What was 'Too Much Thomas?' - From Playtime To World Record Holders!

Time to hop on the nostalgia train; today we talk about Too Much Thomas!
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[@TooMuchThomas]

Thanks for the making the documentary. I love it. You and @mrslowly2238 have shaken Too Much Thomas from his hibernation. More to come.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Consider me ready for even more inspiration!! It’s an honor to not only receive a comment from you guys but even more to know the magic’s still going strong. ❤️‍🔥:) Thank you guys again for everything you do!!

[@thatonecaledonian812]

The return of the king

[@Richy_Rockman8386]

Imagine if you guys broke your own record for longest spiral track layout and instead of a normal thomas, you could use a trackmaster 3 speed thomas!

[@atotiten]

Welcome back.

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

Welcome back old friend!

[@ItsTrainBoy]

If you guys would like a part two be sure to let me know! I’d love to dive more into not only ‘Too Much Thomas’ but early Thomas media as a whole. Recommendations welcome!! :)

[@alfrancisnh]

Yes yes yes!!!

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

Would you maybe try and attempt to find out info about what happened to to Too Much Thomas people?

[@therealdatenshi]

Peep's revenge was an absolute classic for me

[@hedgehog1992]

We need one

[@thewanderer9958]

Break a record

[@ChomuOmu]

I didn’t know a Tomy/Trackmaster layout could be this scale! Thank you for letting me know about my favorite range of Thomas toys.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

No problem brother man!! :) Thank YOU so much for watching if anything

[@도널드의덕]

행님 여기 있네유

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@ItsTrainBoy I just checked the channel, it doesn’t exist anymore 🥺

[@camerontrackmasterproducti5251]

@@trainlover123trainsrock no...

[@Killdane]

@@trainlover123trainsrock youtube.com/@TooMuchThomas

[@JustAnotherNerd850]

I can remember seeing these guys back in the day and being completely obsessed with them, but I was very young and didn’t know they were in Australia so I’d BEG my family to go and see them. God knows how many of my Tomy layouts were inspired by them.

[@F40M07]

Every railfan ever: “You are my inspiration.” “I love you.”

[@andrew_inc.4541]

If it wasn’t for this channel, I would have never heard such bangers as “this heart attack” & “let’s dance to joy division”. I will forever associate them with this channel in the best way possible

[@vivisbestie4647]

same they just bring happy memories !

[@therealdatenshi]

This is like peak nostalgia for me. Thanks for reminding me of it, as you said early thomas media (especially youtube stuff) is extremely nostalgic, for whatever reason. EDIT: I didn't know that the world record trackmaster set was made by these guys, but in retrospect it makes so - so much sense. Damn. Their website is still available on the internet archive, if anyone wants to do any digging into the show's history. Can't remember the link, but I got it from an email or something on their channel.

[@Thomperfan]

These videos were a big part of my childhood. I wonder how this family is doing right now.

[@skarloeyexpress4353]

When he was talking about how important and big they were and then he says "they stopped" and goes on to explain the lack of updates, it pulled at my heart strings, I have felt bad for something that I didn't know 11 minutes ago (I knew about the world record but not about the exhibitions)

[@exveefan]

This bring back memories, use to chat to them a little bit when I would attend the train show. I remember explaining to one of the young boys at the time, about the Mountain engines. They had a Culdee and wanted to know more about him, and his 2 faces.

[@houseofthesupermen377]

Good lord, this takes me back to my days of playing with my Trackmaster trains and sets. It also really brings back memories of a simpler time in Thomas fan history when content wasn't as big and cinematic as it is today. I'm not saying that it's bad for Thomas to be that way, but there is an innocence and simplicity lost with going so big. I really cherish these memories.

[@TheRedStinger82]

This and Tom Tomica were the best

[@7GRANDAD7]

same here brother. old trackmaster hit different

[@twistedaxles9126]

The spinning James is just hilarious, even funnier when you see he's going breakneck speed on a record player. Also, the retooled Gordon is just pure genius, not even i could have thought of using him as a crane/lift

[@patrickm2894]

I could hear so vividly the sounds tomy trains made when they got stuck when i saw that clip. Nostalgia!

[@donaldscottishengine]

you can't have too much thomas, there is no point to where there's too much. but this is epic

[@Alzaar_The_Gunzel]

I’m glad the dad kept a quarter of the original layout in his shed!

[@TankEngine97]

These guys were prue nostalgia to me. As someone who grew up with the old Tomy Thomas products it was mind blowing just see how big you could make a tomy trackmaster layout. Another video of theirs that stood out was their tutorial on how to give your tomy engines front couplings.

