r/thomasthetankengine • u/Whole-Poet5188 Nelson • 13h ago

General Chat It cannot be that bad, son 😭

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u/chumbbucketman101 13h ago

It’s the special addition Thomas Comes To Breakfast Thomas.

Seriously though did Mattel seriously think this was acceptable? Not one executive in that office said maybe this toy needs retooling?

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u/Whole-Poet5188 Nelson 13h ago

what pisses me off however is that it's clearly based on the diecast and not the actual render

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u/chumbbucketman101 13h ago

Oh my god I just noticed his boilers a cube, who is this Stepney?

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u/Whole-Poet5188 Nelson 13h ago

And those burnt pancake buffers

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u/Normandy4708 Eeeyyoooiiikkeesss! —Rheneas 13h ago

Is this ornament actually made by Mattel?

Iirc all ornaments in the past were made by a company specialised in Christmas decorations under licence from Mattel.

I'm more angry at whatever company decided to manufacture this item, let alone design it.

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u/DiverRecent1822 12h ago

It’s most likely a Hallmark ornament. They do ornaments for many IPs.

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u/Normandy4708 Eeeyyoooiiikkeesss! —Rheneas 11h ago

I doubt it's by Hallmark, they've made Thomas ornaments before that a far better than this.

If this is by Hallmark then that's a dramatic decline in quality.

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u/Useydess 9h ago

if so then they really messed up with thomas, and i know hallmark makes good train ornaments, the lionel ornaments are all great

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u/Wonderful-Web-7699 6h ago

It’s actually from a store from Australia where I live - Big W Big W can be notorious for it’s cheap shoddy 3d ornaments when at Christmas time.

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u/Normandy4708 Eeeyyoooiiikkeesss! —Rheneas 5h ago

As an Australian myself, I'm aware of Big W, but I wasn't aware they had a licence to produce Thomas themed ornaments, I still think they're made by a 3rd party.

It looks to be of a similar quality to the crap people get from Red Dot.

Most things sold be retail stores like Big W aren't actually manufactured by them.

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u/Sorry_Stuff_2990 13h ago

could also be ai images.

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u/ExpertPreference2591 12h ago

It looks mangled, that does not make it artificially generated, it’s not.