were introduced.Ī small handful of models were introduced: Scrap Trevor on a flatbed – (Trevor, smothered in 'rust' paint, on a well wagon labelled "Saved from Scrap").A few models were introduced during 1993: The packaging featured a highly detailed painting of the engine on the packaging and dependant on the type of vehicle they were, the background slightly differed to others. Mavis was the last character to be produced in the classic packaging Models were now released annually.ĭuring this time, the new sub-range, the minatures range came out with playsets, however they only lasted until around 1992 before going out of production. This was most likely due to the fact that the sticker faces were prone to falling off. They were now replaced with plastic faces. ERTL listened to these demands in 1990.ġ990 was also the year that marked the end of sticker faced engines. Annie and Clarabel (could only be released in a 3-pack with Thomas or Percy until 1990)ĭuring this time ERTL were facing demands from the general public to produce more characters.Thomas, Henry and James were given red buffer beams to replace the older white ones.
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