Evolution of Thomas Wooden Railway Packaging (1992-2018)

[@Mildcat743]

I find the "For Thomas' Friends" marking especially endearing for some reason, like the people making the product actually cared back then...

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

It definitely makes you feel special. Like, "hey - I'm a friend of Thomas. How cool is that?!"

[@supermariof0521]

@@ThomasWoodenRailway There were two varrients you missed. The "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" packaging that both Learning Curve and Brio put out back in 2000.

[@ThomasWoodenEpisodes]

Keekre, this is simply brilliant! This particular review was really informative and you did great with going into the details of each packaging troughout the evolution of the TWR line. Kudos to you for collecting almost each and every version of Thomas and for all the research work that went into this review!

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thank you! :)

[@leokimvideo]

Just reminded me I don't have a BRIO Thomas in my collection. Very curious video you have here, it certainly points out when things started to get derailed. And it's always seems to be the same company that has caused all this confusion and delay. Yep you either buy out the competition, or fall on your sword and change track joiner format. The Thomas Wood decision was I feel one of the all time biggest mistakes in the toy industry. One of the biggest changes I saw between TWR and Thomas Wood was a huge drop in the price of an engine. It literally was halved. And maybe this change spooked me the most. Exactly who was Thomas competing against? Chuggington had gone! There was only other generic Wooden Railway toys yet the Thomas wood toys dumped in price. I feel Mattle are competing with something that's not in the physical world of real toys and they feel the only way to compete is dumb down and make stuff for as little as possible. It's rather scary to witness.

[@finn.bs8]

leokimvideo *it always seems (your welcome for the correction)

[@PistonCupProductions]

@@finn.bs8 what a hero you must be for the minor correction... 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Benbo_Gamer]

I have a brio Thomas but I'm not wanting to sell it. I got it from Ebay, I also got a brio James from a lower school.

[@ryan-tq9jb]

I never though once about The packaging, never thought you could make an hour video about it. Great work!

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks for watching!

[@Lseccuro]

Thomas wood.. *shivers*

[@coltsegura1486]

Wood got full paint jobs again

[@Atmosphere8458]

Colt Segura what really

[@lilrandy73]

@@Atmosphere8458 yep

[@tfoltzyt111]

TheThomasTheTankEngine WoodenRailwayFan926472 wooden railway will always be superior

[@stache297]

More like throw up 🤮

[@BiPolarExpress1225]

"for Thomas' friends Ages 2 years and up" thats adorable! I loved my wooden railway trains and I still have my first Thomas engine.

[@taisdo5339]

Mine was I limited 60 year diesel it had some 💙THOMAS LOVE💙

[@runawaytruckstudios8485]

Good video it's good to see thomas throughout the years of WoodenRailway.

[@hazyhope._.]

Except *cough* Thomas Wood.. *cough*

[@runawaytruckstudios8485]

MagmaRblx YT WoodenRailway is different. It's not the same company.

[@runawaytruckstudios8485]

Thomas Wood ThomasWoodenRailway

[@stirlingno.1296]

MagmaRblx YT Stop.

[@runawaytruckstudios8485]

History Fan Get some help.

[@TeamDoodleBlocks]

For some odd reason I like how basic Thomas looked, like their no being red stripes near his boiler.

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

There was definitely an element of simplicity with the earlier Thomas models that was really nice.

[@charlesmoskal490]

What is your favorite version of Thomas

[@gettingroceries3198]

Well Team Doodle Blocks by late 2004 Thomas gained red stripes on his boiler

[@exynoschipset9444]

That’s what i really like about Wooden Railway. I absolutely like the simplicity of the designs.

[@littleboyryan362]

Same

[@shirleyfritos2726]

mannnn i been i’m only 19 and i have been watching thomas the train videos for about 10 minutes so far and i stumbled across the old commercial promos i used to NEVER stop watching. the nostalgia that hit me is insane, thomas the train was my WHOLE childhood. never cried so much over a train LMAO 😭🙏🏻

[@shirleyfritos2726]

just thinking how times were so simple and precious during my time with thomas 😌 happy i stumbled across this again.

