@DalaGStanator
Welp, there goes any praise I had for Mattel... Again 😂
Also, I've been watching Season 1 of T&F again (bought the DVD) and it really just reminds me how far things have fallen!
I know S1 was arguably the closest to the books because it had a fair bit of oversight by the Rev. Awdry himself, but wow, when you hold it up against AEG, no contest.
Even the later seasons where they stopped adapting the books and made some fairly 'meh' original plots were still better, I feel like they were still being more creative, but hey, maybe that's just me ^_^
(Incidentally, I like Toby as he's kind of my local character, being a Great Eastern design of tram engine; My local railway is the former Great Eastern so yeah ☺️)
Welp, there goes any praise I had for Mattel... Again 😂
Also, I've been watching Season 1 of T&F again (bought the DVD) and it really just reminds me how far things have fallen!
I know S1 was arguably the closest to the books because it had a fair bit of oversight by the Rev. Awdry himself, but wow, when you hold it up against AEG, no contest.
Even the later seasons where they stopped adapting the books and made some fairly 'meh' original plots were still better, I feel like they were still being more creative, but hey, maybe that's just me ^_^
(Incidentally, I like Toby as he's kind of my local character, being a Great Eastern design of tram engine; My local railway is the former Great Eastern so yeah ☺️)
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