(02-25-2015, 11:05 PM)Super Wrote: Well...after today I have checked out 4 Walmarts within a short distance from my place and no evidence of this Original Thomas, great gift Muddy, from a secret admirer? I have officially given up on finding one. Not really important to me, I want one to completely modify it and take a stab at these Trackmaster 2 and rework it to run on the blue track. If I do find one it will be by chance and since I am not fond of the looks of these squashed Trackmaster 2 cars they will be offered up to those collectors who like to keep everything original within their sets. Look forward to you creating a YouTube Channel Muddy so we can enjoy your massive collection along with you and your son.
Yes it was an awesome surprise from an admirer secret only to BPT

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...still working on the track matting and details...
After reworking the layout MANY times through test runs of trial and error...
(Sub note: I will post my opinions of fisher price sets in another rant soon.)
And have settled for what I have...not quite the functionally I was going for but the Sodor Airport set and Hit roadway present logistal nightmares within a 48" surface..
Also, I couldn't agree more about those squashed little new cars!!

I don't like them one bit.>

Seem like I hear that lonesome whistle blowin'
...for the times, they are a changin'...
I suppose I'll accept this new direction though, as everything else about life and in the world seems to have been reworked as well..
I guess if I stopped collecting them I'd grow old and bitter about it...
Sitting out on the porch in my grayhaired rocker ranting to no one, "I remember back in 2014!!" Lol