[@itsmeemerson]

Big fan of these longer, in-depth videos you make that teach you so much

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

That's great to hear! Thank you so much for your feedback - I really appreciate it! :)

[@itsmeemerson]

My pleasure

[@ThatOneRedEngine]

In Australia we had the us packaging

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@Railmakes]

Timestamp

[@AlcoLoco251]

I grew up with the Wooden Thomas trains and my parents also got me Brio trains, but I never knew of the Thomas Brio trains or had one. Thanks for the journey back to the 90s. Also, I feel the appeal of the previous box style of packaging was for storage. You could keep each of the engine's and cars in their own box that could stack with each other. I remember doing that on more than one occasion.

[@SodorOrBust]

I never thought that a video about packaging could be so interesting and entertaining! Great job!

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@zacharyspinks6207]

I used to play the Thomas wooden railway toys way back in the day, but now i don't anymore.

[@ABellEngine]

This is fantastic! Wooden Railway will be in everyone's heart and will always remain there.

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks for watching!

[@spadesofpaintstudios1719]

Amazing how evolution has happened over the decades

[@thomasfune3383]

Nice discussion on the Thomas Wooden Railway. Great job liked it

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@ThomasLover]

What about the 2000-2001 packaging, thomas had a old style version.

[@supermariof0521]

True. The 1992-2001 Thomas had the face that looked like it was from Series 3-5, whereas the 2002 revision had a face that resembled the promotional artwork.

[@gregoriotzic4439]

I don’t think that the wooden railway was relente in 2000 or 2001

[@swiftengine]

wasnt it designed for the magic railroad?

[@xandardorf6365]

55:27 oh my, I am now picturing Thomas saying, "It's a-Mee, Thomas the Tank Engine!", in the Mario voice.

[@TidmouthYardStudios]

This was uploaded on my birthday

[@lilrandy73]

27:00 that's my brith year cause I was born in 2006 and the 2006 design is very special to me.

[@sudrianrailwaystudios676]

I will always remember my childhood even though it's gone.

[@ThatOneRedEngine]

See video is hour long ... In going to get some pop corn !

[@runawaytruckstudios8485]

That One Red Engine Same!

[@TheRetroRoom]

That One Red Engine same as me!!!

[@ThatOneRedEngine]

I back with my bag of popcorn xD

[@TheRetroRoom]

That One Red Engine lol

[@tryhardm3224]

LOL

[@DanielTheShunter]

We definitely had the flap design back then in Germany. I remember getting the Express Coaches in 2009 in that style of packaging.

[@theoneandonlyluk7970]

Timbiss

[@diegoibanezholiday1171]

I love your videos I like the one when you were younger

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@suzieh5204]

I love Thomas wood so much

[@troyandryanvlogs7841]

I forgot to say you inspire me to like Thomas no matter how old I am

[@lilrandy73]

21:22 oh I found a late 2004 thomas on ebay and there a few differences between the late 2001 version and the late 2004 version. Made of real wood was moved to the top of the packaging on the late 2004 version, the images of the character cards appeared on the front of the package instead on the back on the late 2004 version, the red part of the learning curve logo dissappeared, and Thomas gained red stripes on his boiler in late 2004

[@SkarloeyRailway01]

Ugh, that 1997-2000 packaging...! So much love for that box. :)

[@SkarloeyRailway01]

Also, I can attest to the Brio being bigger in the UK thing. The only Brio Thomas item I own is a Daisy model. I picked her out from Harrods in London when my family was traveling there circa 1999.

[@1dembums]

Great video! Interesting information!

[@godzillafigurefranchise4867]

V uvucucydy

[@skipzs]

He said Super Mario Brothers... That's a first.

[@yadiraandrade6113]

OliverAndEdward13 tiene una problema

[@thecaledonianengines8909]

yadira andrade he does not have a problem.

[@ABellEngine]

Yeah. First time I heard that.

[@ThomasLover]

Where did he say super mario bros?

[@nityking1]

come at me im thomas' driver and im not going to stand for this

[@HITfanstudios]

I wish I have some old Thomas wooden railway packaging collection!!🤩🤩🤩

[@mynamehasspacesinit8687]

28:50 I work retail, and we refer to those as "J-hooks", because of the shape of the hook.

[@tricolorsofredor69]

Wood is Good, Mattel is Great and Thomas is FUN!!!

[@lilrandy73]

Yep

[@rippleribbonvideos9726]

Great video keekre

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thank you!

