Ultimate Thomas The Tank Trackmaster BTS Film School

[@leokimvideo]

we need more heavy back stories, people always enjoy a dark side thomas parody, it just works so well every time

[@thisisachannel.2609]

You should make your own series

[@SBDC_YT]

yeah, like an example, Mad Bomber!

[@JamesAnimationsBFS]

@@SBDC_YT That has been discontinued

[@twistedaxles9126]

Except when its Sodor Fallout, but you are right Leo, truly untapped potential.

[@Neilapolitan08]

Yeah, just look at Shed 17 Unless you're not able to handle the gore and dark themes that it shows

[@ThomasWoodenRailway]

I love these types of videos, Leo. Please keep them coming.

[@Private_Palm]

ThomasWoodenRailway I love your vids

[@carlosgamingyt3667]

Can I be your friend ThomasWoodenRailway

[@squish8785]

K

[@noorulakmar4192]

Efcsa

[@Dillon69]

He quit now

[@JuanRuiz-uy2mg]

Remember when trackmaster sets used to come with characters other than Thomas? Yea me too.

[@itsyaboiiski6344]

from sets like that i got: Percy arthur Toby Victor and Rusty (and four thomases)

[@JoseMarquezx]

Yeah

[@JoseMarquezx]

*cries

[@Framed_Niner]

I’ve seen several come with Percy, but how about Edward, James, Gordon, Henry, Ect?

[@coastalcolt]

Stevemmaahd there was a couple sets from the TOMY era that would include James, Gordon, Donald & Douglas, Duck. But I’ve never seen a set from any era that had a set with Edward or Henry ever!

[@leokimvideo]

I like Rusty and the Boulder, but I also love Bugs. Bugs is a really important early episode as it sets up the character Cranky, it would be wise for the current producers to see what Cranky is all about.

[@Bunbiichuffn]

Thanks for the suggestion; the tea was nice. :) A very interesting look into how you film your videos. I'll be sure to make use of some of the tips and tricks.. provided I can get my hands on a camera that actually works I've been having bad luck with my equipment lately. :-/ By the way, the trivia about the signals was rather interesting as well. Never would have known .

[@leokimvideo]

when I buy a camera I make sure it does all the things I require, and because I do loads of close up work to tiny models it often has me buying cameras others don't buy camera choice is really important, almost worth a stand alone video but I tend not to do tech styled videos, it sounds more like a Blunty topic

[@leokimvideo]

I just want all to know my methods are really basic, all in camera and hopefully I make the toys look good, i'm a Trackmaster fan now after having a good look at how it works

[@leokimvideo]

He did allot of Hollywood work during the 70's and early 80's, I love the way he fooled people with his in camera illusions. Its the sort of stuff that is not taught anymore. The slide towards CGI post production fixes is now the norm. It's worth looking at Mr Meddings IMDB file to see all the work he achieved. It's funny because the real focus seems to be with ILM as the real innovators, well they were second fiddle in my books

[@sandeepsv77]

leokimvideo And

[@leokimvideo]

Lets just call this Mad Bomber Episode 1.5 so we can all get some sleep. Remember it's a Parody so I don;t go to prison.

[@leokimvideo]

Trackmaster presents a nice size to work with, far better than the tiny ERTL's I used on you know what

[@leokimvideo]

cutaways can get you out of heaps of editing trouble and make a video so much more interesting, often people don;lt notice they exist. Any TV show or movie uses loads of cutaways to compress time, keep the visuals interesting and tell a story the trick is you have to remember to shoot them when you make a little video, it's a good habit to get into

[@LuminosityZero]

leo i doubt you will see this but you were part of my childhood

[@MSR_Studios]

This video is teaching me more in a few minutes than school has in 10 years

[@leokimvideo]

well its just been my little hobby for 25 years, thats all

[@leokimvideo]

I often use manfrotto arms ( sometimes called magic arms ) but I also use blu tac and tripods as well

[@leokimvideo]

I use piano wire painted black, I buy them from my local hobby shop and they come in a variety of sizes I use piano wire as I feel I have the most control

[@returnofthedoggo7994]

THE MEMORIES JUST COME FLOODING BACK HOLY SHIT

[@leokimvideo]

on he SSB set the track layout is really important, trick to explain here in the comments, I know it took me a few go's to get it right and I needed the instructions as well on the Mattel web site is the instructions to this set, just Googe Shake Shake Bridge Instructions and hopefully it's first pick... it was for me basically google fixes anything I have found

[@leokimvideo]

well much of what I say and show here are the bone basic's of making a video the old fashioned way 'in camera', nothing is added in later in post production to add to the visuals these days there is a real drift to do loads of CGI and add effects via blue screen and composites, sure I could do that as well but if you can doing stuff in camera tends to look very real

[@leokimvideo]

I should add there is another video related to this to come and it talks about a very simple spark effect I used in this video, due to it's pyro nature I need to keep it as a stand alone video

[@HalfSpongeBob44]

The nostalgia just hit HARD!

