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Take Along was a Thomas and Friends die-cast toy range produced by Learning Curve. In late 2009, the range was discontinued and sold to Mattel, who launched a revamped version of the merchandise under their subsidiary, Fisher-Price. It was renamed Take-n-Play. The Take Along toys are still compatible with the new Take-n-Play range.

Engines

2002

2003

2004

Bill and Ben (sold together in multi-pack)
Emily
Spencer
Murdoch
Arthur
Fergus
Rusty

2005

'Arry and Bert (sold together in multi-pack)
Diesel
Skarloey
Culdee

2006

2007

2008

2009

Rolling stock

2002

Annie and Clarabel (released separately; re-issued 2005, sold together in multi-pack)
Tidmouth Milk Tanker (released separately; re-issued 2005, sold together in multi-pack with Caboose)
Sodor Line Caboose/Break Van (released separately; re-issued 2005, sold together in multi-pack with Milk Tanker)

2003

Troublesome Truck
The Breakdown Train
The Chinese Dragon
Sodor Log Loader
Magic Mining Car

2004

Tar and Fuel Tankers (sold together in multi-pack)
Magic Cargo Car
Oil Barrel Car

2005

Scented Orange Barrel Car
Coal Hopper Car
Dinosaur Museum Cars

2006

Oil Car
Zoo Cars
Rock Hopper Car
Smelting Shed Cargo Car
Misty Valley Fog Cars
Jack Jumps In 'Movie Car'
Faulty Whistles 'Movie Car'
Mail Car

2007

Sea Cargo Cars
Rocky
Toad
Percy and the Carnival 'Movie Car'
Poppin' Popcorn Car

2008

Hector
Fireworks Car
Musical Caboose

2009

Farmer McColl's Chicken Cars

Vehicles

2002

2003

2004

2006

Ned
Max and Monty (sold together in multi-pack)

2008

2009

Multi-Packs

Collector Vehicle Pack (includes Silver Thomas, Metallic Percy, Lady and Sodor Line Caboose)
Calling All Engines! (includes Exclusive Faced Thomas and Diesel 10, and Lady and Mavis)
Thomas' Holiday Pack and Snow-Globe Car
James Goes Buzz Buzz (includes Bee-Covered James with Red Nose and 1 Truck)
Percy and the Wharf Cars (includes Percy and 2 Trucks)
Percy and the Chocolate Cake Cars (includes Percy and 3 Trucks)
Jack and Alfie
Percy and Engine Wash Car (includes Bubble-Covered Percy with 1 Truck)
Gift Pack #1 (includes Lady and Bertie)
Gift Pack #2 (includes Spencer, Duncan, Terence, Jack and Emily)
Faulty Whistles (includes Rusty, Duncan, Elizabeth and Terence)
Jack Jumps In (includes Thomas, Jack, Alfie and Mavis)
The Pack (includes Jack, Alfie, Ned, Patrick, Byron, Max, and Monty)
Roadway Gift Set (includes Bertie, George, Terence and Lorry 1)
Thomas and Paint Car (includes Paint-Covered Thomas and 1 Truck)
Sir Handel and Apple Car (includes Sir Handel and 1 Truck)
Trevor and Apple Car (includes Trevor and 1 Truck)
Thomas with Tidmouth Snowglobe Car and Holiday Caboose
Thomas and the Jet Engine (includes Thomas and 2 Trucks)
Thomas and the Reindeer Express
Salty and the Ocean Cars (includes Salty and 2 Trucks)
Rusty and the Rescue Cars (includes Rusty and 2 Trucks)
Percy and Holiday Cars
Thomas and Birthday Cars (includes Confetti-Covered Thomas and 2 Trucks)
Percy and Birthday Cars (includes Confetti-Covered Percy and 2 Trucks)
Thomas and Easter Cars
Holiday Percy and Holiday Caboose
Toby and Christmas Cars
Birthday Celebration (includes Confetti-Covered Thomas and Percy with 2 Trucks)
Down by the Docks (includes Salty, Harvey, Duck and 1 Truck)
Thomas and "Days Out with Thomas" Tanker
Thomas at Morgan's Mine (includes Surprise-Faced Thomas with 1 Truck)
Rheneas and the Dinosaur Cars (includes Rheneas and 1 Trucks with Dinosaur Skeleton)
Harold and the Sodor Airport Vehicles
Thomas and Ice-Cream Sundae Cars (includes Chocolate-Covered Thomas with 2 Trucks)
Toby and Sodor Carnival Cars
Toby and Zoo Car (includes Special Toby with 1 Truck and a Lion)
Thomas and "Christmas Mail Service" Car
Thomas' New Trucks (includes Coal Dust Thomas, Bill, Ben and 1 Truck)
Great Waterton Grand Opening (includes Sodor Day Percy, Decorated Caboose, Jack and Alfie)
Thomas and the Treasure (includes Gold-Dust Thomas, Pirate Cove Car, Movie Car, and Treasure Chest Cargo Car)
Muddy Adventure (includes Muddy Thomas, Muddy Rosie, Muddy Elizabeth and Muddy Billy)
Hiro's Farewell Fireworks

