tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74627797200229007892012-01-11T11:20:34.341-08:00Thomas and Friends is a British children's television series, first broadcast on the ITV network in September 1984. Until Season 7, which premiered in 2003, it was named Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.Andrew Ziolanoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462779720022900789.post-6867272802620483762009-10-23T13:38:00.001-07:002009-10-23T13:48:03.500-07:00'Thomas'-based merchandise has proven very lucrative. At least five different categories of trains and tracks exist: "Take Along Thomas" with grey tracks; Tomy battery-operated engines with blue tracks; Brio-type wooden engines with wooden rails and roads (by ELC and others); electric model railway (produced in O gauge by Lionel, HO/OO gauge by Hornby and Bachmann and N gauge by Tomix); and Lego engines and tracks; along with complementary videos, DVDs, books, games, puzzles, stationery, clothing and household items.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thomasandfriends.com">http://www.thomasandfriends.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7462779720022900789-686727280262048376?l=thomasthetrainblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Ziolanoreply@blogger.com0