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It will be a while before the next episode of GSE and obviously I won't be uploading any big videos until May 12th, but to everyone, what's your favorite S3 episode of GSE from the second batch (not the entire season)?

14 hours ago | [YT] | 7

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For anyone who watched Theodore Tugboat and wondered about wanting to learn more of its creator Andrew Cochran if he was ever interviewed, well lucky chance by it so happens, he was indeed and you can learn about him via Blake "Crash" Priddle's "The Medley" podcast. He also did the narration for both The Making of Theodore Tugboat showreel and that cancelled Sophie the Sub spin-off pilot.

For those that hadn't seen it, please give it a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N4mJ...

1 day ago (edited) | [YT] | 10

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Instead of Queen for a Day, what if One of the Family could’ve been the grandiose finale to Shining Time Station? Think about it, it has nearly all the main and secondary characters coming together for one big event (w/ the exception of Dan, but he does get a mention having been away at summer camp), it has some callbacks and winks to the 1st and 2nd seasons w/ Harry Cupper's appearance, Didi’s crush on Mr. Conductor is fully established, the 2nd Thomas story has some uniqueness in it of the characters having a unity (aside from the fact it is the 100th episode of the show) and according to Frank Vitale’s website, the original title for said-special was appropriately called ‘A Family Finish’.

In a similar way of The Great Discovery as Thomas' true swansong (by many, while for others it's Royal Engine), One of the Family is Shining Time Station's.

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6 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 33

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Happy 80th B-Day to the longest US Thomas narrator from S7-S16 - Michael Brandon (I know he re-narrated six eps of S6, but those are only for TV airings, so they wouldn't count as official airings in terms of media release). Despite what many others say, he is also another part of my childhood and really makes the HiT era more enjoyable, even through its bad episodes (which there still are) he still gives his enthusiasm, including adding ad-libs to the scenes that are not in the script and are improvised by himself, which is a brilliant way to keep the story engaging.

Some of my favorite voices he did are Diesel, Spencer, Ned, Max & Monty, Kelly, Buster, Patrick, Bertie, Duncan, the Fat Controller (which reminded me of the Dispatcher's voice from Theodore Tugboat), Salty, Hector (S11), Thomas, Nelson, Murdoch and Cranky.

However, he does have some pretty mediocre voices, but we can attribute that of the blasted HiT era bible for those reasons which by all means he is not a writer, as it's the voice director also doing so why these came to be.

Still, he did a great job as narrator throughout the show's run.

6 days ago | [YT] | 50

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With Easter coming the day after tomorrow, here's my artwork of Laura Haruna from Hamtaro wearing the rabbit ears and carrying a basket of chocolate easter eggs. I think she does look pretty cute w/ those said-ears for that occasion alone. It was a tedious process, but came out alright in the end too.

I also like to dedicate this artwork to another fellow friend of mine (as well as both a Thomas and Hamtaro fan) ‪@BlakeHawkinsVA‬.

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 38

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So when I eventually plan the outline of S4 of Great Sodor Engines, I'm planning a saga where Spencer becomes a permanent member of Sodor - livery-wise, I am currently debating whether to change it or not.

So to you guys, what livery do you think Spencer should be as a Sodor resident?

Vote and comment below!

1 week ago | [YT] | 12

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To every Thomas and Shining Time Station fan, it's w/ very unfortunate news that Canadian actor Colin Fox has sadly died on April 5th. He guest starred as the prejudiced Hobart Hume III in the fan-favorite episode "Schemer's Special Club" that handled the deep subject of bigotry well. While Hobert Hume is easily my least favorite character of the show, but we can all agree that b/c it's the character's only appearance is what makes the episode brilliant w/o being played down to kids, and Colin's acting is really great.

Other acting works that everyone knows from him are Rupert, Care Bears, My Pet Monster, etc.

RIP Colin. May you rest easy.

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2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 50

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You've seen my VHS rank, so now here's my ranking for all the Thomas DVDs (excluding the movies and re-releases of previous VHS tapes cause they have already been ranked - though if I did, I'd put the US DVD of TOTB low for its bad US dub). In never own a few DVDs like Ultimate Friendship Adventures, but I had already watched the episodes it was featured via YT previously so I know where to put it.

EDIT: I realized too late that I forgot to add Come Ride the Rails, but I'd put it in the D tier cause Respect for Gordon is the only great episode on the DVD and rest just don't work well for me.

I hope you enjoy it!

2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 27

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Y'remember that ideal Thomas DVD for the 80th Anniversary? Well, I decided to challenge myself to take on the toughest custom DVD of said-idea ever made. It was an abysmal task of trying to piece it all together, clean up some parts as best as I could (whereas some I couldn't fix entirely and had to make do of what I could), etc. The front and back covers I took inspiration from both Engine Friends and the UK's Complete Series 2012 variations. The description is based off the "Not-So 1st Class Stories" as I like to call it and the title is based on the Japanese DVD "75th Anniversary Edition: Thank You as Always! Thomas & Friends Masterpieces" (from what the Wiki calls it) from 5 years ago. I even used the gold bar from the Australian DVD "The Best of Thomas & Friends - Volume 1" which fits really well.

Finally, the reason why I used the Shout! Factory label is b/c I'm not fond of how Universal was handling the distribution for all the remaining Thomas DVDs in the US (not to mention their distorted speed on occasion) and I think the former could've done a much better job at releasing the US releases (I mean they already showed they can do so w/ Thomas & the Magic Railroad on the movie's 20th anniversary also five years ago, why not the same for the episodes?).

Anyhow, I hope you all like it!

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