Originally Posted by
Rabid Koala
My son, now almost 20, was obsessed with Thomas as a young child. He had the train thing real bad. The only remnant of this is that we have saved his rather large Brio train stuff for use by future grandchildren.
We had taped a bunch of the episodes and he watched them over and over and over and...........
SNAP! Parrallel develoment on both sides of the Atlantic! My eldest is 23, same experience, same fascination - and another huge crate of expensively-purchased Brio awaiting HIS offspring!
FWIW I thought the TV version with Ringo Starr as narrator was excellent. Also have a vast collection of original Rev Awdry books waiting for any new arrivals!