Thomas & Hot Wheels Stock Study Counting Percy Post Christmas Retail Fail Saga

After Christmas I go to my favourite retailer to count AEG Thomas & Friends Percy stock. My pre Christmas prediction didn't work out. The good news is all the Hot Wheels stock that was missing before Christmas arrived after Christmas. I look back just two years to remember much happier times, a time just prior to Thomas All Engines Go stock arrived. At my local large shopping Mall I now only have two retailers who carry Thomas & Friends stock and in reality these two major anchor stores are actually the same. It really feels like a race to the bottom and this style of retailing has a negative effect on the whole shopping Mall. When the only choice is Percy it says much about all the things that are going wrong. Anyway I always said Bluey was going to be huge, I called that many years ago and I feel no one ever believed me.
ANKO is Kmart Australia's house brand: an evolution of the “&Co” branding it had previously used for individual departments such as “Kids&Co”, “Home&Co” and “Clothing&Co”. Introduced in 2019 to celebrate Kmart's 50th anniversary, Anko also means “A New Kind Of”, representing the company's changed philosophy since 2008. A 2024 article by The Australian reported that 85 per cent of products in Kmart stores are Anko brand. Anko has the largest market share in the home and toys, menswear, womenswear and children’s wear categories in Australia.
Target began stocking Anko products in 2024. Anko is also an international brand: Kmart has made arrangements to sell its products in other department stores in countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Canada
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[@TheOrangeTractorOffical]

I have no idea why you guys don’t have Big W’s in your area. I’m a hour half drive to Sydney and we have 2 BigWs as long as I can honestly remember, meanwhile we’ve seen 1 Kmart and target fall here. And in my opinion I find BigW better then Kmart as it contains gaming items for a start and it has actual brands other than big durable Anko. And overall it’s for me a better experience. The Lego section is about 2-3 aisles, Thomas section is maybe 1 quarter or a 5th of the aisle, hot wheels is cranking, sports section is good as well as the books. Personally they are doing everything target/Kmarts Wesfarmers do but better, and hey anything to not support the Bunnings company😅 Have a good week Leo, and am excited for the next video

[@leokimvideo]

The best thing for me to do is drive 45 min North from Hornsby to Erina Fair. There is a BigW and Toymate there. The Target there closed up during Covid and it was like most Targets a total waste of retail space. With the way Hornsby Westfield is set up now so many retail shops have gone and now there's service shop. Great if you want your hair cut, nails painted, dental work, fat removal, hair plugs, body massage. Back in the 80's, 90's, 20-10's it was all hardcore retail shops, not any more.

[@tehogvirgin3664]

funny how even britt allcroft doesnt like AEG

[@Steamenginesunited3456]

Never surprises me when it's mostly Percy's that are left behind

[@leokimvideo]

To make the Thumbnail for this video I used Photoshop's AI 'Generative Layer' tools to change my hand into an Robot Hand, changed Percy's mail wagon into a Christmas Gift wagon, and Percy's box face into a Troll Face. Seeing how it changed Percy's wagon so well is spooky. My request for the rolling stock was this, 'christmas wagon red and gold presents' within seconds it gave me 3 various options. It's a powerful and very dangerous Photoshop tool and incredibly easy to use. I have to pay top dollar to use Adobe's stuff, I'm not doing a free Ad for them showing off what it can do.

[@GamingWithLyrics777-il5xq]

You know I hate All Engines Go.

[@Stevensux3]

I agree AI has grown dangerously in the last year. I don't like how it produces horrifying images that people deem good enough for commercial use

[@leilaniz5909]

The hand is terrifying

[@JJZJ.]

Ok ​@@GamingWithLyrics777-il5xq

[@danielberry72]

Welcome back old friend.