[@abductionofsanity5947]

Great Video. I saw this display twice. Once in 2007 and another in 2010. I gotta say, in person it was definitely a sight to behold!

[@trainsrg8]

I legitimately tried to find the original video a few times over this past year… Thank you so much for helping me find them again!

[@TRAINMASTER321]

The videos may have stopped but surely someone would know how the story truly ends. People who saw Too Much Thomas live might have a better idea on when the actual end date was.

[@InventorZahran]

Record players are also called turntables, so the railway turntable really was made from a turntable!

[@Rob1_5]

I remember the world record being set, as a kid into Thomas and anything trains I was ecstatic. I also remember the early Thomas media like the mad bomber and Thomas blows his stack so a video about early Thomas media on KZbin would be awesome.

[@altermike3197]

I'm pretty sure I saw a version of this of some kind at my local Day Out With Thomas; we couldn't touch it, but it was cool watching the trains go! This was the blue track era, too

[@lukechristmas3951]

I have a vague memory of Too Much Thomas. Thank you for bringing this video to life! I know a family who participate in train shows now and then and the father and his two sons have a large Bachmann Thomas collection that they always bring with them. Furthermore, I have a friend who wants to try a Too Much Thomas style take here in America. He's been loading up on Tomy and Trackmaster from sellers off of FaceBook. He told me it was largely because of the Trackmaster videos you uploaded over last last summer that inspired him to dig up his old Tomy and Trackmaster toys and buy more.

[@Scybren]

My parents sold Thomas Wood for a home business (before stores had it mainstream) and I attempted to build some of the brochure layouts. Buying it at wholesale prices had its perks.

[@mayohoskotwrandttte]

I started watching KZbin in 2009 and as Thomas the tank engine was the second thing I ever searched for, these guys were a part of my childhood

[@hedgehog1992]

We all know this is is great thank you train king :) your videos are too much trainboy but we always need that.

[@zachariah4467]

I'm honestly glad that there are plenty of other people who remember these videos. This was one of the first videos I ever watched on YT, but I was never able to find it. Last summer, I recently went through an old family computer and a lot of old KZbin links were left in a backup, including this video in particular. As a kid, I remember thinking the viaduct was a real set and not understanding why I couldn't buy it lol.

[@DC-qt8cb]

One of my favorite Thomas related KZbin videos from that time was one titled “Huge Thomas Wooden Train Set” by AllAboardToys. Released in the fall of 2007, it showcases an enormous wooden railway set. First being built by four employees (2 men and 2 women) through sped up footage and then seeing a battery operated Thomas riding through the layout.

[@ArcusArmis19]

God this tweaks somthing in my brain. I might be going nuts but i swear I saw the layout once years ago at Sandown Racecourse. Man i never realised how huge of a phenomenon it was

[@vexstenxv3480]

Is it weird that I remember these videos so clearly? No? Great.

[@fredbear.redman1234]

This is by far one of the biggest layouts that I have seen in my life. It's like my dream when I was younger.

[@david.the.tank.engine]

This really screams nostalgia.thanks train boy for reminding me of this channel.

[@Iwannabeamafiaboss2001]

2000s Thomas toys and media on KZbin was a certified hood classic

[@aliminator1310]

I REALLY hope that the family is happy now and still having good times!

[@THOMARIUS.]

I had never heard of this layout, thanks for another interesting Thomas fact. It kinda reminds me of a trackmaster layout I saw at a DOWT event.

[@merritttrainboy7716]

I remember those videos well. It's hard to believe that they've been doing this for a decade and a half. I got their inspiration of how to add front couplings on the engines.

[@keybyss98]

I wasn’t really into Thomas by the time I got onto KZbin, but I was roughly around these kids’ age back in the early-mid 2000’s and was also *obsessed* with Thomas around that time! I mostly just wanted those big wooden Thomas tables they had in pediatrician offices tho, lol. Never would’ve thought about this! So nostalgic!

[@coolioam8137]

I had SO much Tomy stuff. It was legit all I asked for for anyone for like 5-6 years when I was a kid. My whole basement was covered with it and I legit had a true Sodor layout.

[@Gust_The_Man]

This looks like a video that should have been filmed like in late 2007

[@David_Mattox]

Never heard of this family, but this video was a great introduction. Thanks for this piece of unique history on the greatest toy line ever. Imo, anyway.

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Glad you enjoyed brother man, welcome to the inspiration rabbit hole of Too Much Thomas haha!! 🤣

[@realchristian77010]

Ok, that was very great and nostalgic, I still remember the Thomas Land event too. I'm glad they managed to make a world record out of these toys. I feel sorry for these things are gone, due to the worst development of the Trackmaster toys, and btw, someone knows what happened to Ray Murphy's sons nowadays?

