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Oliver: what happened? - ROKMAN1445 - 12-17-2015
WHAT HAPPENED TO OLIVER!?!? He is still featured every now and then in the newer series's. Neither Plarail nor Trackmaster ever bothered to make him!!! There are over 40 engines on the island, so why not include #11? His story is heartwarming, why can't we all be inspired by his tale? Video below:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqICPRnNWtHMA2qI0nIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMQ--?p=Escape+Thomas&vid=caaa7d5a7dbc9b2aba93e4a544916118&turl=http%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.EncEqjrIhGZa8HO0ehPOjQ%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D229%26w%3D300%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSilrkBo7VSM&tit=Escape+%28US+HQ%29&c=0&h=229&w=300&l=302&sigr=11brrr4ke&sigt=10e9casvd&sigi=12l8nv1s5&age=1318815283&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yhs-avg-fh_lsonsw&hsimp=yhs-fh_lsonsw&hspart=avg&tt=b
RE: Oliver: what happened? - Ucwepn - 12-18-2015
Plarail already made him but he is discontinued now, if Trackmaster was to make him it would just be a recolored thomas with a new face
RE: Oliver: what happened? - leylandvictory2 - 12-18-2015
too many thomas characters. Oliver is not that popular in the first place. The only thing I like about Oliver is that it comes with a brakevan, Toad.
RE: Oliver: what happened? - jdogman - 12-19-2015
I cannot explain at all why Oliver, Splatter, Dodge, Donald, Boco, and Douglas did not get US releases in Tomica World/Motor Road and Rail.
The TrackMaster range by HiT Toy Company did eventually release all of these engines except Oliver into their Big Friends, Little Friends, and exclusive 3-pack forms. Perhaps if HiT Toy Company had agreed to give the license to Mattel the following year, Oliver might have been released too.
For the Plarail range, it was a simple case of too many engines so there was a cutdown from 40 to 20 engines, and these engines had been seen in the CGI TV series as of 2012. I don't imagine Tomy will expand over 20 engines again and will keep on discontinuing engines and putting new ones in their places. And I think there is more priority for making new engines instead of old.
I don't know if Fisher-Price would do a TrackMaster Revolution version. Besides new engines, the only new releases this year were Toby and Fearless Freddie, so we really can't expect where Fisher-Price will go or bother with next since Freddie seems like a random choice. If an Oliver did get made though, whilst he'd have all the conventions of a TrackMaster Revolution engine, perhaps with the age gap between the last Oliver release in the UK, we could see a massive improvement design wise.
RE: Oliver: what happened? - ROKMAN1445 - 12-19-2015
Freddy hasn't been seen on the show since before the show quit using CGI for their faces. Oliver has been shown more than Freddy has in the TVS. If we could start a campaign or something. As I said earlier:
"He is still featured every now and then in the newer series's. His story is heartwarming, why can't we all be inspired by his tale?"
RE: Oliver: what happened? - jdogman - 12-19-2015
Yes, but sometimes appearances in the show mean nothing when it comes to producing toys. I don't think we need to start a campaign. The story is quite old too, and Fisher-Price is more keen on making new engines instead.
RE: Oliver: what happened? - Nigels - 12-20-2015
Here's a pre-loved Oliver if you're interested, they come up on eBay.uk quite often; Oliver
RE: Oliver: what happened? - ROKMAN1445 - 12-21-2015
Oh. I alway's use eBay USA. I should learn to use it more. But, the auction got "hacked". Check the other listings.
RE: Oliver: what happened? - ROKMAN1445 - 12-22-2015
Just found one. Nobody buy it please. I need it and after the new year I will have the money.
RE: Oliver: what happened? - ripley802 - 12-23-2015
(12-22-2015, 09:36 PM)ROKMAN1445 Wrote: Just found one. Nobody buy it please. I need it and after the new year I will have the money.
I sent you a PM with one I saw listed. Thanks.