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Thomas Mega Set (2007)
First written December 29, 2024The gigantic Motor Road and Rail Thomas Mega Set was released at the tail end of the Motor Road & Rail range in late 2007 and into 2008. It was sold primarily in Australia and other Asian markets.
Set contents
| Quantity |
Item |
Photo |
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| 3
pieces |
Thomas, Annie and Clarabel |
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| 4 pieces | Donald with two troublesome trucks |
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| 1 | Green Bulgy |
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| 1 | Lorry 1 |
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| 14 | Straight Rail | |
| 4 | Half Straight Rail | |
| 30 | Curve Rail |
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| 1 pair | Points Rail | |
| 1 pair | Single/Double Point Rail | |
| 4 | Sloping Rail | |
| 4 | Sloping Curve Rail ("A" type) | |
| 2 | Double Track Curved Rail | |
| 3 pieces | Circular Track | |
| 5 pieces | Quarter Straight Rails (one double concave, two each double convex and standard) | |
| 2 | Buffers | |
| 27 | Girder | |
| 6 | Rail Bridge Supports | |
| 1 | Double Track Railway Crossing | |
| 10 pieces | Thomas the Tank Engine Fun Scene Set | |
| 3 pieces | Conductor's House and Water Tower | |
| 8 pieces | Knapford Station (one base section) | |
| 15 pieces | Suspension Bridge |
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| 4 | Straight Road | |
| 9 | Curve Road | |
| 2 | T-Junction (Plaroad-style grey) |
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| 11 | Road Girder | |
| 5 | Tree |
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This set includes two powered trains, a late export Thomas with Annie and Clarabel and Donald with the same two trucks as his individual release.
Two road vehicles are also included, Green Bulgy and Lorry 1.
This Australian copy has N2390 Australia/New Zealand electromagnetic compliance stickers. It was produced in March 2008. Several years ago I found this set for sale locally with a few other sets seemingly also bought in Australia and I picked it up as soon as I saw the listing.
This set includes a Knapford Station platform with tracks 1 and 2 represented as well as the Suspension Bride used on the entirely elevated road portion of the layout.
Several accessories that were not otherwise released outside of Japan like the entire Harold, Windmill, and Terence scenery set (the regular export did not include the Terence section) and the house and water tower from the PlaKids Town Conductor's House were both also included as part of the set.
Although the track and accessory selection is absolutely great, the suggested layout is not the greatest... there is basically one big loop, which is not necessarily bad, but the branching paths are all a little odd, and the nice big station is a dead end...
| Set name name | Thomas Mega Set | Release period | 2007-2008, Australia |
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| Notes: | Possibly the best of the massive export Thomas sets |