[@TTTEoliverFan]

U can NEVER have to much Thomas, I hope to be like them one day. That’s my life goal

[@PotatoVoid255]

I never heard about TooMuchThomas until today and I’m really shocked how much they did. This really makes me want to do some model trains and relive my old childhood

[@Eai5038]

Trainboy those final words were very touchy loved the video bro have a good day

[@alfrancisnh]

Aaaaaahhhh yessssss this brings back some great memories!!! Thanks man!!!

[@Dieselworks123]

Omg, shit I used to watch these videos religiously as a kid! Cheers for reminding me about them

[@ItsTrainBoy]

Me too dude, I can’t lie I was binging yours too haha!! Thank you for watching if anything my brotha man 🤣🙏

[@khtrains]

I had the pleasure of seeing the show layout in person many years ago at the Brisbane Model Train Show, and was also present for the world record at the Ipswich Workshops Rail Museum!

[@tjmfarming9584]

Hmm… As an Australian myself, I do actually faintly remember watching these videos as a kid… Perhaps, it’s a possibility that the layout they built is still out there, but perhaps not by the Murphy’s instead in a railway museum’s model room somewhere. Judging by the location of the world record - Ipswich in Queensland, that’s probably where the layout is. Maybe not me, but perhaps someone could take the time to go up there and do some investigation behind it all…

[@samlovatt6966]

This definably brings back to my childhood when I first got into railways.

[@Francis_thefemtwink]

I seem to show up right when story’s like this end, however seeing something like this go on for so long and get to such a scale is magnificent and always warms my heart.

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

As so as I was done watching this I scrambled to find my old trackmaster/tomy trains

[@c.c.studios835]

I remember watching this guy a lot, and he’s the reason why I got the Trackmaster Thomas toys.

[@bearthehymekdiesel2000]

To quote Over the Hedge, "Enough is never enough."

[@DemolitionDerbyChaosShorts]

4:19 Gordon has been given a new purpose in life.

[@PetersamStudios622]

Imagine trying to make a trackmaster layout that big with those old sets, as of now it would be a nightmare to get sets that old because of how expensive they are

[@RFO1502]

I don’t know how, but trainboy managed to make me cry.

[@kudeplayz5930]

I love the way you added james spinning on the turntable

[@Breakvan.]

OMG THIS VID IS RECENT but i did watch the playmobile thomas custom 17 minutes after it came out ur vids inspire me to make customs thx for being the funniest, nostalgic, and intelligent thomas fan that is in no way "Not Entertaining" you could provide entertainment in the next generation! your videos will never become unfunny to me, and your videos make monday mornings a blast to be awake, and these videos keep me going even when i am down. you are seriously so funny and thats what makes the videos worth the wait. this comment may be long, but my amount of love for this channel and its contents is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer. please, never stop making videos, and remember; "ethi-ethi-ethi subscribe, donate, or get the f**k out!!!" thanks for the years of fun, entertainment, and nostalgia, i hope you maybe shout me out but if you dont want to, thats fine. have a great life, train boy. p.s the end made me almost cry

[@2428matt]

Thomas be runnin a marathon 7:20

[@theamazinggamer111]

The days of poor quality videos of out-of-this-world Thomas sets at gatherings set to copyrighted music...the good old days...

[@matthewevans97]

Looks like Duncan got caught on the Incline, again. "Bouncing Buffers! It's got me!"

[@CaolanBrannigan]

The James on the turntable being made out of a record player is the smartest thing ever

[@tsuaririndoku]

Funny Story: I used to collect all of the Takara Thomas & Friends (The Classic Takara not the disgrace version of it) I used to collect up to Emily I think that is the last character I’ve ever bought. But that’s not all. I used to own a lot of Takara’s Rails too. To the point that I can make entire sodor railway networks. But this become problematic because my parents gets mad at me if I tried to attempted to do that because it will pretty much takes over entire house. So I decided to make small railway for it and I have to disassembled it because my parents will get mad if I don’t pack up the toys after playing with it. Sadly I am no longer own them now because I donate to my neighbors who is pretty much a harder Thomas Fan than I do plus he have a child. Also, I don’t have space to kept them unless I want to make them rot away in my storage which is not a great idea. I don’t regret though. Because atleast my toys are keep getting played by someone and not just being sad at the shelf or storage somewhere.

