Trackmaster vs Tomy Arthur

Super

Has anyone seen a head to head review of the Tomy and Trackmaster versions of Arthur or have their own opinions? They look the same, do they also have the same motor and gearing? Is one better than the other?

Ucwepn

I believe they are the same, I will check if I have both later to make sure

NWRMainLineTerminal

I had a Tomy Arthur once but it broke a long time ago. I now have a TrackMaster Arthur but he didn't have window stickers because it was a FP Arthur. They have the same shape of motor, the original Thomas motor, but the main thing is, that my Tomy Arthur had clearer lettering a and finer detail, while the FP Arthur had less detail.

^*Sorry, I have Hit Toys Arthur, also it runs very nicely.

Just checked.

Ucwepn

^^ Yes that seems to be the main difference with most locos, lack of details/decals and in the later days of FP bad quality plastic and poor quality control but the drive units sure did improve!

Super

NWR, you say you have the Hit version, is that instead of the Tomy or the Trackmaster? I assume you are saying that the Tomy is the better one as far as detailing and stickers go!

sunhuntin

HIT entertainment made the first incarnation of trackmaster. im not clear of the years, but HIT only held the license for 5 [?] years.

basically it goes:

tomy > hit trackmaster > fp trackmaster > fp trackmaster revolution

Super

So there is a HiT version, a Trackmaster Version and a Tomy version, right? Hmmm, maybe I should just stick with acquiring the Tomy and not micro manage the differences....come on Super, stop it. :rolleyes: Thanks all.

NWRMainLineTerminal

I think the Hit Toys TrackMaster only lasted from 2006-2009