thomas and friends mini series

sunhuntin · 2015-02-21T17:57:55+00:00

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sunhuntin

i would expect wave 5 to contain at least 4 of the dc minis seen in recent days in 4 and 9 packs.

for new ranges, we have:

sweets
graffiti
electrified
sports
creatures

i would hazard a guess on getting 2 each of those, 5 dc engines and 5 new standard paint characters. [[based on 20 engines]

we also have a new engine in both racers and spooky, but whether they will appear yet i dont know. i personally want to see all new themes this time round.

jdogman

No rumours as such, but I believe all or most of the engines we've seen on Amazon are part of Series 5, because disregarding the co-branding with DC Super Friends and Tootsie Roll, there's one of each engine, so I expect the start of the blind bag order to go something like:

1/84: Breakfast Thomas
2/85: Racing Percy
3/86: Bumble Bee James
4/87: Graffiti Gordon
5/88: Spooky Edward

Now that DC Super Friends has been established, I think about 4 engines in each series from 5-8 could also happen resulting in 16, and perhaps 1 or 2 Tootsie Roll engines.

I predict a February 2016 release to coincide with New York Toy Fair, perhaps with better distribution now that Toys R Us in the US are selling them.

drogio

jdogman wrote
No rumours as such, but I believe all or most of the engines we've seen on Amazon are part of Series 5, because disregarding the co-branding with DC Super Friends and Tootsie Roll, there's one of each engine, so I expect the start of the blind bag order to go something like:

1/84: Breakfast Thomas
2/85: Racing Percy
3/86: Bumble Bee James
4/87: Graffiti Gordon
5/88: Spooky Edward

Just wondering as obviously we are seeing iron arry and Flynn in the dc theme when their classics haven't been announced...I think I've heard of Ferdinand too as a prototype.

DalaGStanator

jdogman wrote
No rumours as such, but I believe all or most of the engines we've seen on Amazon are part of Series 5, because disregarding the co-branding with DC Super Friends and Tootsie Roll, there's one of each engine, so I expect the start of the blind bag order to go something like:

1/84: Breakfast Thomas
2/85: Racing Percy
3/86: Bumble Bee James
4/87: Graffiti Gordon
5/88: Spooky Edward

Now that DC Super Friends has been established, I think about 4 engines in each series from 5-8 could also happen resulting in 16, and perhaps 1 or 2 Tootsie Roll engines.

I predict a February 2016 release to coincide with New York Toy Fair, perhaps with better distribution now that Toys R Us in the US are selling them.

Tootsie Roll? What will they think of next?

I wonder if those two are based on the actual episodes.

sunhuntin

DalaGStanator wrote
Tootsie Roll? What will they think of next?

I wonder if those two are based on the actual episodes.

i so want them to make a reeses one! im not up with what american candy bars are made by what company, whether tootsie roll and reeses are on the same "team" as such.

roberte

jdogman wrote
No rumours as such, but I believe all or most of the engines we've seen on Amazon are part of Series 5, because disregarding the co-branding with DC Super Friends and Tootsie Roll, there's one of each engine, so I expect the start of the blind bag order to go something like:

1/84: Breakfast Thomas
2/85: Racing Percy
3/86: Bumble Bee James
4/87: Graffiti Gordon
5/88: Spooky Edward

Now that DC Super Friends has been established, I think about 4 engines in each series from 5-8 could also happen resulting in 16, and perhaps 1 or 2 Tootsie Roll engines.

I predict a February 2016 release to coincide with New York Toy Fair, perhaps with better distribution now that Toys R Us in the US are selling them.

Any guess as to when Toys R Us will start selling the minis?

drewbenn

drogio wrote
Just wondering as obviously we are seeing iron arry and Flynn in the dc theme when their classics haven't been announced...I think I've heard of Ferdinand too as a prototype.

The Thomas minis wikia lists all the known engines, as does the minis page (search for 'coming soon') on the Thomas wikia. Keep an eye on those pages as more info comes out, but for now the list of new engines looks like it will be:

Rosie
Belle
Ferdinand
Iron 'Arry
Flynn
Stanley

jdogman

I believe that all the new engines we've seen on Amazon are Series 5. Maybe a couple of them are for later release as five of the Sweets engines are listed and I don't think a complete theme of five engines would be put in one blind bag series.

Many other engines have either been assumptions because there has been no Classics version but a themed version has been shown, others have been seen on eBay, and the rest have been released in the DC Super Friends multi-pack and I believe are very likely getting a blind bag release. These engines are:

Ferdinand
Rosie
Belle
Iron 'Arry
Creature Stanley
Creature Gator
Sports Dash
Patchwork Hiro
Fruit Chews Henry
Sugar Daddy Toby
Thomas as a Skeleton (possibly Spooky)
Unknown Green Bill or Ben
Toby as Blue Beetle
Emily as Poison Ivy
Diesel as Two-Face (unsure about this one)

And the DC Super Friends engines most likely awaiting blind bag release are:

Edward as Black Adam
Henry as Green Arrow
Emily as Wonder Woman
Iron 'Arry as Shazam!
Paxton as Lex Luthor
Sidney as the Penguin
Luke as Beast Boy
Stephen as Sinestro
Gator as Green Lantern

That's about 15 DC Super Friends engines all up, resulting in about four released at a time during Series 5-8.