[@Nic_2751]

Been rewatching a lot of the old collections and it was nice to see something new, but man what a shame how we’ve lost the ol classic merch

[@anthonystrikcani3840]

Percy is a defiantly a peg wormer

[@XtremeTrainz]

Another depressing update but reflects my experience - I'm lucky that in the Sutherland shire we have 2x Big Ws and 2x Kmarts... But no Targets (anymore), but given the direction target is going I'm not sure it's a big loss for Thomas collectors. I just started following the Japanese Thomas and Friends Instagram and wow, the range of products there is a whole new world!

[@leokimvideo]

This Target store at Hornsby which is now near identical to KMart has to fail. Target has been struggling for years and it's a very desperate move by Wesfarmers to load Target stores up with ANKO rubbish. I don't understand how how the ACCC allows this to happen because this change affects a whole Westfield Shopping Mall. It's has a negative effect on consumers. From what I can already see no one is going to Target to get Kmart ANKO stock. Retailing in Australia is a race to the bottom.

[@cristianschannel8383]

I used to be able to find Thomas Die-Cast toys in toy sections of grocery stores or checkouts here in the US. Now I'd be lucky to find anything Thomas related in big stores like Target. How the mighty have fallen, as one could say...

[@anthonystrikcani3840]

And I’m guessing factory error is coming back shortly

[@thefaller9860]

Wow, no one seems to want Percy. Poor guy

[@JJZJ.]

Maybe everyone already has him

[@bigbuffersproductions]

Gday Leo always look forward to these every year did you end up checking the book isles in Kmart? Also I’ve been trying to get in touch with you about a question I want to ask ya I think it would be better if I asked you through email :> sorry if I’m bugging you lol

[@TomTom20068]

Man Leokimvideo is one of my favorite KZbinrs Growing up. I always watched his Thomas videos when I was 3 or 4 and I always enjoyed watching his videos. I still watch his videos to this day. I still his watch old videos and I also watch new videos as well :)

[@TheTrainspotterFromTauranga]

That's really bizarre seeing pictures of the Anko stock in Target and Kmart simultaneously. We've also got Kmart across the ditch, but Target is only a furniture store here (for some reason).

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Welcome back, old friend

[@portablethomas]

No Thomas stock in supermarkets seems to be a UK thing as well. The only supermarket over here I see Thomas being stocked is one called Sainsbury's and other shops I see Thomas in are toy stores.

[@Razer_-fe9mo]

The Tesco near me usually has a bit of stock. Never seems to sell though.

[@matthewgil3146]

Keep up the Great work Leo!

[@Sickminecraft45]

Awesome video as always Leo! By the way, There's something that I'd like to chat to you about. So what is the best way to do that?

[@AaronArroyo-sn4uy]

R.I.P. Larry.

[@CurtsCoolVids104]

Does anybody miss Leo’s video contests?

[@joaquinprodutions9237]

¿Puedes hacer los pool tracks pero de aeg?

[@ModwalletOFFICIAL]

Cool!

[@Loganstr3]

I been watching your channel since i was 3 Im 13 now

[@donaldraynor4697]

R.I.P.

[@HitToyCompany]

it’s cool i found out you are a green day fan too

[@SkyeSoarer04]

I wish to know but what happened to teddy also great video and editing

[@harrisonallen651]

Still nice to see a handful of the old merchandise on shelves after AEG took over

[@MilesModelWorks]

I always find it weird yo hear australians talk about going to kmart, since there is only 3 left here in the us.

[@JonathanGamez69]

Rip teddy

[@Byjgibgyg]

It’s sad how Thomas and friends are just rebooting each time

[@JXstudios61]

Funny how this video got 100k views which Leo’s others videos get less

[@gunthomaso3550]

Omg

[@ViewerIsLame]

I'm not a fan of All Engines Go. I wish they would bring back Trackmaster and Wooden Railway, heck even the Minis. I just miss them.

[@riaangeeregeere907]

I saw pixar cars die cast

[@Tooneric5252]

7th

[@Majorrockfan108]

Aeg sucks/ENDAEG