thomas and friends mini series

Is anyone attending the Toy Fair? About 4 years ago I was able to get passes through some of my clients, now they are not in this business anymore, but if you know that the exhibitors will have guest passes, I will start making some calls.

If anyone can, please take loads of pictures of everything and allow us to use them! It's interesting reading the policies they have to go, but it's more strange seeing the rules for popular YouTubers which spam videos every week. A couple of years ago, I had a little trade connection which allowed me to go to a local toy fair in the city, and I attended a breakfast where a representative from Mattel was one of the speakers and said a couple of interesting things about Thomas, but that's for another day.

In response to a lack of a list, someone posted some time ago both annual checklists which have been made and they actually do list almost everything. These things do come out, but you have to wait until most of them are out on the shelves. Unlike us, most people aren't tracking down and noting every release that gets made for a Wikia or checklist, and you always find out new releases inconsistently with Amazon listings, random social media posts, or images of a unnamed multi-pack. It usually takes some time for a proper announcement saying that everything's out and these are all the items being made.

Another thing I haven't mentioned is whether there will be another Comic-Con exclusive. I doubted there would be one last year and was wrong, but this year I'm doubting it too. Matty Collector has shut down and moved some of their lines to toy store website Super7, so I don't believe some of Mattel's brands would be making an appearance there. The only other option would be the toys for adults section on Mattel's website, so we'll see when San Diego Comic-Con comes around what Mattel will do.