[@MadHymek323]

* I was having a really nice time watching this and reliving 4-5 year-old me nostalgia. . . * . . .and then GHOST FIGHT STARTED PLAYING IN THE WORLD RECORD BIT!? * It genuinely made me jump, I was so unprepared

[@EngineShedStudios]

Wonderful video man. Looking back on these layouts is always a treat. What I would do to make that spinning turntable…

[@superboy3229]

I remembered that Oliver was cost $7.00 at Toys R Us in 2002.

[@sydneynedry6920]

I remember going to see this in 2008, it was an amazing experience

[@FunAngelo2005]

Pure dedication

[@nickdallas09]

I Loce how James was in the background of the layout just spinning around and around on the turn table

[@9FEnterprises]

Fun fact I live right next to the workshops railway museum in Australia I went there for my birthday and saw the world record!

[@thepurplemyth]

This brings back memories, thanks man 👍

[@ItsTrainBoy]

No problem brother man :)🙏

[@thepurplemyth]

@@ItsTrainBoy btw someone managed to get in contact with Ray and had a interview with him on Twitter. He still had iconic pieces of the layout :D

[@techbysteff4829]

@@thepurplemyth Did he mention if he sold the other parts or just took them apart and put them away in storage ?

[@thepurplemyth]

@@techbysteff4829 If i remember i think he said he donated them but kept sets like the turntable,viaduct, some piece of the layout,etc

[@kipperflying]

i remember waiting for a new video in 2015 lol

[@Koko_Chan]

4:25 - I still to this day wanna know how they pulled this off. Always my dream as a kid to build something of this size, still is honestly. legit the biggest inspiration for me to keep collecting tomy.

[@kompst_tu]

Don't forget the music they used in their vids too! "Gotta get away, not coming back"

[@StumpyFunnel]

finally those kids get the recognition that they deserve

[@kingparker42]

5:55 - 6:08 can we just acknowledge the greatest joke ever told here

[@tonythetanuki]

"The Sun never sets on the Northwestern Railway" -these mad lads

[@jamesthomas5109]

Awesome video mate, best wishes from the UK as always. Hope all is good with you.

[@SuperBoy-ps9dz]

Now I wanna go back to getting Thomas toys for Christmas and my birthday’s.

[@TrevortheTrainFan]

I miss the old Tomy/Trackmaster stuff. Luckily, there’s eBay for that!

[@oliverpeterson2997]

me reading the title: NOTHING IS TO MUCH THOMAS!!!!

[@nathanthesaddletankengine]

I miss when this was a big thing in the fandom

[@jouebien]

I actually don't ever remember seeing the track master layout. I only ever remember seeing it in Brisbane with the blue track. I do remember staying there for ages just watching it. It and the Lego train group were a lot of fun to see. The last time I was at the Brisbane Model Train Show pre pandemic It wasn't there. The Lego train group was although it is now a generic Lego club not just a train one.

[@mrcheesecake-z4d]

Dude thomas was like a friend as a little boy

[@josephtucker7181]

when i think of too much tomy is when dieseld199 early episodes if you think of every scene is in a much larger layout

[@Jude-72]

I didn't know anything about this I really like this thanks for another good history vid on all things toy trains or real steaming!

[@LeaderOfTheTracks]

i remember the world record layout from when i was a kid i wanted a trackmaster thomas ever since then

[@TheRobin53]

Whoever titled the news article Puff Piece was probably so proud of themselves.

[@LoganAnimates_Official]

1:07 hehe James go *”WHOAOAOAOAOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-“*

[@funsyminn]

i think saw one of those kids once at a school swimming carnival in like 2018 lmao

[@ErdrickFan2006]

I miss that user! 😭

[@Mile_Noukin]

Found an interview with the dad from January this year on twitter

[@jameshardy4354]

What made them just stop

[@thatonepersonthatmakesthomas47]

Yeah. What did? Can you give a link to it or name of the tweet or the person who tweeted it.

[@leiftoons5644]

Bro I remember seeing this on KZbin and I was amazed by this

[@_notmarkk]

This kinda made me cry alittle bit...

[@dustra5000]

Did you see the recent tweet where someone got in contact with the parents of too much Thomas? Turns out trackmaster was supplying them with a lot of the trackmaster toys

[@mallard_streamer3508]

Dude I'm from Australia and the museum the record was made at is like my favourite place ever

[@mrsmileygaming2735]

Fun fact: I think there world record was broken back in 2016/17

[@tee6025]

I have a giant wooden railway track in my downstairs and it takes up an entire room I still have it up!

[@jodiewilliams2060]

I think a part two would be nice

[@FlyingDuckMan360]

2:31 - Hello, Duracell Bunny.