[@rippleribbonvideos9726]

ThomasWoodenRailway you're welcome

[@iforgotmymoney5823]

I really enjoyed this video because I love the 90s wooden railway

[@harlisegura9766]

My favorite's are 1994,1999,2001,2006,2007,2010 ( with having Thomas in the logo ) 2012,2013, and 2018

[@HTTVChannel]

This was awesome! I collected a lot of TWR stuff when I was little, but I never noticed how much it changed! Such a shame about "Wood" though.

[@Maislinn]

Me: I wander what the futures like? Me in 2019:WHY IS THERE ONLY A BLOCK OF WOOD FOR A THOMAS TOY??!?!?!?! And that’s why the future is the “ *BEST* ”

[@lilrandy73]

Maislinn they have full paint jobs again.

[@loganduckthomas1best697]

Guys don’t get mad if anything upset you the TWR master has spoken

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

I'm not the master of TWR but I do feel like I have a good understanding of the brand. But feel free to disagree with me about anything or everything that I said in the video! :)

[@mayohosko-]

25:51 conforms to B.S. lol. I have so much nostalgia for the 2001 packaging but the 1997 version is probably the best

[@HunterTWR]

The back of some of the packaging said Oak Brook, IL. McDonald’s once had their headquarters there!

[@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois]

I've been to their old headquarters

[@SeanShang2005]

I have a D199 box from Mattel dated 2012/2013, and the back has the same phenomenon as on your Thomas box: it shows the old 2005/2006 D199.

[@MickeyMouse07079]

I love your video. I would love you to do one on how the Thomas wooden Railway has changed over the years.

[@gamingvlogs432]

My childhood is gone😭😭😭😛

[@gamingvlogs432]

Tender engine 71 😭😭😭😭

[@stirlingno.1296]

Gaming Vlogs How?

[@dustymarie53]

History Fan Thomas wood , don't be stupid

[@stirlingno.1296]

Ronnie the 14xx I know what you mean, I just think you’re overreacting.

[@TrainFan119]

Me too

[@transportforever]

Was the quote 'thomas the tank engine and friends' on the early boxes the quote for the series that u created?

[@Bugster1970]

is it me or the way they molded the thomas models are they like more of the non extended side tank e2?

[@chickmoschannel]

The learning curve 2002-2011 actually still has the widows peak it was just hidden like the 2001 Edward!! But it's just less visible

[@catsdogsandlego10000]

I have no idea why they won’t paint the rest of the train in the last one my first Thomas was the mature face Thomas but I recognise the 4th gen packaging more

[@MrBnsftrain]

27:42 I grew up with TWR during when they went from the "resealable" box to the "Character card window" blister box! 39:15 Even if they didn't print this in a bunch of languages, I still would've confused it for the 2010 "No character card" box! 41:49 when I first saw this style of box, I was disappointed the character cards were discontinued! 45:02 I think the one on the right might've been produced shorter than the 1992 packaging! 50:01 I guess this was used to fit the two-car engines and cars as well as the single ones! 51:22 I guess this design was to cater to fans who like the "black ring" around the faces!

[@TeamElgato12]

Oh my God I have the 1997 and I like that Thomas

[@user-1999emperor]

I grew up with the 2004 one, the first one with the boiler stripes.

[@chucke.cheesesunity1254]

