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RULES OF THE GAME
Aydrea Walden
THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
RULES OF THE GAME
THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
LICENSE TO DELIVER
THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
THOMAS BLAST OFF
Yes I know that I had said back in 2021 that I won't be reviewing the 'All Engines Go!' series and had badmouthed it here when it made its world premiere in Mexico. But like the show, things change. I decided to review these episodes, despite not being such a big fan of it all, in a fair and non-biased sort of way since I had been hearing more good things about it from people who hated it at first but gradually started to enjoy it. If I see an episode that is good I'll say that it's good and if an episode is bad I'll say it's bad. Unlike my other episode reviews which were posted after its intial airing in whatever country, I'll be reviewing these episodes once all of them are released instead. With all that out of the way, let's take a look at the history that led to 'All Engines Go!'
In 2020, Mattel had paterened up with Canadian animation studio Nelvana, the creators of other classic shows like Babar, Little Bear, the Magic School Bus and more to create 'All Engines Go!' since 'Big World Big Adventures' wasn't meeting Mattel's expectations. The new show was given a new art style, which hadn't happened to Thomas since its transformation to full CGI in 2009, which is traditional 2D animation to allow a more flexable Thomas unlike what he was on screen from 1984-2020. So instead of being a conventional steam locomotive, Thomas and his friends now have the freedom to jump around, turn 360 degree, strecth, deform themselves and use their wheels as hands.
So with all that out of the way, let's take a look at the first season of 'All Engines Go!' but is it a new start to the show? Or is it really another blunder of Mattel's thinking? Let's find out. But first:
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A THOMAS PROMISE
Back in June I said that 'Animal Adventures' was going to be my last DVD to review and then a few days later from the Talyllyn [Taly-k-yn] Railway's twitter page, this took me by surprise and to be honest this made me more excited compare to the DVDs that Mattel Creations had released this year. With it being the 110th birthday of the Rev.W.Awdry this year and the fact that the Talyllyn Railway has a special place within the Awdry family and the world of Thomas, a special DVD, by the railway, had been complied of his Ffarquhar layout, which is now proudly on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum at the Talyllyn Railway in Wales. So let's take a dive into it. But first:
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A DAY ON AWDRY'S RAILWAY
In October 2020, Mattel had announced that Thomas will get a 'new look, new story structure' after 36 years . Prior to that, the newest change was 'Big World, Big Adventures' in 2018. An attempt at making Thomas interesting towards a 21st century audience, while still maintaining the same canon it had since 1984, by being more culturally and gender diverse by taking Thomas to other countries to meet with different engines and learning different cultures as well as adding in more female characters, considering that Thomas had been criticised by parents since the show's inception that their was a lack of female characters. This was all done to make toy sales for Thomas to go up as it had gone on towards a downward slump, between 2017-2020, and this was done to make TV ratings go up too. Despite the amount of publicity and merchandising, the show failed to meet Mattel's expectations and sadly ended 36 years of continuity, however I believe gracefully with 'Thomas & The Royal Engine', despite that broadcasters had ended it with 'Thomas' Animal Friends', which wasn't a bad episode in my opinion.
Now here we are months after the traliler had leaked by someone at Mattel, we are at the start of a new series, or in Mattel's case the '25th season'. Could this be a new start? Could this lead to more toy sales for Mattel? Despite Thomas toy sales starting up again since December 2020. Or will this be another failed attempt for Mattel when it comes to Thomas?
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