Tomy

Tomy (stylised as TOMY; known as Takara Tomy in Japan) is a Japanese toy manufacturer. In 2011, the company acquired Learning Curve and all the product ranges distributed by them.

Products

Tomy has produced the following Thomas & Friends products:

Toys

Wooden Railway (produced from 2011-2012; sold to Fisher-Price, Mattel in late 2012)
Plarail Thomas (sold in Asia)
Motor Road and Rail (discontinued outside Asia)
TrackMaster (sold in Europe and Australia; discontinued)
Tomica
Mini Mini Plarail (sold in Japan; discontinued)
Thomas Toy Series
Push 'n' Go
My First Thomas (sold in the US and Asia; discontinued)
Thomas preschool toys, including Thomas Big Loader and Thomas Aquadraw (discontinued outside Asia, Big Loader rereleased worldwide in 2018)
Diecast Metal (sold in Asia; discontinued)
Tomix Trains (produced from 1998-2001; Sale from Tomytec, a subsidiary company, since 2001)
Plarail Advance (Ōigawa Railway Thomas; cancelled)
Bath toys, including Thomas' Bath island and Thomas, James, Percy, Rosie and Stanley (discontinued) bath squirters
Sushi Conveyor Belt (sold in Japan)

Games

Thomas the Tank Engine Doki Doki Medal Land

Famous products

Plarail (released in 1959; known as Tomica World outside Japan), a battery powered plastic train system which became Motor Road and Rail in the UK and US. After Fisher-Price bought the TrackMaster range, TOMY began to produce the Plarail items outside Japan from 2010 in a range called Tomica. The range was discontinued in 2013.
Tomica (released in 1970; not to be confused with the re-released Plarail range outside Japan), a series of die-cast cars which are compatible with Plarail.
Motorised construction sets that involve characters dumping and loading small spheres and transporting them.

VHS

(in association with Roadshow Entertainment and The Warehouse for a promotional offer)

DVD

Coin-Operated Rides

All Aboard!! Go Go Thomas!

Subsidiaries

Trivia

The company made a pragmatic decision of which name to use after the merger with Takara, deciding to use Tomy in international subsidiaries and Takara Tomy in Japan. They came to this decision because;
- Tomy has built considerable brand recognition internationally (particularly in the area of infant and preschool products, where brand trust is very important).
A Big Loader Percy appeared in many episodes of the CBS show Everybody loves Raymond.
A Thomas' Bath Island could be seen in the episode 'Closing Time' of the BBC show 'Doctor Who'.
A Tomy Toy Thomas with a Original Push n Go James and Percy and a Powermotor Car from the Big Loader sets appeared in the BBC "Numberjacks" episode called "Out for the Count".
A Push N Go Percy Could Be Seen In the The Episode Force And Motion Of The PBS Show Science Trek.