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Bandai Thomas Town 6

First written February 27, 2025

The fifth Bandai Thomas Town series was released on November 30th, 2001 and included the same collection of characters as the original series with a new track layout. I have a few pieces of the track from this set, but an archived copy of an old Japanese fansite that shows the series with its track can be found here.

(1) Friendly Thomas Set

Thomas included a junction and a curve with a tunnel that has a lifting floor section that rolls trains out of the tunnel.

(2) Friendly Edward Set

Edward included a bridge, lake, and waterwheel that turned when a knob was spun. The original Thomas Town 1 engines had darker grey faces, but this series' trains - most of which were being rereleased for the first time - have the lighter grey style, of course.

(3) Friendly Henry Set

Henry includes a turntable section with a roofed station and a wind-up building that makes the table spin.

(4) Friendly James Set

James includes a curve and straight with a station and a crane with lifting arm.

(5) Friendly Percy Set

Percy includes a curve and junction with a canal that a small barge can travel down with a lever sticking out of the side.

The handful of track components I have from this series...