The adaptors were sold in TrackMaster sets and expansion packs from 2007-2009, but depending on where you lived at the time, you could order extra adaptors direct from HiT Toy Company in the US/AUS or Tomy in Europe.
The Thomas TrackMaster range (which people often misspell as Trackmaster) was made by HiT Toy Company (though Tomy made it for Europe in 2008-09), then by Fisher-Price since late 2009. The ranges were mostly the same except when Fisher-Price produced it, notably the engines recieved minor updates, the products were made a lot safer under Fisher-Price's standards, the adaptors were gone, and the packaging changed from a light blue and yellow colour scheme to dark blue and red. HiT Toy Company's TrackMaster also had a motorized road system which Fisher-Price scrapped. The differences become more clearer from 2012 when engines got redesigned, and the quality changed.
Some people, I believe it caught on from Ucwepn, have called TrackMaster Revolution as TrackMaster 2 or 2.0. If that is the case, then I persume TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) is TrackMaster 1, and TrackMaster (2009-14 Fisher-Price) is TrackMaster 1.5.
People just don't really like drastic changes. The compatibility is limited, since the old TrackMaster engines won't go on the new slopes, the new ones don't precisely couple up to the old trucks, there are not many old destinations the new ones can use, and the new ones have trouble on Motor Road and Rail track. However Motor Road and Rail has been gone for so long now, I don't except the new things to work with that system. People also find the track too light, flimsy, and a little hard to put together. I don't think anyone complained when the Tomy Trains range become Tomica World, and there are a lot of drastic changes there. TrackMaster (Revolution) is actually alright if you forget what you used to know about TrackMaster.
The Thomas TrackMaster range (which people often misspell as Trackmaster) was made by HiT Toy Company (though Tomy made it for Europe in 2008-09), then by Fisher-Price since late 2009. The ranges were mostly the same except when Fisher-Price produced it, notably the engines recieved minor updates, the products were made a lot safer under Fisher-Price's standards, the adaptors were gone, and the packaging changed from a light blue and yellow colour scheme to dark blue and red. HiT Toy Company's TrackMaster also had a motorized road system which Fisher-Price scrapped. The differences become more clearer from 2012 when engines got redesigned, and the quality changed.
Some people, I believe it caught on from Ucwepn, have called TrackMaster Revolution as TrackMaster 2 or 2.0. If that is the case, then I persume TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) is TrackMaster 1, and TrackMaster (2009-14 Fisher-Price) is TrackMaster 1.5.
People just don't really like drastic changes. The compatibility is limited, since the old TrackMaster engines won't go on the new slopes, the new ones don't precisely couple up to the old trucks, there are not many old destinations the new ones can use, and the new ones have trouble on Motor Road and Rail track. However Motor Road and Rail has been gone for so long now, I don't except the new things to work with that system. People also find the track too light, flimsy, and a little hard to put together. I don't think anyone complained when the Tomy Trains range become Tomica World, and there are a lot of drastic changes there. TrackMaster (Revolution) is actually alright if you forget what you used to know about TrackMaster.
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