NEW trackmaster bootlegs

MrKirby48 · MrKirby48 03-19-2025, 01:49 PM Bootleg Investigator Member

(03-19-2025, 08:16 AM)chrisjo Wrote:
(03-19-2025, 01:21 AM)MrKirby48 Wrote: also they have characters not available on the dark side, such as Toby or Rusty.

I'm by no means an expert on Thomas bootlegs, just a casual observer, but these have to be bootleg boxes (with mistakes) don't they?

The Bill . Ville box has been around for at least seven years

Also, have we ever seen a 'bootleg' Neville before?

No, Neville doesn't exists in the counterfeit range. Same as Flynn, Harvey, Molly and Scruff.

chrisjo · chrisjo 03-19-2025, 03:49 PM Investigations Dept.

(03-19-2025, 01:49 PM)MrKirby48 Wrote: No, Neville doesn't exists in the counterfeit range. Same as Flynn, Harvey, Molly and Scruff.

Well I think we should consider the possibility that they do now. The likelihood of a seller in China suddenly coming up with these stocks of genuine old Trackmaster items seems remote to me.

I would really like to know what others think about those strange Bill and Dennis boxes though?

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 03-21-2025, 08:24 AM Collector

Idk..I think they might be real old stock.
It reminds me of years ago when Carrick Wilmot bought an entire shipping container of out of print BNIB Tomy/ Plarail old stock and sold it off piece by piece on eBay for years.
It doesn’t really make sense that they’d create new counterfeit packaging rather than just introduce new counterfeit offerings though the current distribution and packaging that is already established…does it?
The Bill box is in English and Scandinavian (Ville), so I am guessing that this stuff is from a leftover hoard that was left behind in China and never shipped after FisherPrice pulled the plug in 2012/13.
It has happen before…

chrisjo · chrisjo 03-21-2025, 09:14 AM Investigations Dept.

(03-21-2025, 08:24 AM)MuddyPoppins Wrote: The Bill box is in English and Scandinavian (Ville)

Ah, that explains the strange boxes. I dug a little deeper and on the TTTE Wiki I found the information that in the Finnish dub of the TV series, Bill and Ben are called Ville and Veikko, and Dennis is called Timo. Only in Finland, not any other Scandinavian countries, though of course the merchandise in these boxes could have been sold elsewhere. These are really niche items.

https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Other_Langu...cter_Names

GreatGordonFan · GreatGordonFan 03-21-2025, 05:55 PM Rail and aviation enthusiast

(03-21-2025, 08:24 AM)MuddyPoppins Wrote: Idk..I think they might be real old stock.
It reminds me of years ago when Carrick Wilmot bought an entire shipping container of out of print BNIB Tomy/ Plarail old stock and sold it off piece by piece on eBay for years.

Is that what the weird plarail diesel was?
https://www.blueplastictracks.org/thread...l#pid59402

Muddy made a video about it but i dont have the link.

Also, who/what is Carrick Wilmout?

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 03-21-2025, 06:18 PM Collector

https://youtu.be/e0WCnvu9_tA?feature=shared

This is the video that made me want to be Muddy Poppins..

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 03-21-2025, 09:15 PM Collector

(03-21-2025, 06:18 PM)MuddyPoppins Wrote: https://youtu.be/e0WCnvu9_tA?feature=shared

This is the video that made me want to be Muddy Poppins..

Bummer…the sound is missing.
Music track was: Where do the Children Play.

(03-21-2025, 09:15 PM)MuddyPoppins Wrote:
(03-21-2025, 06:18 PM)MuddyPoppins Wrote: https://youtu.be/e0WCnvu9_tA?feature=shared

This is the video that made me want to be Muddy Poppins..
Bummer…the sound is missing.
Music track was: Where do the Children Play.

**Super** · **Super** 03-21-2025, 09:57 PM Track Engineer

The sound was perfect for me. One of my all time favorite videos.