[@capmodesty]

with the signals, there are variations as there were on real railways, Percy and the signal explores this. Thanks for the video Leo, if/when I find the time i'm going to have to try some of these techniques.

[@leokimvideo]

did it work out of the box? i'm wondering what goes wrong with TM toys as I do hear a fair bit about them not working

[@leokimvideo]

I recorded the behind the scenes as I made the video, it takes a little bit more time but hopefully it's worth it

[@railmodler8572]

i'll never watch your massive trackmaster review the same way again! :) its nice to know how you make the videos Leo

[@isbryanflyingordying2202]

5:20 I love how you called the other engines some.other critters

[@LotsOfPiecesOfJay]

This is incredibly useful for when I'm filming

[@leokimvideo]

this is the complete reveal, the other looks only at the world of mini pyro, best left as a video well away from the film making subject

[@leokimvideo]

correct

[@tameemalganis3632]

It's a shame we don't get sets like this today

[@YouraverageAmerican-c4v]

Yeah😢

[@mylesbomar6802]

I had that set (shake shake bridge) when I was little!😱😱😱

[@tidmouthmilk12]

"Down means go and up means stop so upper still must mean go back, I know it must be one of thoose backing signals!" Percy refrence FTW! Anyway semophore signals go either way I don't think there's a set rule. I have seen other types of semophore signals where only the red section tilts up and down.

[@theremoteanater]

Leo you are truly amazing

[@jmoff792]

Hey dude after months of my wee boy (3 years) watching you videos we got him trackmasers sets for xmas and i have never see a kid so excited, cheers for the reviews you helped us get the toy that has made my boys xmas :) Ps. When we said he had trackmaster stuff he went right for.your videos on herr

[@22Tesla]

These videos are awesome. When my TTTE series starts next year sometime, I'll have to give credit to you for inspiring my work and the effects used in them.

[@ThomasCollectables]

Great, watched the whole thing and enjoyed it very much! Keep up the good work Leo! :)

[@ZstackZip]

Thank you for teaching me the skills I needed to make my series 😊

[@leokimvideo]

otherwise known as second again

[@ChrisTomson]

I love cutaways, they're fantastic, and I sometimes use some in my videos

[@simonusciski6007]

I love the fireworks video for the sound effects. I hope this sound effects could be for some other amazing videos.

[@ZstackZip]

Thank you so much This did actually inspire me to make my series

[@nathangitz2674]

There are two types of semaphore signals on railways: lower quadrant and upper quadrant. Lower quadrant signals have 'em pointing down when they tell you to go, upper quadrant ones point up when they tell you to go. That signal in your final video is a lower quadrant signal, and you got the gesture correct.

[@SkyMelon-wc1fx]

nice fireworks leo

[@klebdapleb3928]

Hey leo, Have you thought about using a second platform other than youtube, like a private website, to show how to make the explosive charges we see? It would be educational, a good use for your skills, and a way to pass your skills on to beginning pyrotechnicians. Please consider it, like if you agree.

[@jessicalupton331]

KLEB DA PLEB I hope he does as long as it isn’t for a criminal purpose.

[@BigLadStudios]

Leo, I was given a tomy ultimate Thomas which came with a giant one. It also came with James, Toby, Diesel, Duck and Stepney. The first problem was James, I recall it only working once. One of the wires snapped (I wasn't a wreck child) The second problem is the model of Toby now. It has turned into a really weak model. It can only pull Henrietta nothing more than that.

[@theremoteanater]

Everyone please stop bashing Leo I have been supporting him since I first got a KZbin account

[@leokimvideo]

what part of this incorporates any footage from a HiT production..? last time there was a series of takedowns it all involved those who were uploading videos which used HiT produced footage, sadly youtube is alive with rips of their productions, I would hate to think how many toys I have helped them sell from my toy reviews

[@adelbertweber4655]

Enhorabuena por tus magníficos vídeos que sigo desde hace bastante tiempo. Como aficionado a Thomas, está temática enriquece aún más nuestra afición. Gracias por tu creatividad en los vídeos.

[@firstname8016]

i remember watching this bloody legend

[@Britishrailwaystories]

Another superb behind the scenes video. I am taking notes...!

[@michelacastelli4767]

The shake shake bridge set is from the misty island rescue movie

[@tameemalganis3632]

Thank you for using the knockoffs

[@thomasTheTrainAnimations]

This video has been very helpful when making my videos.

[@JorgePerez-zt7yl]

I grow with Thomas I remember when I was little I had boco and I happy you putt boco

[@trainboy7]

alright, I was thinking of buying a tripod for my camera.

[@hugothemusicfantraincaptur9222]

13:45 Morgate underground train crash reference.