DalaGStanator wrote
Tootsie Roll? What will they think of next?

I wonder if those two are based on the actual episodes.

I don't personally understand the choice of Tootsie Roll as I can't imagine them being relevant to anywhere outside the US. Yes, there is going to be a theme based off episodes and they are part of it.

roberte wrote
Any guess as to when Toys R Us will start selling the minis?

Next year? All they're selling right now is the Collector's Playwheel.

EDITED with newly discovered engines.

cou10gar

Got these in the mail today!!! Purchase on Walmart Savings Catcher app $16.97!

sunhuntin

got mine coming thanks to roberte, along with the 9 and 4 packs. 😃

more oddballs from our seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-32-Minis-Thomas-Friends-Trains-used-/111855038866?hash=item1a0b147192:g:X8wAAOSw1S9Wd5dT

i see hiro with a green smoke deflector, sports dash [logging loco logo on cab roof] a WHITE james with paint splatters in the front row, then behind him the normal red james with paint.

n1cho1as

Hi, is there anyone able to get the DC 4 packs for me and send to my US address? walmart is not listing them online. I can pay with paypal.

Thx and Merry Xmas

sweepe07

has anyone ever wondered why they made the collector wheel that holds 16 trains yet they have over 80 trains out. you would think they would make a case to hold them all.

jdogman

The majority of Thomas toys are bought by parents whose kids don't have many already and might not even be largely into Thomas. 16 is an adequate for a child that has a few, and if you were going to a friend's house or on holiday as a child, you'd bring a portable set or your little Collector's Playwheel instead of your whole collection. If a case with 84 spaces was released to the general public, then there would be this expectation that the child is going to get one of every single engine to put in all the spaces, which to me is quite unlikely. According to Fisher-Price, children have 20 Thomas vehicles on average.

In the future, I could see a slightly larger storage case being made in the shape of Thomas which could hold around 30 engines, and it could have a little play scene when opened up.

sunhuntin

by being clever with placement, you can almost double the capacity of the wheel.

if the case could hold 80, many young children would find them too heavy and likely too cumbersome to cart around.

Shawnpjf

So I'm going through my son's Minis and for some reason we are missing hero Thomas bummer but I got it on eBay

sunhuntin

ALRIGHT SPORTS FANS... GET READY!

first listing of 2015 minis. the numbers have reverted back to 1 - 19. 11 are new releases, the rest are doubles [classics range only]
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thomas-Friends-Minis-2016-Wave-5-Lot-New-Stanley-Sweets-Creatures-19-Trains-/111859527069?hash=item1a0b58ed9d:g:wYcAAOSw3KFWf1oR

trayken

sunhuntin wrote
ALRIGHT SPORTS FANS... GET READY!

first listing of 2015 minis. the numbers have reverted back to 1 - 19. 11 are new releases, the rest are doubles [classics range only]
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thomas-Friends-Minis-2016-Wave-5-Lot-New-Stanley-Sweets-Creatures-19-Trains-/111859527069?hash=item1a0b58ed9d:g:wYcAAOSw3KFWf1oR

2016 Minis/ Wave 1. They are selling these at Target in the US now.
#1. Classic Thomas
#2. Racing Course Percy
#3. Classic Paxton
#4. Graffiti Gordon
#5. Classic Stephen
#6. Classic Henry
#7. Classic Bash
#8. Classic D-10
#9. Classic Charlie
#10. Classic Scruff
#11. Classic Flynn
#12. Spooky Edward
#13. Creature Samson
#14. Electrified Luke
#15. Electrified Iron Bert
#16. Sweets Sidney
#17. Sweets Emily
#18. Sports Salty
#19. Classic Stanley

n1cho1as wrote
Hi, is there anyone able to get the DC 4 packs for me and send to my US address? walmart is not listing them online. I can pay with paypal.

Thx and Merry Xmas

Which 4 pack do you need? There are two sets. I can get them if you let me know.

Shawnpjf

trayken wrote
2016 Minis/ Wave 1. They are selling these at Target in the US now.
#1. Classic Thomas
#2. Racing Course Percy
#3. Classic Paxton
#4. Graffiti Gordon
#5. Classic Stephen
#6. Classic Henry
#7. Classic Bash
#8. Classic D-10
#9. Classic Charlie
#10. Classic Scruff
#11. Classic Flynn
#12. Spooky Edward
#13. Creature Samson
#14. Electrified Luke
#15. Electrified Iron Bert
#16. Sweets Sidney
#17. Sweets Emily
#18. Sports Salty
#19. Classic Stanley

Which 4 pack do you need? There are two sets. I can get them if you let me know.

In what state did you see these?

trayken

Shawnpjf wrote
In what state did you see these?

California; Bay Area. Target in El Cerrito.

drogio

sunhuntin wrote
by being clever with placement, you can almost double the capacity of the wheel.

if the case could hold 80, many young children would find them too heavy and likely too cumbersome to cart around.

Also if you have more than 16 you're likely to buy a second case...or more...which are likely more profitable than making cases that hold 80 trains. This is especially true seeing as how they are releasing different themed wheels...

trayken wrote
California; Bay Area. Target in El Cerrito.

CA always seems to be the first to get the new trains in the us. Are they showing up near the other thomas toys, or are they place with something else? What's the packaging look like?

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