plarail/tomy is japanese, and tomy was the brand under which thomas and friends were sold in the western world until around 09 when trackmaster took over. plarail still produces thomas trains for sale in japan, though there are fears they either have or will lose the license to do so.
for thomas, the basic chain of events is:
tomy magnetic coupler [early 90s]
tomy/plarail hook and eye coupler [mid 90s - 05, except japan where retail sales still exist]
HIT trackmaster [06 - 09]
fisher-price trackmaster [09 - 14]
fisher-price trackmaster revolution [14 - present]
can somone please correct the years for trackmaster if im wrong? just let me know and i will edit accordingly.
dates edited.
for thomas, the basic chain of events is:
tomy magnetic coupler [early 90s]
tomy/plarail hook and eye coupler [mid 90s - 05, except japan where retail sales still exist]
HIT trackmaster [06 - 09]
fisher-price trackmaster [09 - 14]
fisher-price trackmaster revolution [14 - present]
can somone please correct the years for trackmaster if im wrong? just let me know and i will edit accordingly.
dates edited.
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(This post was last modified: 05-08-2016, 08:46 AM by sunhuntin.)