Thomas the Tank Engine Christmas Toys

Posted by Toy Fairy on August 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

With Thomas and friends children enter into a world of imagination and embark on amazing adventures with their favourite engine friends. Children love the colourful faces of all the characters each with their different personalities and enjoy their jokes, friendships and rivalries that unfold in every adventure.

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Tomy Thomas Pre-school toys bring the stories and characters to life through imaginative and creative play. Let’s sees the some of the famous faces in the Engine Depot and some great Christmas toys that see Thomas the Tank Engine in all sorts of adventures with his friends.

He is a cheeky and fussy little engine with lots of friends. Bubble blowing fun can be had with Thomas magical bubble; this fun toy has bubbles, sound effects and music. Little ones of 18 months and over can enjoy playing with Thomas and see bubbles coming from his funnel with real engine noises.

Thomas and Friends Christmas Toys

Thomas is very proud to have his own branch line and likes to get involved helping out in the yard which often sees him getting into scrapes and falling out with the other engines. Any upsets doesn’t last long with Thomas the Tank Engine and he is soon bustling happily around again. A more action packed adventure for the bigger Thomas the Tank Engine fans can be found with the Tumblin Bridge Playset; Kids can see Thomas brave the tumbling Bridge just as he does in the “ The Great Discovery” DVD.

The remote control Steam and Sound Thomas has amazing safe and real steam effects and pre school Thomas fans can make him move forward, reverse or puff a big whoosh of steam. He plays his theme tune and puffs steam from his glowing funnel as he chuffs along and makes brake and piston sounds when he stops.

A happy little chap in the yard is Percy. He is a junior member of the depot with no great desire for big adventures and is quite content puffing around in the yard. A helpful engine which others sometimes take advantage of. Percy fans can have an exciting day at the funfair with him.

Percy and the Funfair set will make a great Christmas toy with its spiral action and elevated track that has sound effects. See Thomas and Percy ride the helter skelter with all the fun at the fair sounds. The Sodor Adventure Land Deluxe sees new engines Diesel and Spencer join Thomas, James, Percy and Boulder for helter skelter action plus they can be pushed along for great take along toys.

The temperamental Toby was nearly scrapped but is now happy to be able to work and feel useful again. He works mainly on quarry lines and is friends with his faithful coach Henrietta and his old friend Thomas. The ultimate Christmas toy for Thomas fans this year is sure to be the Thomas Ride On that has sound and comes with 12 piece curved track. For ages 2-5 years this “Ride on” can be used without the track and has a max speed of 1.5mph.

James is a medium-sized engine. He has six driving wheels and a fine scarlet coat with a brass dome. He sees himself as a noble engine with high standards that he feels only suits certain work. This often gets him in all sorts of trouble with the others. James and the Boulder Mountain Set: See James in all his glory in his exciting journey around the mountain. A boulder has fallen off the mountain and is chasing James around the track. Fans can see his face magically change as he goes through the tunnel!

Based upon The Railway Series of books written by the Rev. Awdry, the stories are set on the beautiful island of Sodor in a traditional English countryside. It was first published in 1945 and the first story in it was “Edwards Day Out”. Thomas the Tank Engine was first broadcast on ITV in 1984 and since its TV debut has become a global classic, translated into 19 languages and broadcast in more than 130 countries.

With the popularity of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV series there are many “Thomas” based merchandise; Films, DVDs, books, games, puzzles, and stationary, clothing and household items even Days out events and Theme Parks. More Thomas the Tank Engine toys include:

Thomas Post Office Loader
Thomas Surprise Action Playset

Fans can build their own world of adventure with the latest from Tomy the Thomas and Jeremy Airport Set this set combines rail and air play with the new character Jeremy the plane.

Thomas AquaDraw is good clean fun with no ink just hours of fun. With a pen that is filled with water children can create favourite characters and scenes and see Thomas chug along the track playing the Thomas tune. They will see their work magically disappear so the AquaDraw mat can be used again and again.

There are also lots of Thomas’ friends to collect and limited edition engines available check out the toy stores listed and find the latest Thomas the Tank Engine toys for Christmas and see what is going to be on track for the best Christmas toy this year.

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