(06-03-2015, 04:26 AM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Well I've done some searching and probing of my own, and without confirmation, it seems part of Fisher Price's new global marketing scheme is to limit certain characters to only be released exclusively in limited countries!!
Ie: Crash & Repair Salty and Fearless Freddie are Australian exclusive...just like Muddy Spencer & Gordon are Great Britian exclusives. It's gonna be a global market so...
GOOD LUCK COLLECTING THEM ALL NOW!!
Oh I'm sorry that you guys in the US have had to suffer from not getting any of the new things. We were devoid of getting all of Seasons 8-11 of the show for years. At least you get all your Toys R Us, Target, Walmart, and Khols' exclusives. We were only lucky enough to get the mid-2007 Take Along Thomas and early 2009 Wooden Railway releases before you guys, and it took us until 2009 to fully get TrackMaster. You also have your precious Wooden Railway online store full of exclusives and unique one-off engines. We only got a pop-up shop and occasional promotional vehicles, and we get the series of Minis before you guys. We're still waiting and hoping that The Adventure Begins gets a release downunder and strays from becoming a Walmart exclusive, so think about us for a change.
(This is all me being sarcastic and playing around by the way I'm not fussed about it all, even though I still haven't seen The Adventure Begins...)
Alright, on the serious and real side of me. Who knows what has happened here and why it has happened in this way. I'm guessing that Australia just got lucky this time round being closer to the Thailand shipping factories and there was no deadline. I know the US will get the Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure items soon, and I'm sure things like Crash and Repair Salty and Wild Water Rescue will come to the US, quite lately too. I'm pretty sure we didn't know about the new 2014 products this early last year either. I'm guessing the UK/Europe exclusives will stay that way for whatever reason, but it's always been like that. I don't think you could ever get all of it that easily!
By the way, I hate most acronyms. A few years ago, I personally wouldn't have though TRU would be Toys R Us since the word is spaced as so. Thomas fans use them all the time and sometimes so excessively that I lose sight on what they're talking about, especially on Twitter when they're making lots of posts within the character limit. I knew people who said TST refering to Troublesome Truck. Just say Truck!