User:ZEM

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"Tell them school kids I like Thomas! I'll be prouder of it!"

- ZEM, "Real Life"

What I do on this Wiki
I am removing false info and adding useful info wherever I can. I joined as "ZEM" in the early summer of 2008, I never had made any edits before then. I started a page on the Wedgewood China merchandising and made heavy edits to the Rosie page. Since then I have made a lot of wikifriends and created The Season 12 Club in September 2008. After that I went on to create my own Thomas/TUGS forum on Forumotion.com and invited several members here to join it. During my time here, Goldenbear (the admin) was absent for a long time but did return for a short time before I got the chance to adopt the wiki. I am very pleased to say that I have been granted "sysop" (admin) status since the vandalisim had gotten quite out of hand in Goldenbear's absence.

About ZEM - The Thomas Fan
My name is ZEM, er, those are my initials anyway! I have been a "Thomas the Tank Engine" fan since my mom put together a huge "Thomas"-themed birthday party for me when I turned two years old. I continued to be a "Thomas" fan until the release of "Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills" because it actually scared me! I was also dissapointed in the ghost stories because I have never seen any reason for watching that kind of stuff, it is stupid in my opinion, I can get adrenaline from elsewhere! At that time I had a collection of "Shining Time Station" and "Thomas" merchandise including almost every one of the VHS cassettes released and a lot of ERTL rolling stock and engines. I was given a wooden Brio train set for Christmas one year and decided to make my own train series, (this was before YouTube!) I scripted a few episodes at age 5 and had "Daddy as the Narrator!" (I announced just as extragavantly as HiT did Pierce Brosnan!) I only completed one episode but the 8mm tape is currently misplaced and hopefully not destroyed. "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" proved the most dissapointing of all and for around two years I ignored "Thomas", even though I created many fan fictions and fan art during that time based on "Thomas". Somehow I decided that "Magic Railroad" was just a mistake and moved on, visiting a "Day Out with Thomas" event and squealing with delight over the release of "Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Stories". Time went on and I continued to collect Thomas and Friends videos, and a lot more ERTL diecast engines were added to my collection as my family made frequent trips to a nearby hobby shop with quite the selection of Thomas and Friends merchandising. I remember quite a bit of fanfare over new arrivals "Salty" and "Harvey" at the store. There was a poster in the window with a picture of Salty and Harvey that read "Salty and Harvey are here!"

More of my story coming soon!

Fan Fiction
This picture of Toby and Flora I created when I first joined the Thomas Wiki, but I didn't upload it until 12/09/08.



I enjoy dreaming up Thomas and/or TUGS fan fics but as of yet have not posted any on the internet. My fan fiction primarily focuses on minor characters such as Oliver or Proteus.

I also like to write fan fic that places Thomas and TUGS characters like Gordon and Top Hat in the same place working together.

I have been posting Thomas and Friends Comics on my forum.

Pages Created by ZEM

 * Wedgewood China Merchandise (unfinished)


 * The Missing Coach (TV episode) (finished)


 * The Close Shave (finished)


 * Season 12 (in the works - ZEM's special project!)


 * Thomas and Friends: The CGI Series (in the works - another special ZEM project!)


 * Behind the Scenes with Pierce Brosnan (to go with The Great Discovery page)


 * Season 12 Club's Navigation Box (to be added to member's pages and articles)


 * Hiro (not to be added to until more info can be found!)


 * Kevin the Crane Engine (not to be added to until more info can be found!)


 * Victor (TV Series Character) (not to be added to until more info can be found!)


 * Nitrogen Studios (to link to some other pages I made.)


 * Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia:2009 Goals


 * Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia:Season 13 Club

My Accounts and Memberships
On Wikia:

Central Wikia (talk)

Entertainment Wikias:

Thomas & Friends (talk) (admin) • TUGS (talk) • Theodore Tugboat (talk) (admin) • Left Behind (talk) (admin) •

Land Before Time (talk) • Jurassic Park (talk) (admin) • Pixar Animation (talk) • Star Wars (talk)

Animal-related Wikias:

Pigeon Wiki (talk) (co-founder) • Fishapedia (talk) • Birds Wiki (talk) • Hamster Wiki (talk)

Other Wikis:

Hankengine (WP) (talk) • Skywalker One (WP) (talk) • ZEM (TSW) (talk) •  ZEM (Biblio Wiki) (talk)

Forums and Blogs:

The NEW Tugboats and Thomas Forums (founder) • The NEW Tugboats and Thomas Blog (founder) •

The Pigeon World Forums (admin) •  The new Theodore Tugboat forum (admin)  •  Pigeon-Talk  •

Moby & Dick: Freshwater Fish Forum (admin)

What I think about: Thomas in CGI
THOMAS IS OK IN CGI - I LOVE IT!!!