[@Electrostarboi207]

Yeah

[@hugothemusicfantraincaptur9222]

@@Electrostarboi207 how did you know?

[@SickPig99]

I would build a giant layout of Tomy and Trackmaster, but my mom donated all my stuff to the local library :'(.... But if they had to go, at least it was for a good cause :)

[@TheScotsmanReturns]

Thanks for this video Leo, I'm sure it will help many KZbinrs including myself at making videos. Excluding the explosions. Just out of curiousity have you ever read any of the original Railway Series books, and if so which it your favourite?

[@leokimvideo]

there is a wiki page on this topic and it also points at Battlefield Earth for some special mention....mind you as soon as you say Battlefield Earth is possibly too much information....lets not go there

[@trainboy7]

The explosion scene of thomas and the fireworks cars remind me of that katy perry song. X3 what kind of camera do ya use for the slow motion scenes?

[@popoutstudios5227]

Hooray for fake toy destruction

[@deangamingandemmanightowl5387]

00:13:48 RRRRRRRRUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Into a brick wall

[@lukethecrazyhillbilly6901]

I LOVE Your videos loe

[@trainboy7]

hmm... have ya seen the Sodor Dark Times trilogy?

[@DoritoAnimates]

R.I.P Clone Thomas You Won't Be Missed At All...

[@leokimvideo]

sounds a bit over my head...very confusing to me

[@zachunderwood9586]

This was made the day before my first birthday

[@dshaynietheawesome]

That's silly shake shake is. On misty islands

[@TailsFan369no2]

There's a reason why tilted shots are rare. Have you seen "Battlefield Earth" and the Nostalgia Critic's Review on it?

[@shea07irl]

this....is....AWESOME!!!!!!

[@kkehoe5]

Nice video again, well done.

[@Hazelton316]

well it was time well spent this video was very entertaining thanks for making it (:

[@Kitsuclipseyt]

I'm not much of a tea drinker. Is coffee a good substitute?

[@RickyBen1000]

Leo what is your fav Thomas clasic episode

[@no-onescat]

cool dood

[@rbn_atd]

Cool on the helicopter shot you see diesel 10

[@dshaynietheawesome]

6.16 :O that's a remake of the set you made in made bomber twice

[@InfamousDaeDae]

I remember when I had a clone thomas

[@trainboy7]

ya know, I think I could make a simple backstory on how thomas gets kidnapped and replaced by a stuttering cloned version of him, I always wanted to do a trackmaster thomas video. =3

[@4752582]

You might find this funny but I thought that disil10 had taken ovor sodor when I saw that truck ! (Oh and by the way I am only 8 years old. name:Marcus. I think you rock.)

[@retrocowboy7176]

Marcus-Rhett York now your 14 it’s been a long time hasn’t it

[@trainboy7]

do you have a tomy/trackmaster james model? cause I don't think I see him much in any take n play, wooden railway or trackmaster video that ya do.

[@railroadmillion681]

I think that there was a trackmaster to tomy transition track piece that used to be sold.

[@cleosami7217]

I wish I had those all

[@Hazelton316]

how did you do this were you doing this while you recording the actuall intro or did you recreate all of it to explain how you did it

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

Hazelton316 what do you think

[@KAT_TheCat]

But the thing is... does the thomas still work?

[@pb-fb5cm]

nice and let me know when you dont want your tomy and trackmaster 1 thomas toys

[@mario28795]

He's a collector, hes not going to just give them away

[@BritanniaPacific]

this could be the next mad bomber video

[@TheSludgeTender]

@Leokimvideo: What are the little black stick you use for pulling the fake thomas along? And where do you find them?

[@leokimvideo]

hmmm...not quite

[@ThomasBrainLine]

No!I Have Some Trackmaster Trains!Can You But Neville In the Real Episode?

[@JacobMski]

On any signal if the arm is straight that means stop but upper quadrant signals point up and lower quadrant signals point down instead either way if the arm is diagnal that means clear.

[@trainboy7]

what kind of equitment do ya use to keep te cameras still?

[@Noahrs-pg5xd]

it seems like every tomy/trackmaster and take along or take n play set comes with Thomas, but the only set that came with Thomas in this video was the awesome shake shake bridge

[@ArtBoy54Productions]

Can you make a video on how to make Toby's sideplates blue so it is more like it is in the railway series?

[@FishbedMyBeloved]

With paint or nail polish

[@shatnasty1]

i don`t like tea but i like hot coco

[@LumityTrioE2]

Love it

[@joshpack7330]

Good job!

[@bibibogie]

thank you for a good video

[@Cenation9740]

Hey Leo. Where were you at at the end of the video? Where were those fireworks being shot at?

[@charliewomy9757]

22:39 Project G1 moment... (don't watch Project G1 if your easily scared)

[@ronnieb4206]

hey Leo what are the name of the explosive charges you use in your ultimate trackmaster review intro