List of Thomas Character Trains

[Super]

Does anyone know of a list of the Thomas & Friends Characters that were not made by Tomy/Plarail? I want to amass a collection of New, In The Box, Thomas Trains to file away for when my Grandson has children of his own. I want only the Tomy releases unless they didn't make a certain character like Den and Dash. Is there such a list that could help me know which ones to buy as Trackmaster release and which ones to scoop up from Tomy/Plarail.

Any help would be appreciated. Because I don't need any other trains and depressed whenever I see my postman go by my house without any packages for me, I need to start buying stuff.


Thomas Character Trains that were not made by Tomy Plarail or a Tomy co-branded label and Prior to Trackmaster 2

Bertram
Billy
Charlie
Den
Dart
Duke
Ferdinand
Flora
Hank
Iron Arry
Iron Bert
Paxton
Peter Sam
Porter
Proteus
Rheneas
Scruff
Stafford
Whiff

Yes Super the wiki site lists all the different Makers, models, and years for each companies characters and releases..

[Super]

Hi Muddy

Thank you for your help. Forgive my ignorance, what Wiki site would that be?

[HankAmericanEngine]

Howdy @"Super"!

To be honest, there are a plethora of names for the Thomas & Friends line, as TOMY USA once manufactured the line up until 2005.

From Japan, it is known as Plarail Thomas.

I myself just call it TAKARA TOMY Plarail Thomas & Friends, or just Plarail since Thomas & Friends is the sheer bulk of my collection.

Any real life Plarail engines are in their own little subcategory within the "Plarail" category of my collection.

[Super]

Hi Hank

Thanks for the help. So there may not be a list to help me? What about a list of known Trackmaster trains that Tomy never made. Would there be such a list? What I would like to do is not buy a character from Trackmaster if Tomy has one. I am only interested in the basic character trains, no color variations, no talking, nothing different, Just want to amass one of each. And are there lists of the harder to find Tomy characters?

Google: Tomy Thomas wiki

[HankAmericanEngine]

Hi Hank

Thanks for the help. So there may not be a list to help me? What about a list of known Trackmaster trains that Tomy never made. Would there be such a list? What I would like to do is not buy a character from Trackmaster if Tomy has one. I am only interested in the basic character trains, no color variations, no talking, nothing different, Just want to amass one of each. And are there lists of the harder to find Tomy characters?

Howdy Super!

Well, I can confirm that TOMY USA manufactured the following characters:

Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Duck, Mavis, Salty, Molly, Neville, Murdoch, Dennis, Harvey, Skarloey, Rusty, Stepney, and a motorized Terence from the "Thomas at the Lumber Yard" set.

TAKARA TOMY Plarail has manufactured the following(ones with the * indicate they are no longer produced, and have been discontinued; ** means enhanced detail):

Thomas**, Edward**, Henry**, Gordon**, James**, Percy**, Toby, Duck*, Donald*, Douglas*, Oliver*, Diesel*, Diesel 10, Splatter and Dodge**, Molly*, Neville*, Dennis*, BoCo*, Ben*, Lady*, Salty*, Harvey, Arthur*, Murdoch*, Spencer, Emily, Skarloey*, Sir Handel*, Rusty*, Duncan*, Rocky(motorized)*, Fearless Freddie*, Victor*(being discontinued in his red livery for Gator and Marion), Belle, Flynn, Luke, Hiro, Stanley(I'm not too sure of his current manufacturing status), Mighty Mac*, Connor, Caitlin, Stephen, Gator(non-motorized Marion included), Bash*, and Dash*.

As for TrackMaster engines that the TAKARA TOMY Plarail/TOMY USA Company never made:

HiT Toys manufactured and circulated new engines, both already in production and new(new is marked with one *, circulated and already manufactured outside the USA marked with two **):

Iron 'Arry*, Iron Bert*, Peter Sam*, Rheneas*, Duke*, Bertram*, Hank*, Douglas**, Flora*, Billy*, Whiff*, Rocky(facing different direction compared to Plarail motorized release)**

Then, Fisher-Price came along in 2010 and went bonanzas chunking out different variations of engines(e.g., flat-type drive units replacing older, bulkier ones) and manufactured all these new characters, which have also been manufactured by Plarail(model names with one * indicates F.P. only; two ** indicates both F.P. & Plarail manufactured release):

Bash**, Dash**, Ferdinand*, Den*, Dart*, Belle**, Flynn**, Paxton*, Luke**, Connor**, Caitlin**, Stephen**, Gator**, Timothy*, Rocky(F.P. has darker gray roof colour; no difference between F.P. & HiT Toys variation)**, Porter*, Stafford*, and Glynn*


As for a list of rarities, the most rare of these are the following:

HiT Toys Hank, The Scottish twins(either Plarail, HiT, or F.P.), C-Cell Iron Twins, Flora, Billy, Whiff, Den(with orange side rods), F.P. Porter, Oliver(HiT Toys or Plarail variation; no differences between either engine or accompanying coaches), Rocky(Plarail is the hardest to come by/this variation was also known as "Motor Road and Rail"; F.P. and HiT Toys variation also rare; only differences between F.P. and HiT Toys the gray colour on roof and running plates), Molly, Neville, Dennis, Duck, Lady, Splatter, Dodge, and any of the HiT Toys motorized vehicles, which are Jack, Alfie, Ned, Madge, Terence, Caroline, Bulgy("Motor Road and Rail" released him in both red and green; green is somewhat rare, but rarest of the two is red), Bertie, and Elizabeth.



That's a lot to crunch, @"Super", but if you need any more help, please don't hesitate to let me know!

[Super]

Yikes!!!

Thank you for going to all this trouble for me. It must have taken a while to type all this. I must say that I a bit bewildered with all the info. I think I need to make this a bit easier for me to grasp.

I want to start a list of Thomas Character Trains made that where not made by Tomy or co-branded. I think I will post the list as it grows in the first post of this thread.

This is what I have so far I think.

Thomas Character Trains that were not made by Tomy Plarail or a Tomy co-branded label. Basic Characters Only, No Color Variations

Den
Dart
Duke

Please let me know of any others or if I have one that should not be on the list.

[HankAmericanEngine]

Yikes!!!

Thank you for going to all this trouble for me. It must have taken a while to type all this. I must say that I a bit bewildered with all the info. I think I need to make this a bit easier for me to grasp.

I want to start a list of Thomas Character Trains made that where not made by Tomy or co-branded. I think I will post the list as it grows in the first post of this thread.

This is what I have so far I think.

Thomas Character Trains that were not made by Tomy Plarail or a Tomy co-branded label.

Den
Dart
Duke

Please let me know of any others or if I have one that should not be on the list.

Howdy @"Super"!

Don't mention it! If you're looking for engines not made by TOMY Plarail or HiT Toys(some TOMY Plarail engines were made and sold under the name), here's the list I can give you from my knowledge that predate the Revolution:

Dart
Den
Porter
Stafford
Ferdinand


Those are the only ones that come to mind that neither HiT Toys nor the Plarail Company manufactured.

[Super]

Thanks Hank

What I am looking for is to buy all Tomy Trains but want to buy the Characters that Tomy never made to.

Would Paxton be exclusive to Trackmaster Duke or Rheneas and not Tomy?