My First Thomas

For other uses, see My First Thomas (disambiguation).

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My First Thomas
Overview
Manufacturer	Golden Bear Toys
Main material	Plastic
Released	1996
Discontinued	2010

My First Thomas was a range of chunky plastic toys for young infants based on Thomas & Friends. They were produced by Golden Bear Toys for the UK and Ireland since 1996 and were distributed by Tomy in the US and Japan. The vehicles used chunky, simplistic designs and the track system first consisted of coloured plastic pieces. The track was later replaced by playmats with illustrations. The range was discontinued in 2010.

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Vehicles

Push Along

Image:	Name:	Released:	Discontinued:	SKU:	Notes
	Thomas	1996	2010
	James	1996
	Percy	1996			Incorrectly portrayed with side tanks due to reusing Thomas' tooling.
	Edward
	Henry				Originally released with separate tender.
	Gordon				Originally released with separate tender.
	Toby
	Duck
	Donald
	Douglas
	Oliver
	Emily
	Bill
	Ben
	Spencer
	Rosie
	Whiff
	Billy
	Stanley
	Diesel
	Daisy
	Mavis
	Rusty
	Victor

• 'Arry
• Bert
• Troublesome Trucks
• Annie
• Clarabel
• Henrietta
• Toad
• Express Coach
• Special Coach
• Open Wagons (red, yellow, and blue variants)
• Low Loader (two types)
• Fuel Tanker
• Milk Tanker
• Sugar Tanker
• Terence
• Bertie
• Trevor
• Harold
• George
• Bulstrode
• Lorry 1
• Sir Topham Hatt's Car

Talking

The talking My First Thomas range was first released in 2000. These toys were more complex than the push along range, with moving eyes and several phrases. The interactive versions had the ability to talk to each other when facing each other and communicated using small sensors hidden in a semi-transparent buffer on one side (Bertie and Harold had the sensors in a headlight and a float respectively). The talking only versions had fully painted buffers without the sensors (which were indicated by a small purple LED light). Unlike the interactive versions, the talking only ones also had on/off switches.

(* means the character was never released in the normal range)

Image:	Name:	Released:	Discontinued:	SKU (Talking):	SKU (Interactive):	Notes
	Thomas	2000		T7100
	Percy	2000		T7101		Incorrectly portrayed with side tanks due to reusing Thomas' tooling.
	Lady*	2000				Interactive range only.
	Edward
	James
	Oliver
	Emily					Talking range only.
	Murdoch*					Talking range only.
	Spencer			T7132		Talking range only.
	Molly*					Talking range only.
	Neville*					Talking range only.
	Whiff					Talking range only.
	Billy					Talking range only.
	Stanley					Talking range only.
	Mavis
	Salty*					Talking range only.
	Peter Sam*
	Bertie
	Trevor					Talking range only; cancelled before release.
	Harold
	Sir Topham Hatt*					Talking range only.

Drive-Away Talking

• Thomas
• James
• Percy
• Spencer

Destinations

• Cranky
• Tunnel Bridge

Playsets

• Thomas Playset
• Percy Playset
• Thomas and Henry Playset
• Thomas and Friends Mega Value Playset

Track Sets

• Thomas Track Set
• Thomas Track and Station Set
• Thomas Deluxe Set

Playmats

• Thomas and Friends Playmat Playset
• Tour of Sodor Playmat
• Thomas and Rosie Playset

Trivia

• The sound test function (activated by holding down the button, putting one battery back in the vehicle and releasing the button) on the original talking engines from 2000 revealed names of several characters seemingly planned as future releases for the talking range as well as characters who did were not made in either the talking or push along ranges. These included:
  • Henry
  • Gordon
  • Toby
  • Bill
  • Ben
  • Diesel
  • Sir Handel
  • Rusty
  • Duncan
  • Terence
  • Trevor
  • George
  • Lorry
  • Sir Topham Hatt
• Known voice actors for the talking range include:
  • Loise Geoffrey as Lady
  • David Holt as Emily and Molly
• Lady is the only talking engine from the interactive range not to be re-released in the later non-interactive talking range.
• Whiff is the only talking engine to use their actual whistle sound.
• Peter Sam is the only talking narrow gauge engine to have been released.
• Victor is the only character introduced in the CGI series to be released in this range.
• Modified versions of Thomas, Edward, James, Percy, Duck, Bill or Ben with custom stickers on the boiler and driver's cab would be used in an Arcade game called Claim Jumper. One of these appeared on the American CBS show Criminal Minds, in the 2007 episode "Seven Seconds".
• The My First Thomas logo was used as roller coaster cars and a trackless zoo train in the 2009 short film Logorama. (YouTube)

Videos

My First Thomas Advert

My First Thomas And Friends Toys UK TV Advert Jaden Groves Style

Talking Thomas & Friends

References

Thomas & Friends Merchandise

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