Just so happen to find this page.
Well, start with a backstory. I'm old... yes 50 to be exact. About 16 years ago I have a son that had taken a liking to Thomas. My main hobby has been Hot Wheels for decades. Well my son who can care less about cars, loves his trains. So I support him in his hobby and get involved where I can. Some of you may know him in Discord forums and not much more out there. I myself am an admin for the TAF facebook group.
Now what I am going to tell you is quite true and it gets better every day.
Collecting Thomas...
Ertl trains, over 130 items. many boxed and packaged.
Golden Bear, near complete loose sets.
Extreme amount of Tomy blue track and mixes of plarail and TRU releases of Thomas.
Trackmaster both series... not much we are missing. Over 55 tubs of items. (still gets used now)
Wooden railway from protoypes from RC2 to Current. Not many missing in this series but, many missing playsets.
Bachmann HO, currently at 80% of products avail.
Lionel O scale and G Scale Thomas items, not much.
Minis... enough! Only missing 6!
Capsule Plarail... not much but growing
Al Engines go Trackmaster... so far 100% USA.
Videos from 40 vhs TO 55 dvds+....
So as you read I am very involved with my sons world of Thomas.
I have bee fixing old Trackmasters for him that have worn, no issues in the fixing and I do make TPU new tires for the trains.
When possible I show some photos and neat stuff. Always feel free to ask questions if needed.
See you around!
DJHW