Play-scenes with DVD

Special edition Metallic engines

60th Anniversary silver Thomas
Metallic Thomas
Metallic Edward
Metallic Henry
Metallic Gordon
Metallic James
Metallic Percy
Metallic Toby
Metallic Duck
Metallic Diesel
Metallic Oliver
Metallic 'Arry and Bert
Metallic Lady
Metallic Emily
Metallic Spencer
Metallic Molly
Metallic Neville
Metallic Rosie
Metallic Thomas, Toby and Percy
Metallic Diesel, 'Arry and Bert
Metallic Thomas, Duck and Lady
Metallic James and Thomas

"Lights and Sounds" engines

Thomas
Percy
James
Gordon
Rosie
Diesel
Narrow Gauge ID 4 Pack (includes Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Duncan, and Stepney)

Sets

James & Hector Work it Out Set
Work and Play Roundhouse Set
Sodor Engine Works Set
Sodor Timber Yard
Rescue Station Set
Let's Have a Race Set
Sodor Mining Co.
Brendam Docks Set
Harold's Heliport Set
Centre Island Quarry Set (Some sets came with Free Sampler DVD, Quarry Adventures On Sodor)
Sodor Airport
Morgan's Mine Set
Knapford Station
Sodor Steamworks (yellow version of Sodor Engine Works)
Marshalling Train Yard Set
Working Hard Set
Percy and the Carnival Adventure Set
Really Useful Engine Set
Thomas & Percy Starter Set
Toby's Main Line Set
Water Tower Figure 8 Set
Bridges and Tunnels Set
Knapford Mail Express Set
Great Waterton Fold & Go Set

Destinations

Smelting Yard (with Duck)
Cranky the Crane
Wellsworth Station (with Mavis)
Gantry Crane (with Salty)
Drawbridge (with Skarloey)
Echo Waterfall Tunnel (with Culdee)
Tidmouth Engine Sheds (with Gordon)
Water Tower (with Fergus)

Accessories

Travel Tote
Island of Sodor playmat
Bag of Track
Curved and Straight Track Pack
Cross and Switch Track Pack
Bridge Track Pack
Engine Belt (with Skarloey)
Storage Case
Great Waterton Expansion Pack
Ultimate Track Pack
Rosie Circle Track Set

Trivia

This range originally launched as a Target Exclusive in 2002 and ran until 2005, when the range lost exclusivity and began being sold in other retailers.
Edward and Gordon's prototype models had black tender wheels.
Gordon and Diesel 10 had circular buffers.
The character card for the metallic 'Arry and Bert read "Arrt and Bert".
The character card for the metallic Gordon featured Thomas with Edward.
The character card for Jeremy showed an ordinary jet plane.
Mavis' prototype had red sideplates and white wheels. She also had a second face overlapping another one.
Hiro was the final character released from Take Along.
Duck's model has grey wheels.
Duncan's model has white wheels, yet his prototype had the correct black ones.
James' metallic model had red wheels and Toby's metallic model had brown wheels.
Hiro is the largest in the range.
Culdee's model has buffers.
Butch, Lorry 1, Patrick, Max, Monty, and Madge's models had buffers on their backs, as did later releases of Elizabeth.
Bertie and Trevor were released both with and without rear magnets.
The "Railway Bus" and "Anti-Rail League" banners on Bulgy's model are on the opposite sides compared to the television series.
The Narrow Gauge 4 Pack contained Stepney despite him being a standard gauge engine.
Gordon, Spencer, Emily, Murdoch, Freddie, D199, Hiro and Mike had incorrect wheel arrangements due to sizing constraints.
There were two versions of James' standard model. One had grey wheels with a yellow #5 and the other had black wheels and a gold number. If James was in a multi-car pack or playset, it was the latter variant.
Annie and Clarabel had white wheels and red bufferbeams; they should have all been black. Ironically, they were originally meant to have the black wheels.
The mail coach was depicted as an open wagon.
A promotional advertisement picture of the Take Along range showed the ERTL models of Bertie and Harold instead of their Take Along ones.
Three characters exclusive to the Railway Series have been produced: D199, Culdee and Mike, who were all Railway Series exclusives at the time of the range's release.
Trevor's model had grey wheels, when it should have had red wheels with black rims.
Murdoch's tender wheels were orange instead of black.
Douglas' character card had a picture of a scene from the cancelled episode, The Missing Coach.
The re-released Working Hard set had Molly, Neville and Edward replacing Thomas and Duncan and two more trucks added and also, the cargo loader in the set gains a different colour.
Daisy's prototype had six wheels at the front.

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-'''Take Along''' was a Thomas and Friends die-cast toy range produced by [[Learning Curve]]. In 2010, the range was discontinued and sold to [[Mattel]], who launched a revamped version of the merchandise under their subsidiary, [[Fisher-Price]]. It was renamed [[Take-n-Play]]. The Take Along toys are still compatible with the new Take-n-Play range.
+'''Take Along''' was a Thomas and Friends die-cast toy range produced by [[Learning Curve]]. In late 2009, the range was discontinued and sold to [[Mattel]], who launched a revamped version of the merchandise under their subsidiary, [[Fisher-Price]]. It was renamed [[Take-n-Play]]. The Take Along toys are still compatible with the new Take-n-Play range.
 ==Engines==