Talk:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends merchandise

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[edit] Additional main sections required

Much work is still to be done with this article, not least of which is finding some references to cover the subject matter. Appropriate images would help too.

There are several notable omissions from the article. At the very least, main sections are required for Publications (Books, magazines, annuals), Videos and Miscellaneous, since all are mentioned in the article Lede. Further sub-divisions may be appropriate too.

I can see that there may be a need for the 'Models/Railway Systems' section to be split into a new article (the name already exists as a redirect) since this forms the bulk of the article, and it will trim it down nicely. The heading levels would be better too.

Computer Games and Publications are also candidates for splitting off, but not until they are much better covered.

EdJogg 12:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Online 'Thomas' Store

Useful for reference, the following UK shop is dedicated to the supply of 'Thomas' stuff:

http://www.totallythomas.net/index.cfm

All the expected ranges are present, plus a few more... (Thomas 'furniture' anyone?). Most have some pictures. PC Games (under DVDs...) include pics of three other titles in the same series as 'Trouble on the Tracks'

Note - this is included here for reference purposes only, it is not an endorsement of this store!

EdJogg 01:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hornby Cattle Car tidbit

I just removed the following sentence from the discription of Hornby's Cattle Car for their Thomas models: (Oh no it's not. The Triang-Hornby model was a Southern Railway 'sheep wagon', which included the decal 'To be returned to Lewes'.) I removed it because there was no citation and so it's possible that this is totally fake. F3CNW 05:27 28 March 2007 (UTC)

You were right to remove the sentence, as it was me being mischievous and not at all encyclopaedic. I loved the phrase '...this wording is something of a mystery...' and just had to react! However, the information is certainly not 'fake'. I have a Hornby SR sheep wagon upstairs, somewhere, so I ought to be able to provide you with a photo, one day. But for now, the best I can do is point you in the direction of this site, which shows catalogue photos of the wagon. Unfortunately, none are scanned at a high-enough resolution for you to be able to actually read the text – but as you already know what it says, you can just see enough to confirm my statement!

EdJogg 23:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)