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Crazy Thomas knockoff - MuddyPoppins - 05-27-2016
Anyone see this one on eBay yet??
(05-27-2016, 09:18 PM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Anyone see this one on eBay yet??
(05-27-2016, 09:18 PM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Anyone see this one on eBay yet??
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - Super - 05-27-2016
I have seen it. Tracks looks to be like the brown/tan Trackmasters.
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - Nigels - 05-27-2016
You guys sure that just isn't going to be the latest 'most realistic yet' version of Thomas from Fisher Price? Forget revolutions, the next one will be Resurrections lol!!
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - Super - 05-27-2016
That smokebox door looks like a bank vault.
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - leylandvictory2 - 05-27-2016
if it is anything like the previous knockoffs, the rolling stock is way bigger than the trackmaster/tomy
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - MuddyPoppins - 05-27-2016
(05-27-2016, 09:35 PM)Super Wrote: That smokebox door looks like a bank vault.
I thought it more resembled The Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz??
lol
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - Super - 05-27-2016
According to Amazon, Little Treasures is a large Brand name with a Storefront and over 1500 toys listed. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_4_1?me=AH5IBZQDCFZ2P&fst=as%3Aoff&rh=p_4%3ALittle+Treasures&ie=UTF8&qid=1464386319
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - DalaGStanator - 05-28-2016
Curious. Very curious.
They usually copy the old blue Plarail track and other things from that era (I assume that's because some of it is simpler and easier to reproduce). This time, however, they copied the Pre-2014 TrackMaster track (first time I've ever seen a knock off that imitates that style as opposed to the Plarail type).
The set itself is an obvious rip off of Cranky's Spinning Cargo Drop, only it comes with Thomas instead of Diesel. Unlike the original, it looks to come with some sort of barrel instead of a crate. Also, there is no special mechanism on the truck that causes Cranky to move (presumably because these knock off engines are too slow, or they couldn't figure out how the original worked).
Anyway, it is interesting to see that someone is finally ripping off another style of track.
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - Nigels - 05-28-2016
You'll probably find some enterprising factory in China has bought the old machine tools/molds for the obsolete track and decided to put them into production again. Hence the type of track they're producing, similarly they probably picked up pre-revolution molds/tools for the Thomas and rolling stock but maybe couldn't get the 'face'.
RE: Crazy Thomas knockoff - FinnTDKMC - 05-28-2016
I've seen worse than this, but it looks half decent for a knock-off toy.
And what I can see that, it's a clone rip from "Working Hard Diesel" set, which it includes a badly cloned Cranky the Crane (with no face), and a generic locomotive which it has Thomas' colors and the real life steam loco face.