Golden Bear Founder and Vice Chair Christine Nicholls has announced her retirement. She founded the company with John Hales ...

One mother could not believe her ears when her son's Thomas the Tank Engine toy seemed to be saying a crude phrase. The toy made for 18-month-old children by Fisher-Price repeats the phrase ...

Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... “Shining Time Station,” starting in 1989. Toys, movies and a theme park followed, and humble Thomas became a billion-dollar business.

For generations Thomas the Tank Engine has chugged into the hearts ... inspired by a little wooden toy engine. After Awdry’s wife encouraged him to publish the stories, he selected a real ...

This month the popular “Thomas the Tank Engine” toy celebrated its 70 anniversary. As a fun project, [tinkermax] wanted to bring this traditional toy into the age of IoT, while preserving ...

In this video you can see what happens if Thomas the tank engine rides directly into the shredding machine. We will also drop other toys, building blocks, a Hot Wheels car and other Thomas the ...

The Thomas the Tank Engine tour is heading to South Devon Railway ... and visiting the Play Pod to play with Thomas and Friends toys and books. There is railway museum admission with access ...

Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to Tamworth ... a Thomas & Friends character hunt and a Play Pod full of Thomas & Friends toys and books. Look out for giveaways for every child plus a special ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television ... as well as popular toys and merchandise. In 1979, Allcroft met Awdry while making a documentary ...

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry in a series of 1940s children’s books (he based the train on a wooden toy made for his son). Allcroft’s first adaptation ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on ... In 2012, the company – and the Thomas franchise – were sold to US toy giant Mattel. The series went on to introduce ...