Especially Season 12 with the combined effect of models and CGI...

as long as it is not dumbed down more or crossed over with any thing less than TUGS.



This is the crisp and clear photo of model Thomas with animated face. The distorted version from YouTube which is ok, but once I seen the actual one on the animation studio's site I was thrilled!

So far I have seen the promo photos and the first two episodes of Season 12, Thomas and the Billboard and Steady Eddie. Fakeaway has uploaded several photos from Rosie's Funfair Special and Mountain Marvel from the Sodor Island Forums. I have seen more episodes since (see list below) and Stanierjack has kindly began uploading high-definition pics from the new episodes.

Engines/Characters I've seen with CGI:

Thomas • Percy • Edward • James • Henry • Gordon • Toby • Emily • The Photographer • Sir Topham Hatt • Drivers and Firemen • Rosie • The Children • People at Knapford • People at Brendam Docks • People at Great Waterton • Stepney • Oliver • Bertie • Diesel • Signalman • Cows • Hank • Whiff • Murdoch • Duck • Colin • Mr. Percival • Mrs. Percival • The Children • Donald and Douglas • Rocky • Hector • Stanley • Oliver

In general, for all of the characters that have now appeared with CGI enhancements, I'd say my opinion is that is realistic and impressive! I have some specific thoughts on some characters in Season 12: Like about Thomas, he has nice face, though his nose is a little too round sometimes! Percy and James are little bit pudgy, but realistic! Wow, I didn't think Gordon could look any more proud before! Toby has a nice face, and Emily,she looks like she is aging! The photographer: realistic and impressive! much more so than his last appearance! Rosie: realistic and impressive, very cute! Stepney: very dramatic return! nice face, with slightly different nose! Oliver: nice smile, we're glad you're back too Ollie! Hank: very realistic and impressive, finally, a very american Thomas character! Rocky and Hector: YES! I've been waiting soo long to see Rocky and Hector's CGI faces!

Season 12 Episodes I've seen:


 * Thomas and the Billboard (UK) My Grandma also taped US version for me.
 * Steady Eddie (UK) My Grandma also taped US version for me.
 * Rosie's Funfair Special (UK)
 * Mountain Marvel (UK)
 * Henry Gets It Wrong (UK)
 * Heave Ho Thomas (UK)
 * Toby's Special Surprise (UK)
 * Excellent Emily (UK)
 * The Party Surprise (UK)
 * Saved You! (UK)
 * Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon (UK)
 * James Works It Out (UK)
 * Gordon Takes a Short Cut (UK)
 * Don't Go Back (UK)
 * Man in the Hills (UK)
 * Thomas Puts the Brakes On (UK)
 * Percy and the Bandstand (UK)
 * Push Me, Pull You (UK)
 * Best Friends (UK)

The Great Discovery Review
My Review of the Great Discovery

The Great Discovery is a great new movie with all the excitement and we love from Thomas, including runaway trucks, a missing character, a mine shaft, a waterfall, good music and especially good friends. My family also liked it and my baby brother danced to the music while my older brothers watched quietly and mom and dad cracked jokes about "Stanley and Friends" and "Stanley and Friends and Thomas too". It was great and I love it, giving it 5 stars!

A FEW SPECIFIC REASONS I LIKE IT COMING SOON!

User Trivia

 * I used to be able to sign the "Really Useful Engine" song in American sign language.
 * Duke was my favorite Thomas character as a five-year-old.

IMPORTANT THOMAS NEWS
I am trying out Wikia's brand new video feature by displaying a spectacular new YouTube video of upcoming Thomas characters and DVD, right here on my user page!!!

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