The end of Thomas and friends from Plarail?

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Maybe that's what plarail should do...
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(05-09-2015, 07:04 PM)plarailfan Wrote: I can't quite understand how FENBO can produce these Thomas liveried models ! Do they need to pay a licence fee to Mattel ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fenbo-Thomas-A...20f9e4a71c

Mattel owns the entire Thomas franchise now?! What about Christopher Awdry? And what about hit entertainment? Besides, isn't that train livery a real life train livery in Japan?
More and more...Big Grin
Christopher Awdry sold it to Britt Allcroft, The Britt Allcroft Company (which changed to Gullane Entertainment in 2001) was bought over by HiT Entertainment in September 2002, a company specialising in children's entertainment.

Now Mattel owns HiT who owns Thomas.
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Just something new here, um my profile pics gone on my device?!
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Read about it here NWR http://www.blueplastictracks.com/showthr...78#pid9878
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Been doing some more research and I will bold the important part of this statement...

The transaction is expected to be financed with a combination of cash and debt and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Mattel’s 2012 earnings, but is expected to be increasingly accretive as the benefits of owning these brands are reflected in Mattel’s results, including the addition of Thomas & Friends® wood business in 2013 and retention of Thomas & Friends® plastic and die-cast business from 2015 onwards.

read the whole article here: http://www.hitentertainment.com/corporat...spx?nid=87

Sick of reading mattel annual reports they are boring lol
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Plarail Thomas is officially discontinued
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Well, There Goes The Best Of The Battery Powered :/ (in my opinion) Its A Shame They'd Do That But Hey, At Least Its Not The End Of Plarail Entirely
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(01-11-2016, 10:32 PM)Trainboy90 Productions Wrote: Plarail Thomas is officially discontinued

May I ask which 'official' channel this post was based on?

As far as I can see, no 'official' channels have stated explicitly the discontinuation of the series.

I would really like to know if this is true.

-plarnold
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