thomas and friends mini series

sunhuntin

USE DREWBENN'S AWESOME CHECKLIST TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR COLLECTION: https://mini.ixbyix.com/ [2019 update - drew is no longer able to carry on updating. thanks for all your years of work and keeping the rest of us sane and able to collect]

pablos googleshare doc for 2020/1
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zAsxLAEOogl45LejY5lCEjEiXWXEuu4jYyyiN8SXKdg/edit?usp=sharing

picked these up today. they came in blind bags. each bag has a code and number on the front. the numbers go up to 18. i picked up one of each, and am assuming i got the full set of the first wave. individual photos can be found here: http://sunsthomasandfriends.weebly.com/other-thomas-toys.html

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13 is Paxton btw . the names are written underneath

ROCKINATOR

They look like the take along/take n play range without tenders. And made by mattel, why you no detail TM trains this good???? WHY!!!!!!

sunhuntin

toot, yes i realised after i had taken the photo. a certain ucwepn was so eager for photos i rushed through and didnt really even look at them, lol.

rock, they are about 5cm long and so detailed. even the spooky percy has bandages printed on his wheels, and salty has a different design on both sides. it would be nice if the perfection could be transferred to their other lines.

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Fyi different wave available in USA with several 3 and 8 packs in clear blister packs on card.

ROCKINATOR

A little smaller than I thought.

exile90

I saw bunch of those at WalMart today. Here's some shots of the big packs:

And their backs listing individual collections:

sunhuntin

wish we had the blister packs here, just for the extra variety in them. thanks for the pics 🙂

sunhuntin

with thanks to tootally, who sent me the link overnight, i ordered two of these and another metallic james while eating breakfast at 5.30am. they are coming from australia, so hopefully be here in a couple of weeks.
while i was contemplating, one of these sold on ebay for $65USD. i got the two, plus james, for around $80NZD including post.

it contains GOLD THOMAS! which was the main draw, plus i plan on showing the minis in public and was looking for a way to transport them with minimal damage.

exile90

I've picked up a few random packs and I can confirm the numbers and what's in the packs matched what sunhuntin posted in the first post. They're super cute and almost right size not to stick out too much on the N scale layout.

Spooky Victor with N scale MiniTrix 0-6-0 steam

sunhuntin

the playwheels arrived, and ive managed to fit 2 engines into each space by putting them on their sides, rear end in first on an angle, wheel to wheel. theres just enough clearnace between the front coupling and the lid of the case. the metallics are placed in seperately in the blister that houses gold thomas.
each case is designed to hold 16... doing it this way i can almost double it. am considering getting another 2 cases at some stage to make sure i have enough room.

also caved and ordered the blister packs from ebay, so i should have everything released to date and will try to sell the duplicates. they shouldnt be too far away hopefully.

exile90

I've got the 2 8-train packs but still no storage wheel. None of the walmarts around here have it in stock. Once I get the wheel I'll start getting the 3-train packs.

ROCKINATOR

I was in Walmart the other day and saw a couple storage wheels, but I am not going to collect another range of thomas andd friends, unfortunately.

sunhuntin

the two 8 packs came today. initally i thought i had 4 duplicates out of 16, but it turns out the bert is a neon, not a classic. so only 3 doubles, which is really good. the same link in the first post will lead to more photos of the new arrivals.
one collectors wheel is full, and ive started on the second. EDIT~ after some rearranging, i have room for one more engine in the first wheel. i refuse to put two metallics in the one slot, so moved all of them to the second case, cutting up the blisters to stop movement.

robo henry [next to salty] has different print on both sides, and racer thomas has gradient coloring on the top.

metallic gordon! neon [paint] james also has different print on the sides, with the detailing extending to his wheels.

ilovehotshot

Sunhuntin, could you clarify. I understand you bought 2 eight packs and the 18 individual trains and there are only 3 doubles? If I understand correctly, could you name the doubles? I was going to buy both 8 packs and the 3 packs and return the unopened single packs so I don't have doubles. (I was going to try and tell the difference by using the pictures that others have posted online)

sunhuntin

hotshot, correct. the doubles from what i have so far are metallic james, old school diesel and pirate salty.
i have also bought the 4 different 3 packs, which are yet to arrive, and expect the duplicates to be: classic thomas, hero victor, spooky emily [all in the same pack], also classic diesel 10, racer gordon and classic dash. so 6 duplicates out of 12.

from what i can tell, the 8 packs and 3 packs contain no doubles between the two. the doubles occur with the individual trains, but that range also carries some which arent seen in the blister packs.

im not worried about having more than one of some engines... can always sell them or keep as spares.

sunhuntin

got the minis 3-packs this morning. am selling the duplicates to a friend for her son. now im impatient for the next wave to be released. lol

the packs, straight out of the bubble mailer. one entire pack not needed.

these are the ones i didnt already have. didnt bother photographing the doubles.

exile90

sunhuntin:
So the first wave should be 36 trains including the Gold Thomas?
I've got 27 of them so far. Missing one of the 3 packs (the last one on your picture) and the individual ones plus Gold Thomas.

sunhuntin

exile, i just counted and i got 38 including gold thomas.

actually had a good buy over the weekend, a local store had buy one toy, get another half price. so i got another 3 cases and a lego set. 😛 the cases were $35 each, but i got two half price.

hkadyk

Do you know where to purchase these in the US?

sunhuntin wrote
got the minis 3-packs this morning. am selling the duplicates to a friend for her son. now im impatient for the next wave to be released. lol

the packs, straight out of the bubble mailer. one entire pack not needed.

these are the ones i didnt already have. didnt bother photographing the doubles.