When I go to either a Toys ‘R’ Us store or the Day Out With Thomas gift shop, I find the Mattel 2013 Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel in the 2016 style packaging along with the limited edition Day Out With Thomas 2016 passenger car and I find the packaging’s history fascinating and very interesting to go for a throwback to the day the Wooden Railway system was first introduced to the world and now at Barnes & Noble at my local mall, Thomas & Friends Painted Wood is being sold there with the exposed wood version and I’ll tell ya’ I have never seen a factory error my entire life and I have also given my older favorites some edge wear and my favorite style of the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway packaging has to be the 1993 style packaging because the colors have a more vibrant feel to the product that used to be on the pegs and shelves in the 1990s and sometimes a throwback to the history of the packaging and how the Wooden Railway brand came to be before it was phased out from the store pegs and shelves for good to the rebrand as Thomas & Friends Wood, showing how common the characters in the rebrand and how rare the older styles can become in the old brand and now the original versions of the characters from the 90s era are super, if not, ULTRA rare and very hard to find, and I’ll tell ya’ this, I found the earliest version of Wooden Railway Thomas on eBay and I found it strange that a rare item would go up on sale on eBay and I’m really looking forward to comparing the item in the current packaging style to the original item dated back to the time the Wooden Railway system was first introduced to the public, if not, the WHOLE WORLD to check out as I’ll also be going though the history of the Bachmann Thomas & Friends packaging, inspired by this video as I’ll be starting with the first generation of packaging, which takes the same style of packaging, and the current version of the packaging just matches the colors of the sky on the Island Of Sodor in the Television Series, because everything was just a bit plain in the Railway Series book series compared to the Television Series adaptation as the first Bachmann Thomas & Friends packaging style takes inspiration from the old styles of packaging used for the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway brand as the Bachmann Original Thomas has just been made for release and Introducing James has still got a long way to go before release in the Bachmann variant in the making of this comment and yet, STILL no Wooden Railway/Wood Original Thomas variant, if Introducing James had a Plarail, Wooden Railway, and Trackmaster Push Along variant, but no Bachmann variant like the Bachmann variant of Original Thomas, as seen in The Adventure Begins with Introducing James as I’ll give every character in that Bachmann variant a Wooden Railway style face with the plastic molded eyes on each of the faces will have to be cut out from the face so I can fit the eyeless face onto the Bachmann model of the characters without removing the moving eyes, or I could just try and mold new faces using the Wooden Railway faces and a hardening material for the face mold with a soft, Play Doh like product to put inside the square shaped mold holder built out of LEGOs, giving the LEGO brand a new use by building the square shaped mold holder so I can mold the faces with a hardening type material to mold the faces with the material

[@TWA1945]

I grew up in England, and my first Thomas came in the Jeremy at the airport set. The style of packaging was red label, and the yellow label. Great video TWR! Also would you like to voice a character in my movie for August? It's about Thomas coming to Sodor, it will be about 50 minutes long, and I would like it if you could voice even the smallest of character! Can't wait for season 15!

[@shazrodriguez932]

thomas'wood adventures 1945

[@TWA1945]

Shaz Rodriguez yes?

[@JasontheFolf]

I have a small collection of ERTL models and I play with them

[@alexlife470]

Great news: The wooden railway line of thomas and friends is comming back i think to replace thomas wood

[@isabellek5209]

Yes

[@BrimmySP]

You know Thomas Wood 2019 exists, right? (Not asking this again)

[@PistonCupProductions]

This was made in 2018...

[@WaffleDragon]

I certainly like the 1992 packaging the best. It keeps up the feel of The Railway Series. It also keeps up the realism of the series. Not that talking trains are realistic, but more so the types of stories in the Railway Series that weren't too implausible. Not like what the TV series became in the early CGI years.

[@hebahshahrori2629]

JAMES IS THE NUMBER 5 RED TENDER ENGINE !

[@thomasishere9462]

I'm also using the 2013 Wooden Thomas in my series and also doing a review on it with the previous versions of the character!

[@melbel2332]

Really liked this video. Thanks

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@luznavarro2974]

Awesome like allways

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks for watching!

[@AdamSelvig]

I miss my old wooden railway toys I had back being a kid

[@RobertsonBrown1]

wil you make a layout video soon?

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

I won't be making a new wooden railway layout for a while but I will be uploading a new TrackMaster layout here soon! :)

[@Henry3Productions]

Yay I been wait ever since I saw that tweet

[@EzCuldee]

My favorite style of packing is probably the late 90s version.

[@ChiyoSanabria]

EzCuldee I love your vids

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

That's a big sentimental favorite for a lot of people! I have some fond memories associated with that style of packaging as well. :)

[@Railmakes]

Its 2013 when they stopped using the aqua and red packaging and swapped with the dark blue one it started to go downhill, I like the aqua and red packaging its so nostalgic

[@doingsomestuff-hhh]

My 5 year old son said the oldest wooden railway Thomas actually should be 1936?

[@R3SPONSIBLE-bl2kt]

Thomas was created in 1945

[@justinkwong8071]

They just had to reboot everything didn't they? They even changed the direction that the engine faced in the package. They changed EVERYTHING.

[@sonicfan2009_YT]

51:18 *angry RWS engine noises*

[@WCWThunderRosa]

The 94-96 packaging was also close to the old school Ertl packaging 97-99 & 00-01 are GOAT imo

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

That's a good point - the 1994-1996 packaging looks very similar to the ERTL packaging from the same era!

