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Bandai Thomas Town 11: Let's Carry Your Luggage!

First written December 23, 2024

The 11th series of Bandai's Thomas Town series, Thomas Town: Let's Carry Your Luggage! (トーマスタウン 荷物をはこぼう！編) was released in May 2004 and included several cargo-focused sets. I bought a set of this series in sealed bags (minus the candy) a few years ago and actually also ended up with a few of the sets sealed in box (with candy!) so I opened up the bagged copies. The sealed examples are in storage somewhere

(1) Friendly Thomas Set

The series 11 Friendly Thomas Set, with a lifting drawbridge with swan sticker. A curved rail is also included.

The Thomas from this series.

(2) Friendly Duck Set

Duck's set, a rather nice one that includes a flatbed wagon, two milk churns and loader, cow, and fences.

Thomas Town Duck and the little flatbed. The trains all have little clipped-in plastic wheels.

Each set includes connecting pieces to connect rolling stock. This one also includes two milk churns, two fences, and a cow standee.

I have the empty box for this release - the boxes are all numbered and tell you which train and track is inside on the top flap.

(3) Friendly Oliver Set

Friendly Oliver on his geared turntable with a thin station building with ticket window, short straight rail, and two crates.

Crates with sticker wraps.

Thomas Town 11 Oliver. Although they are pretty small and most of the detail is done with a few stickers, the molded detail is also pretty nice.

(4) Friendly Stepney Set

Stepney with stop and go station, curve rail, grey flatbed, and two bundles of logs.

Thomas Town Friendly Stepney.

Stepney with the two flatbeds in this series, connected with the double-pin connecting piece.

(5) Friendly Gordon Set

Gordon's section with station building, lowering water tower, and two boxes with tapered tops that look to be hookable, if you had such a crane.

Series 11 Thomas Town Gordon with integrated tender. Even though they all use two roller wheels, the wheels of the train shell are always pretty nicely molded.

Here is the series all set up. The different flatbeds and cargo types are neat.