The end of Thomas and friends from Plarail?

ROCKINATOR · ROCKINATOR 05-10-2015, 10:34 AM Tomy mechcanic

Maybe that's what plarail should do...

NWRMainLineTerminal · NWRMainLineTerminal 05-11-2015, 04:29 AM Member

(05-09-2015, 07:04 PM)plarailfan Wrote: I can't quite understand how FENBO can produce these Thomas liveried models ! Do they need to pay a licence fee to Mattel ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fenbo-Thomas-A...20f9e4a71c

Mattel owns the entire Thomas franchise now?! What about Christopher Awdry? And what about hit entertainment? Besides, isn't that train livery a real life train livery in Japan?

***Ucwepn*** · ***Ucwepn*** 05-11-2015, 05:15 AM The Fat Controller

Christopher Awdry sold it to Britt Allcroft, The Britt Allcroft Company (which changed to Gullane Entertainment in 2001) was bought over by HiT Entertainment in September 2002, a company specialising in children's entertainment.

Now Mattel owns HiT who owns Thomas.

NWRMainLineTerminal · NWRMainLineTerminal 05-12-2015, 01:07 AM Member

Just something new here, um my profile pics gone on my device?!

**Super** · **Super** 05-12-2015, 02:03 AM Track Engineer

Read about it here NWR http://www.blueplastictracks.com/showthr...78#pid9878

***Ucwepn*** · ***Ucwepn*** 12-20-2015, 04:16 PM The Fat Controller

Been doing some more research and I will bold the important part of this statement...

The transaction is expected to be financed with a combination of cash and debt and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Mattel’s 2012 earnings, but is expected to be increasingly accretive as the benefits of owning these brands are reflected in Mattel’s results, including the addition of Thomas & Friends® wood business in 2013 and retention of Thomas & Friends® plastic and die-cast business from 2015 onwards.

read the whole article here: http://www.hitentertainment.com/corporat...spx?nid=87

Sick of reading mattel annual reports they are boring lol

Trainboy90 Productions · Trainboy90 Productions 01-11-2016, 10:32 PM Customizer and Filmer

Plarail Thomas is officially discontinued

thejintymodeller · thejintymodeller 01-12-2016, 01:34 AM Junior Member

Well, There Goes The Best Of The Battery Powered :/ (in my opinion) Its A Shame They'd Do That But Hey, At Least Its Not The End Of Plarail Entirely

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 01-12-2016, 01:43 AM Collector

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plarnold · plarnold 01-12-2016, 07:15 AM Senior Member

(01-11-2016, 10:32 PM)Trainboy90 Productions Wrote: Plarail Thomas is officially discontinued

May I ask which 'official' channel this post was based on?

As far as I can see, no 'official' channels have stated explicitly the discontinuation of the series.

I would really like to know if this is true.

-plarnold