[@andydoms2001]

You have so many 1992 Thomas’, can you literally just like send me one? Seriously I want one.

[@SpongeBobNumber1Fan2003]

That's A Lot Of Thomas Wooden Railway Packagings

[@pretzels847]

I was born in 2008 which means your channel is ten years older than me

[@kdoggaming4289]

When you become 103 and cant play with thomas wodden railway any more

[@DCCSodor2]

I’d say my favorite is the early 2000’s because it’s the one I remember getting most of as a kid.

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

That seems to be a popular one in the comments here! I personally believe most people are going to favor the type of packaging that they grew up with - nothing wrong with that!

[@DCCSodor2]

I don’t think so either, it brings back some nostalgia and reminds you of the “good old days.”

[@retronostalgiafan8635]

The old Thomas wooden railway toys were the best. I grew up with the end of the old style wooden Thomas.

[@ComicAndrew39]

I never saw the packaging on these toys because all the ones I got were used.

[@nathancorcoran5347]

I like CGI Thomas and friends!

[@ArmisteadFamily]

Fantastic video

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thank you! :)

[@thomaswoodenrailway4157]

47:15 the best one

[@tttefan2428]

I wish I could go back to 1996/1999 and go to the store and buy a bunch of thomas wooden railway engines, rolling stock, and destinations.

[@Gazakid204]

I remember the 2006 box with the character card on the back.I used to get those at Toys R Us.Those where the good times

[@gettingroceries3198]

22:49 lasted from late 2001-early 2004 but by late 2004 Thomas gained red stripes on his boiler

[@wendygilliam3935]

Thomas wood is actually pretty good! People who Say its bad are just not getting use to it.

[@wendygilliam3935]

Also WTH BRIO!

[@ranmasaotome2161]

I just got the one with red stripes yesterday.

[@sparkipliervlogs1406]

What happened to Learning curve

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Learning Curve was bought by TOMY in 2011/2012 and they stopped producing Thomas toys around the same time. TOMY still exists but I don't think any toys are made under the "Learning Curve" banner anymore.

[@baxtonia]

Rip learning curve 1992 to 2012

[@Jonathan_T_Hardin]

Say bye-bye to learning curve sniff sniff I miss learning curve sniff sniff waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@timelord8472]

Actually, there was a BIG difference in the 2010 Wooden Thomas. The colours were a bit darker and the wood was lighter. Basically saying it wasn't as heavy and had more of a thiner feel. Also the 2011 Thomas had darker red lining than the rest.

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Interesting details! Thanks for sharing!

[@amdoick]

I have the 21:38 version of thomas and it's my favorite one to use! BTW food video.

[@BrimmySP]

Do the same but with Percy.

[@PistonCupProductions]

What?? What for? This is the evolution of the packaging, not a character.

[@simonelopes-herrera4409]

29:16 I have that one but a bit destroyed

[@augustohenrique0911]

I grew up in Brazil. It sold Wooden Railway from idk-2010 there were so many Characters, like Thomas, Percy, James, Old Slow Coach( I didn’t buy it cos I didn’t know her, but now I’m so angry with myself), Diesel, Diesel 10,...

[@PsSevenEleven]

how did you get the wooden railway items

[@cristenhenson7342]

1994 ,2001 ,2006 ,2007 ,2010 part one ,2012 ,2013 and 2018 are my favorites

[@Kasey1776]

Awesome video

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

Thanks!

[@Kasey1776]

You’re welcome

[@beinzgoofensmirtz]

So my sister and cousin were onboard the real thomas the tank engine and i think my sister or cousin got this modern era and i think my sister got this old-era thomas and i was wondering which era it is.

[@itscritical1]

My favorite is the first one you talked about

[@shastakennmpx17]

Stodoys has a lot of designs to choose from.

[@andiii8722]

I don#t know if it's in complete Europe but here in Germany the mos Wooden Railway stuff in the Stores is from Brio so yes it's more prominent here

[@MasonDey]

Could you take a picture of all the types of packaging in one shot or is treat to much?

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

I actually did this a while ago on my Instagram account, minus the Thomas Wood packaging. Here's the link: instagram.com/p/BQvlIPUDz44/?hl=en&taken-by=thomaswoodenrailway

[@MasonDey]

thanks :)